#yeah the free version of inkarnate

[spinningbagel]

I would love to see a map of The Isles, or just hear stuff about the different locations :D

Sorry it’s taken,,,like five hours to respond I lowkey passed out

Anyways!! Map!! I did one awhile ago and, despite how goofy it looks (you can only do so much with the free version of inkarnate) it gets the point across

(It doesn’t include the floating Islands, I couldn’t figure out a way to show them)

So, there’s the four corners I guess you could call them, and they’re pretty much just different climates. Technically, they’re part of the land kingdom and are under Sapphires rule, but excluding Fanterra, they each have their own respective rulers. (Sapphire, as much as she tries cannot be in several places at once.)

I think the map is pretty self explanatory as to what each of the climates are like in the areas so I won’t go into too much detail about them.

Then in the centre is the Lake of Kings- or more commonly known as the Sea Kingdom. There’s not much to say about it other than there’s two rivers that lead out to sea and there’s two major kingdoms- these being the lake (the “main” kingdom) and the sea, the rivers aren’t big enough to actually house anyone and are more like the highways of the water.

And they’re not shown but the floating islands are obviously above that, with the “main hub” sitting over the lake and the castle just above that. There’s branching islands off of the main hub that are a number of things, housing, farms, buildings like libraries and schools. Basically the extra things surround the main hub (which gives it its name, it’s in the centre of the islands and is therefore seen as the main hub)

And that’s pretty much it and like I said, it’s pretty goofy looking but it gets the point across as to what everything is, what it’s called and where it’s placed. The layout may change one day I’m not too sure. The current is a little iffy with me but that’s future problems for a future Bagel.

[ataleofcrowns]

Hello!! I just got finished playing the latest chapter and the map for Arsur looks so good!!!! Is it possible to know how you made it?

I used Wonderdraft, which is a map-creating software! It's a one-time buy as well, not like other map creators such as Inkarnate which has a subscription service. Inkarnate does have a free version as well, but I found it very difficult to create a good-looking map just with that as a lot of the better features (such as the parchment skin that I used for Arsur's map) are locked behind a paywall lol. Once I tried out the pro-version I also just... didn't really like the look of it.

So yeah, I'd definitely rec buying Wonderdraft if creating maps is something you want to get into for whatever reason! I can't really walk you through the process of how I created Arsur specifically, I'm pretty sure I just used the tools in the program to freehand draw up the map, place the trees/mountains etc. It's not that hard tbh, I'm horrible at drawing but the tools you get from WD facilitate it as much as possible.