Not my first mapmaking project but this *is* the first one I was commissioned for, which is an opportunity I’ve been seeking for a very long time. These maps were rendered for @iguanodont‘s ongoing worldbuilding project, and showcase the mountain ranges, waterways, seasonal glaciation, and volcanoes of the planet inhabited by the alien “birdbug” species their project centers on. The unique qualities of their world -like its extreme axial tilt, or the ice age it’s in the midst of- pushed me to learn much more about the factors that shape planets and their climates, and I collaborated very closely with my client to figure out the particulars. This project also gave me a chance to test out different tools and processes that I hadn’t ever used before, and I’m relieved that they worked so well for this project and that I’ll know how to use them in the future. My client posted these to their own blog here and I highly recommend seeing what they wrote there, as well as all their artwork for this worldbuilding project and everything else they’ve created, it’s really really good! I’ve admired this artist for several years now, and I’m very happy for the chance to work with them and contribute to this project that has impressed me for so long. Digitally rendered in Photopea (with some involvement of maptoglobe.com), October-November 2020. Based on the early draft rendered by @iguanodont
The full-resolution versions of these maps can be found here.
