r/mapmaking • u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious • Apr 04 '26
Map Is this map realistic?
I made a fictional Exo-planet map, and i wonder if this is realistic enough for worldbuilding project.
what da ya think?
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 04 '26
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u/chinablu3 Apr 04 '26
Needs clouds.
But in seriousness, it looks cool! Some of the mountain range on the eastern continent look a little too ‘perfect.’ They would look better on a map with a more hand drawn aesthetic but on a realistic map like this it feels off to me. Otherwise I like the shape of things and the biomes feel about right.
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u/UndeadCitron Apr 04 '26
There might be a little too much snow in the east and too little in the west, but otherwise it looks about perfect
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u/SoaringMoon Apr 04 '26
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u/dronko_fire_blaster Apr 04 '26
Looks good! What did you use to make it?
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 04 '26
Sketchbook
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u/dronko_fire_blaster Apr 04 '26
So you did it by hand?
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 04 '26
Partty much, but the textures comes from NASA Blue Marble map.
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u/dronko_fire_blaster Apr 04 '26
Ah nice.... Hm might try doing that myself at some point, been trying to make a realistic map, but haven’t been supper happy with the workd generator out-there currently
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u/RosalilyArts Apr 05 '26
Like the sketchbook app?
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 05 '26
The Sketchbook mobile app to be specific.
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u/RosalilyArts Apr 05 '26
Well its fantastic, definitely realistic enough.
I use the old desktop version of sketchbook, I usually see Krita and other apps to dominate the art block so its cool to see this kind of art in sketch.
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u/CarobCritical7290 Apr 08 '26
I happen to have that app, so I'll rry it out and I'll post it in this community and add a link to said post
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u/blue_sidd Apr 04 '26
This is an image, not really a map. How did you make it? Realistic meaning what? Maps aren’t really the end all be all of world building.
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 04 '26
Kinda strange. I draw the sea first and then add the texture underneath. I use NASA Blue Marble map for most of the texture. I did it on Sketchbook.
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u/KalyterosAioni Apr 05 '26
I like it. The first thing I noticed was snowy mountain peaks in the leeward side of rain shadow mountain ranges that look a little out of place, especially on that wide orogeny on the eastern side of the western landmass. Other than that nitpick, it looks excellent.
Can you share a little more info on your workflow to achieve this? I've been trying to find satellite image textures and falling!
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 05 '26
I use the NASA Blue Marble map for texture, basically pile several of it (30 layers) all into one workable texture (Use a light brush), after that I can add mountains and other stuff depending on the shape of the landmass.
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u/No_Entrepreneur3184 Apr 06 '26
Did you make climate zone?
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 08 '26
No
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u/No_Entrepreneur3184 Apr 09 '26
Would you make it?
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u/Flat_is_Earth312 Apr 15 '26
This looks like the Forma world from Centaura and Dead Ahead but expanded. I can clearly see the Libra continent and the Norma peninsula.
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u/BagelRedditAccountII Apr 04 '26
Middle of the map highkey reminds me of Forma
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u/AIDs_AI_Is_Delicious Apr 05 '26
Because this map takes inspiration from it, two continents split apart. The difference is that the planet is smaller and has more axial tilt.
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u/BagelRedditAccountII Apr 05 '26
Yeah, Forma would probably be a Sudarsky Class II or warm mini-Neptune gas giant given its stated surface gravity (1 Earth g) and stated size (2.3 Earth radii), with much of its mass being water or water vapor.
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u/BeboTheMaster Apr 04 '26
That looks fucking awesome bro. I have a map to globe converter on my website. It’s completely free. Chideas.net
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u/GuitarKittens Apr 04 '26
Depends on what kind of realistic you're aiming for. If you're talking geography, you probably shouldn't obscure it so much so it can actually be judged