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Naming Stuff: Places

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

This worldbuilding series is about naming, well, stuff. This post, the fourth (and next to last) addresses places like worlds, continents, and cities that populate maps and draw attention to the world created. There are NO hard and fast rules. … Continue reading →

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Sketching a Functional City Map for Orientation and Reference

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

The city map. I can’t believe I’ve never focused on this topic before because the city map, or any one for a small area, is probably the most useful. World maps are glorious and epic, but for the writer, theres’ … Continue reading →

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Pannulus Map

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

In my efforts to add my major maps to the Map tab I now arrive at Pannulus. I can think of the Tremjara map as my epic achievement. Carrdia, being my first map, has, like its name, become a piece … Continue reading →

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Tremjara Map

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

After over a year I’ve realized that since moving back into my WP site that I never placed maps in the map menu. Whoops. So, it’s time to change that and a good place to start is with the largest … Continue reading →

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Limited Worldbuilding

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

So, I’m worldbuilding again. Well, kinda, but not exactly. Okay, I am, but I’ll call it limited worldbuilding. The reason is that the world already exists. Though, in the end, what I’m doing will benefit the world as a whole, … Continue reading →

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Ontyre Map Series 5 – Pannulus Emerges

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

We now come to the close of my not-so-little map series. I’m pleased to say we don’t close with a whimper, but with the map that most fires my fantasy map passions. The Pannulus map, in short, has a history … Continue reading →

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Ontyre Map Series 4 – Colorizing Tremjara

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

My little map series continues, though it isn’t so little anymore… Week1: Historical map influences. Week2: Fantasy maps and my first attempts at creating Carrdia. Week3: Creating the continent of Tremjara in B&W. This week, as promised, the topic is … Continue reading →

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Ontyre Map Series 3 – Tremjara Evolution

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Oh so giddy am I! This week I get to talk about present day Ontyre maps. Ontyre is my world and sharing the maps is a bit like me taking you there for a visit. As you may recall, the … Continue reading →

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Ontyre Map Series 2 – First Carrdia Efforts

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

My transition from real maps to fantasy maps happened in an instant the day I opened The Fellowship of the Ring and saw Middle Earth. It was a map of imagination itself. It was an I-need-to-sit-down moment. The Middle Earth … Continue reading →

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Ontyre Map Series 1 – Early Influences

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Before my beloved Pannulus map there was the colorization of Ontyre, the revamped Ontyre map before that. Before my current maps there were all my mapmaking experiments over the course of a couple of decades. Before my maps, there were … Continue reading →