Mapping: Vosmerre, I hope

I said in an earlier post that Vosmerre would be shaped like my iris (the colorful part of my eye). Well, it turns out that that island is actually called Vizin, at least for the moment.

I did finally start mapping Vosmerre, I think, but I'm not very far into it at all yet. However, here are some pictures of what I have done (if you have any suggestions or advice, please comment; I want to know what people think):

This is my continent, I haven't named it yet.

Watch out, these islands are home to a horde of especially vicious dragons called the Draken. Draken is a variation of an ancient variation of the word dragon, Draaka is the other variation of the same word, I think.

 

This is Vizin, it is roughly shaped like my iris!

Disclaimer: any and all features of this map are subject to change without notifying readers of this blog. Thank you, and have a good night.

Map-Building

Well, I said in my last post that I am going to build a fantasy world. It's named after the "main" nation in it: Vosmerre.
So I have been doing a lot of thinking and have been having a great time envisioning my world, but I realized I would need to make a map. I thought it would be neat to draw it by hand, but I was afraid it might take weeks to do and then I wouldn't even like the result; so I decided to buy a map making program called Campaign Cartographer. After I build the map in this program I might try to hand draw it too.

Here is a map of an island called Furim I made after watching a bunch of tutorials:

I really like this program and recommend it to anyone interested in that kind of thing.

If you have any ideas that you think might help with my map or world, please put them in the comments below. :-) Thanks!

Building Vosmerre

I am going to try and build a fantasy world and when I think I've built it sufficiently for some stories to live in it, I will try to write some publish-worthy stories about/in it.
I found a world-builder which I think I will use at least to some extent, if you're interested in seeing what I've got ahead of me, click here.
Vosmerre I think will be it's name, but I'm not completely sure yet (I probably won't be until a book about it has been published so that I can't change it any more).
It will be the Medieval-type fantasy with dwarves, fauns, centaurs, people, dragons and other creatures in it. I have been praying that God will guide and help me as I try to put this together in a way that will please and glorify Him.
I think it will have some significant influences from C.S. Lewis and Tolkien, but I also intend to make things very different in my series from any other fantasy.
I intend to blog as I go through this, so expect to hear a lot more about Vosmerre (or whatever it becomes!). If any of you reading this have suggestions that you think will be helpful please let me know; also please pray for guidance and wisdom for me as I embark on this adventure.