Seeing the giant crater on the continent sort of makes the landmass resemble the general appearance of a fetus, with the crater as its huge unblinking eye, I’m not sure if that was intentional but it’s super cool nonetheless!
the huge crater adds so much mystery to the world. in my head i called it "the eye of the world" and people shunned it, taking a wide berth when traveling by, staying well clear of the ever still waters :D the big, swirling mass of clouds adds mystery too, but knowing what is hidden underneath makes it even cooler. love it :D
The shape language is so readable and clear, I can easily understand how the topography would geographically make sense and the people that would settle there! It's like a Master Class in world building and you didnt even say a word !!😱
Amazing map one small thing I would’ve done differently is putting the desert area. The area you chose is traversed by a multitude of rivers which should make the area more likely to grow trees. On the other hand to the ouest of the map there is an area with very few river going through it that could take the role of a desert instead. (Just a small detail I thought might be cool)
Actually that kind of phenomenon is pretty common. Even if there is an abundance of water sources in the desert, it doesn't mean it'll have soil, or even be fertile. Deserts are more formed by geological processes and then built upon by climate changes and environmental circumstances. For instance, the fact that the desert was placed right behind a mountain range is very realistic, as wind and atmospheric patterns often cause mountains to be the junctions between two distinct geological biomes. And, also, it's still sand. Even if there's water, there's not going to be a ton of flora there.
@@parallax256 Indeed. I might also add that the water isn't necessarily that drinkable. When the west of the U.S. was being surveyed and explored, rivers or water sources that were drinkable were labeled "sweet water". 😅
I loved this fetus-shaped map. I would love to be able to zoom in and get to know every corner, with information on roads, hunting routes, rivers, lakes, towns, villages, fields and everything else... I love fantastic cartography!
Drawing maps myself for a living, and I have to tell you: This - alongside your other work - is really well done. I'm just one more subscriber out there that tells you something, and even on the off chance you may read this I wanted to have said this. Great work, I love it!
The map looks great and I would love to hear the world building. It makes me question the story behind every detail. Is there a reason there is few cites on the coasts, like are there sea monster? Is there a magical reason the desert is a desert with so many rivers? The map makes me want to hear all about this world and sparks my curiosity. Your an amazing artist and I hope you have fun in your creative journey. I already know you will do great.
My question as well, but it does make sense, since cosstal citoes used to need an estuary or some sort of spring water close at hand to be able to flourish as an occasional stop for mercantile ships. Considering the great river that flows parallel to the coastline it would make sense for the mercantile efforts to develop there. The red sea coast of the Arab peninsula was not all that populater either, was it?
@@ReblazeGaming coastal cities are very common, especially in lower fantasy settings due to the ease of transport the waterways gibe ti any city situated close to one. Rivers are the first, and the seaside is second, but cities still need freshwater!
Judging by the size of the delta I suppose this is not a continent but a small island, in which case I don't see how there's such a drastic mountain range that deep, maybe the island sits in between two converging plates idk, but I would think in that case there would be a major fault crossing the island, I think that kind of mountain range should be following the form of the coast and be more close to it mimicking the Andes region in Colombia, Peru or Chile, that way, there could be a tectonic plate that roughly resembles the edge of the continent giving a reasonable explanation for the subduction zone and the creasing of the continents surface. The other thing is the scale, in case this is not meant to feel like an island but more like mainland of a continent I would suggest decreasing detail on rivers and river basins, deltas, etc. Really great content man, discovered your channel yesterday and I am on a binge, love your work.
looking at those lakes in the middle of the mountain ranges makes me think it's the product of two diverging plates that are still in the very early stages of rifting, like the East African Rift Valley and the mountains surrounding it
Man, I've spent so much time learning how to use real terrain data and manipulating it to make height maps and shading maps, using different software... erosion sims. But seeing the way you layered all that detail with just points and shading makes me want to try your process. Definitely giving it a go in my next map, great video!
Like that your rivers form realistic watersheds, with tributaries merging into larger rivers as they move to the ocean. So many fantasy creators get rivers wrong.
Hey, I'm fascinated by the world that you are putting together, having seen all of your videos now, and was wondering what made you go towards a "german" direction. I would assume Grimm's Fairy Tales and european folk lore would be huge inspirations for you, but was wondering if there was more to the story. On another note though, I thought Mitpunkt was a fun name for a city. Keep up the good work.
I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. 1. will there be a video mapping out the territory between Ram, Verussian and any other nations you plan on adding 2. Is this map only a continent of the world or is this the whole world overall 3. If you do plan on adding more nations to the world, will you be taking suggestion for the them of that/those nations
Man, this channel is awesome! Seeing all this incredible worldbuilding gave me two ideas. First, I think this world would make an amazing setting for a tabletop role-playing game! I'm not sure what you want to do with this world once it is built, but that would be an incredible direction to go with it and I would 1000% support a crowd-funded and/or traditional launch of such a project. Second, I want to write stories in this world. I want to explore the lives of characters scrounging for a living in the nooks and crannies, to watch the historical figures leave their mark -- good or bad -- on the fate of the world, to observe the awe-inspiring landscapes and cultures, to experience encounters with the new races and creatures. Whatever you do with this world, I'm here for the ride!
Please add more arid land, I like that you note some sort of rain shadow on the continent but a lot more of these eastern lands in the north should be dry savannah if not sandy desert
Do you plan on making a dnd-like tabletop rpg with these concepts? I've recently discovered your channel and am utterly impressed by how creative and intriguing this world is becoming, I have to say keep up the good work, you have amazing ideas. Watching these videos, I can't help but imagine a breathtaking ttrpg made in this world, you have amazing world building skills and I personally would be absolutely thrilled to play a ttrpg from this background.
I love this so much, You have made me re-fall in love with lore building! If you have a discord for this project that would be super cool!, I Would love to conversate with other viewers about it!
Have you heard of the aperiodic monotile that was recently found? the first thing I thought was that it would make a good basis for an island when worldbuilding. In particular the 'hat' shape which is the simpler version and the original found.
A bit too pointy for an island, unless it's an artificial island made to be able to move and interconnect with many others by a precursor race now lost to time... which would be cool as hell
@@gioelecarratelli4593 I was thinking to use it as a base, so smooth and round the corners. Have the shape be the bedrock, and have erosion on the sharpest edges and silt/sand build up in the shallow angles.
hey, could there be a way to involve music to the hole monstergarden project? like maybe ask for submissions of music and then, the music is randomized to relate it to certain tribe, character, etc. it could be a fun way to collab with musicians in your audience and enriche lore through selection or randomness. Really apreciate your project by the way
you should find a good explanation for the deserts (for one you could say that hurricanes pass frquently through there making impossible for plants to implant there and retain enough water), as well why there is jungle where it is
I think it is better if you didn't make it an island and make some of the land mass extend off the paper. It makes it more mysterious as to what is out there aside from these 2 faction. Off the top of my head, I think a show that did this well is the witcher. Ocean one side, impassable mountain on the top, large threat coming from and unexplored area down south and the unexplored west. Or you can do the GoT approach with the mysterious, mostly unexplored continent to the east. But I personally like the witcher approach more.
this looks like the profile of a man that is looking to the left in shock and terror with wide open eyes and mouth. i love it the resemblence can even be part of the lore
you should have a place that is reclaimed by a civilization using magic, like a battlefield that was turned into a thriving metropolitan area by a collective of mages.
yo i came from the magic system vid to here hoping that you would actually see my comment i wanted to compliment you on your designs, everything that ive seen on your channel looks absolutely stunning and the detail is cool asf. ive been working on a worldbuilding project of my own for a while though i use the term "working on" very loosely, i just write down the details whenever i have inspiration. but still, i was hoping you could provide some advice.
I don't think the town/road/civilization layout quite reflects the state of prolonged bitter positional war? Where are the fronts? Around Bitterstill? Lisford? Is this just before the War?
is the zone near bittersil, like a massive beach? or is it some sort of praire, like i don't get why it would be so (supposedly) dry, with all the rivers
Yeah, that big river delta right in middle of the desert feels pretty weird. Could be Egypt/Nile-inspired, but the scale is a bit off for that. Also since the winds mainly seem to come from the west here, the rain shadow area of that mountain range in the north should be much bigger
@@ecMonify that would be a cool solution, there are many answer that could work, but for now we have none. Honestly the question was more for me, since i wasn't this if there is a natural process to permit this to be a thing.
Mountains prevent humidity to build over in that area, so, rainfall wouldn't be common, that's why it's a desert, but the delta I guess is just bc choice, and I guess sort of makes sense if the water is running off the mountain, tho not enough to create greenery, same thing happens near the bottom of the continent(?) with the mountains too
I feel like this might be a small thing to remark but if you want your channel to reach more people I would rekomend making a new profile picture. The one you have now looks a bit average and amateur and I think that with your amazing art skills you could make a more interesting one that better represents the content on your channel. Obviously this isn't a huge deal but when I first saw your videos the channel icon was the thing that made me hesitate before clicking. Changing the name of the channel might also help in the same way.
@@monlenz highly in favour, that name absolutely demands your attention when you see it literally just found your channel via the dwarf redesign video. I *L O V E* THEM. Really really love the original bug designs you started with, I think I might nab a couple ideas for my personal use lol. Your work is fantastic, already sharing it with all my friends. Keep it up!
nice art and ilostration, but the mao should be a little more natural, it looks somehow wrong geograficly, id like to help out, the rivers are built by erosion of course, and move from higland to low land, to be moved to the sea, that is the basic rule of thumb, the are like vains natural and chaotic with a lot of change, the alps are a good refrence to the rocky area, if it is higher then water should accumulate at the bottom, it should flow in cervicis of the mountain, carving it like fabric movment, conecting it like a spider web, the most of the rivers should diverge and break when they flow to sea, so only braking it up in the grass dosnt make sense, rivers should form in places with a bowl shape, just like in the mountins, but not where there is not ehough flow, like the top of the mountain, if lake is formed at the top the it should be small, and with a maller rate then in the bottom, dessert needs no water, but it does once in five years have a lot of water quickly so it should have a lot of dry rivers and big ones at that, also near a flowing river it should have green, like the nial river, a dessert also needs to be srounded in the conection to the sea at some parts with jungle or forst to suck the mouster out, the sahare is the best example of dessert and sea, also if it is uniform in color then it is a small island like the England or Wales, if not then make swamps and more variation of geografic places, lake hahola in israel is a good example, also you can make some salt marshes in some places near the desert and ocean, and then some salt flats near the desert mountain, thats all i can think of, good luck
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Seeing the giant crater on the continent sort of makes the landmass resemble the general appearance of a fetus, with the crater as its huge unblinking eye, I’m not sure if that was intentional but it’s super cool nonetheless!
I love your enthusiasm but that’s a storm.
@@alexandrudorries3307 There's quite clearly a crater lake under the storm.
It definitely has an embryotic feel to it, at least in this orientation.
2:55 underneath the storm
At first I saw Germany .-.
I love the big in-land hurricane, it adds some mystery to the continent that catches the eye
yea its where the mana core incident happened.
BEWARE THE EVERSTORM.
Right in the eye of the fetus.
@@alexandrudorries3307 Stormlight archives?
@@monlenz wait so is it a storm or just a big ol' crater. Cuz I've been seeing a bit of arguing about that.
the huge crater adds so much mystery to the world. in my head i called it "the eye of the world" and people shunned it, taking a wide berth when traveling by, staying well clear of the ever still waters :D the big, swirling mass of clouds adds mystery too, but knowing what is hidden underneath makes it even cooler. love it :D
I can't tell you how badly I want this as a tabletop RPG setting... I love the dark, gritty concept that it takes to the fantasy magic genre
The shape language is so readable and clear, I can easily understand how the topography would geographically make sense and the people that would settle there! It's like a Master Class in world building and you didnt even say a word !!😱
not a single port city
Amazing map one small thing I would’ve done differently is putting the desert area. The area you chose is traversed by a multitude of rivers which should make the area more likely to grow trees. On the other hand to the ouest of the map there is an area with very few river going through it that could take the role of a desert instead. (Just a small detail I thought might be cool)
Actually that kind of phenomenon is pretty common. Even if there is an abundance of water sources in the desert, it doesn't mean it'll have soil, or even be fertile. Deserts are more formed by geological processes and then built upon by climate changes and environmental circumstances. For instance, the fact that the desert was placed right behind a mountain range is very realistic, as wind and atmospheric patterns often cause mountains to be the junctions between two distinct geological biomes. And, also, it's still sand. Even if there's water, there's not going to be a ton of flora there.
@@parallax256 Indeed. I might also add that the water isn't necessarily that drinkable. When the west of the U.S. was being surveyed and explored, rivers or water sources that were drinkable were labeled "sweet water". 😅
If you don't mind me asking, what program did you use for this, and did you use any specific brushes? Wonderful work!
I loved this fetus-shaped map. I would love to be able to zoom in and get to know every corner, with information on roads, hunting routes, rivers, lakes, towns, villages, fields and everything else...
I love fantastic cartography!
Drawing maps myself for a living, and I have to tell you: This - alongside your other work - is really well done. I'm just one more subscriber out there that tells you something, and even on the off chance you may read this I wanted to have said this. Great work, I love it!
The map looks great and I would love to hear the world building. It makes me question the story behind every detail. Is there a reason there is few cites on the coasts, like are there sea monster? Is there a magical reason the desert is a desert with so many rivers? The map makes me want to hear all about this world and sparks my curiosity. Your an amazing artist and I hope you have fun in your creative journey. I already know you will do great.
Great map. Why are there no major coastal cities tho?
My question as well, but it does make sense, since cosstal citoes used to need an estuary or some sort of spring water close at hand to be able to flourish as an occasional stop for mercantile ships.
Considering the great river that flows parallel to the coastline it would make sense for the mercantile efforts to develop there.
The red sea coast of the Arab peninsula was not all that populater either, was it?
I don't understand, are there supposed to be? Can someone explain?
@@ReblazeGaming coastal cities are very common, especially in lower fantasy settings due to the ease of transport the waterways gibe ti any city situated close to one. Rivers are the first, and the seaside is second, but cities still need freshwater!
There could be some canonical reason like the monsters in the sea are too deadly to allow long distance travel by boat
Judging by the size of the delta I suppose this is not a continent but a small island, in which case I don't see how there's such a drastic mountain range that deep, maybe the island sits in between two converging plates idk, but I would think in that case there would be a major fault crossing the island, I think that kind of mountain range should be following the form of the coast and be more close to it mimicking the Andes region in Colombia, Peru or Chile, that way, there could be a tectonic plate that roughly resembles the edge of the continent giving a reasonable explanation for the subduction zone and the creasing of the continents surface.
The other thing is the scale, in case this is not meant to feel like an island but more like mainland of a continent I would suggest decreasing detail on rivers and river basins, deltas, etc.
Really great content man, discovered your channel yesterday and I am on a binge, love your work.
looking at those lakes in the middle of the mountain ranges makes me think it's the product of two diverging plates that are still in the very early stages of rifting, like the East African Rift Valley and the mountains surrounding it
Man, I've spent so much time learning how to use real terrain data and manipulating it to make height maps and shading maps, using different software... erosion sims. But seeing the way you layered all that detail with just points and shading makes me want to try your process. Definitely giving it a go in my next map, great video!
That... looks like an embryo... You mad bastard I bet this was planned and I absolutely love it.
Like that your rivers form realistic watersheds, with tributaries merging into larger rivers as they move to the ocean. So many fantasy creators get rivers wrong.
wow this is such a well thought out map! great work!
Peperidge Farm remembers.
Hey, I'm fascinated by the world that you are putting together, having seen all of your videos now, and was wondering what made you go towards a "german" direction. I would assume Grimm's Fairy Tales and european folk lore would be huge inspirations for you, but was wondering if there was more to the story. On another note though, I thought Mitpunkt was a fun name for a city. Keep up the good work.
Amazing, what did you use to draw it?
I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. 1. will there be a video mapping out the territory between Ram, Verussian and any other nations you plan on adding 2. Is this map only a continent of the world or is this the whole world overall 3. If you do plan on adding more nations to the world, will you be taking suggestion for the them of that/those nations
Wow, this map looks beautiful.
Man, this channel is awesome! Seeing all this incredible worldbuilding gave me two ideas.
First, I think this world would make an amazing setting for a tabletop role-playing game! I'm not sure what you want to do with this world once it is built, but that would be an incredible direction to go with it and I would 1000% support a crowd-funded and/or traditional launch of such a project.
Second, I want to write stories in this world. I want to explore the lives of characters scrounging for a living in the nooks and crannies, to watch the historical figures leave their mark -- good or bad -- on the fate of the world, to observe the awe-inspiring landscapes and cultures, to experience encounters with the new races and creatures.
Whatever you do with this world, I'm here for the ride!
Festung, Werner and Schroder are some wunderbar names haha :D
Please add more arid land, I like that you note some sort of rain shadow on the continent but a lot more of these eastern lands in the north should be dry savannah if not sandy desert
Do you plan on making a dnd-like tabletop rpg with these concepts? I've recently discovered your channel and am utterly impressed by how creative and intriguing this world is becoming, I have to say keep up the good work, you have amazing ideas. Watching these videos, I can't help but imagine a breathtaking ttrpg made in this world, you have amazing world building skills and I personally would be absolutely thrilled to play a ttrpg from this background.
Gotta go explore that crater!
Deep diving for treasure, fuck yeah!!
it looks like a large embryo, could be some lore there
I love this so much, You have made me re-fall in love with lore building! If you have a discord for this project that would be super cool!, I Would love to conversate with other viewers about it!
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Gorgeous work as usual
Kinda looks like a fetus... was it intentional? Regardless, it's a great map!
Had the same thought!
I immediately looked into the comments for this
Great map! 6/5
Have you heard of the aperiodic monotile that was recently found? the first thing I thought was that it would make a good basis for an island when worldbuilding. In particular the 'hat' shape which is the simpler version and the original found.
A bit too pointy for an island, unless it's an artificial island made to be able to move and interconnect with many others by a precursor race now lost to time... which would be cool as hell
@@gioelecarratelli4593 I was thinking to use it as a base, so smooth and round the corners.
Have the shape be the bedrock, and have erosion on the sharpest edges and silt/sand build up in the shallow angles.
hey, could there be a way to involve music to the hole monstergarden project? like maybe ask for submissions of music and then, the music is randomized to relate it to certain tribe, character, etc. it could be a fun way to collab with musicians in your audience and enriche lore through selection or randomness. Really apreciate your project by the way
you should find a good explanation for the deserts (for one you could say that hurricanes pass frquently through there making impossible for plants to implant there and retain enough water), as well why there is jungle where it is
I think it is better if you didn't make it an island and make some of the land mass extend off the paper. It makes it more mysterious as to what is out there aside from these 2 faction.
Off the top of my head, I think a show that did this well is the witcher. Ocean one side, impassable mountain on the top, large threat coming from and unexplored area down south and the unexplored west.
Or you can do the GoT approach with the mysterious, mostly unexplored continent to the east. But I personally like the witcher approach more.
What else is out there? Are there other nations/factions and how do they impact the current setting?
Amazing work! :D
this looks like the profile of a man that is looking to the left in shock and terror with wide open eyes and mouth. i love it the resemblence can even be part of the lore
Excellent map! From what I understand about watershed over landmasses, this continent would be in the southern hemisphere of the planet? 🤔
Nice touch with those german names. Did you do research or did you choose them at random?
i think ernau might just straight up be a real village name so good job on that naming this is german approved
Looks awesome!
As a German, some of the city names made me chuckle
Peperidge farm remembers.
Like many here, I find the embryotic structure fascinating!
you should have a place that is reclaimed by a civilization using magic, like a battlefield that was turned into a thriving metropolitan area by a collective of mages.
yo i came from the magic system vid to here hoping that you would actually see my comment
i wanted to compliment you on your designs, everything that ive seen on your channel looks absolutely stunning and the detail is cool asf. ive been working on a worldbuilding project of my own for a while though i use the term "working on" very loosely, i just write down the details whenever i have inspiration. but still, i was hoping you could provide some advice.
looks like a developing embryo
I don't think the town/road/civilization layout quite reflects the state of prolonged bitter positional war? Where are the fronts? Around Bitterstill? Lisford? Is this just before the War?
Amazing
Is that typhoon no man's land considering it's between Verus and Ram?
Is it just me or does this continent look like a foetus?
embryo island. very cool
getting some Mata Nui vibes
Is the giant crater supposed to be the one the Mana institution left behind after its disappearance
Very nice map
How about adding an iland w’er so far away that no one knows about and the way advanced in magic technology could be good for the future stories
Is it possible that there are other land masses that are set in this world? Or is this the only landmass?
does the map look like an early stage fetus intentionaly? cuz intentional or not that looks sick
Reference photos from horn of Africa 😱😱
Didn't think Festung was a popular name for cities.
There's gotta be a lore behind that big crater thats being covered by an unending hurricane. And the map looks like a fetus or somethin. Interesting 🤔
Nice
where are all the ports?
do the people of peperidge remember?
is the zone near bittersil, like a massive beach? or is it some sort of praire, like i don't get why it would be so (supposedly) dry, with all the rivers
I had the same thought... it's a beautiful looking map either way but that riverine desert(?) did look a little weird to me
Yeah, that big river delta right in middle of the desert feels pretty weird. Could be Egypt/Nile-inspired, but the scale is a bit off for that. Also since the winds mainly seem to come from the west here, the rain shadow area of that mountain range in the north should be much bigger
maybe the water carries with it toxic minerals from the mountains which in turn kills all vegetation? this is a FANTASY map, remember...? :D
@@ecMonify that would be a cool solution, there are many answer that could work, but for now we have none.
Honestly the question was more for me, since i wasn't this if there is a natural process to permit this to be a thing.
Mountains prevent humidity to build over in that area, so, rainfall wouldn't be common, that's why it's a desert, but the delta I guess is just bc choice, and I guess sort of makes sense if the water is running off the mountain, tho not enough to create greenery, same thing happens near the bottom of the continent(?) with the mountains too
Is it supposed to look like a frog making Italian hand gestures?
whomst else wants to go swim in that circular lake?
If I squint a bit it looks like an embryo
Looks like mata nui
I feel like this might be a small thing to remark but if you want your channel to reach more people I would rekomend making a new profile picture. The one you have now looks a bit average and amateur and I think that with your amazing art skills you could make a more interesting one that better represents the content on your channel. Obviously this isn't a huge deal but when I first saw your videos the channel icon was the thing that made me hesitate before clicking. Changing the name of the channel might also help in the same way.
I was thinking of changing the name of the channel to the monstergarden. which was the original name i though of.
@@monlenz highly in favour, that name absolutely demands your attention when you see it
literally just found your channel via the dwarf redesign video. I *L O V E* THEM. Really really love the original bug designs you started with, I think I might nab a couple ideas for my personal use lol.
Your work is fantastic, already sharing it with all my friends. Keep it up!
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nice art and ilostration, but the mao should be a little more natural, it looks somehow wrong geograficly, id like to help out, the rivers are built by erosion of course, and move from higland to low land, to be moved to the sea, that is the basic rule of thumb, the are like vains natural and chaotic with a lot of change, the alps are a good refrence to the rocky area, if it is higher then water should accumulate at the bottom, it should flow in cervicis of the mountain, carving it like fabric movment, conecting it like a spider web, the most of the rivers should diverge and break when they flow to sea, so only braking it up in the grass dosnt make sense, rivers should form in places with a bowl shape, just like in the mountins, but not where there is not ehough flow, like the top of the mountain, if lake is formed at the top the it should be small, and with a maller rate then in the bottom, dessert needs no water, but it does once in five years have a lot of water quickly so it should have a lot of dry rivers and big ones at that, also near a flowing river it should have green, like the nial river, a dessert also needs to be srounded in the conection to the sea at some parts with jungle or forst to suck the mouster out, the sahare is the best example of dessert and sea, also if it is uniform in color then it is a small island like the England or Wales, if not then make swamps and more variation of geografic places, lake hahola in israel is a good example, also you can make some salt marshes in some places near the desert and ocean, and then some salt flats near the desert mountain, thats all i can think of, good luck
Cute little whale 2:42
you should try making some kind of game
I noticed that it kinda looks like an embrio.
It's a fetus
am i the only one that thinks that the land lookes like a fetus?
It kinda looks like a fetus 😊
I’m sorry but did you intend to make it look like a duck foetus?
is it just me or does it look like a fetus?
fortnite
Damn gtv 5 map looks great
what tools did you use to make this