How to Create a Mythical World Map

Last Updated: August 4, 2021

In many fiction stories, a mythical world is born into the sea of imagination. Many striving sketchers, drawers or tech artists will also create mythical worlds for fun. Whatever the reason is, when describing this mythical world, you will need a map to show the world you have created. This is tech artistry, if you want to hand-draw your world, do the same as below, but it is impossible to express your own style and artistry, so this is only how to create a mythical world on the computer.

Steps

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Bring the world to life. Name your world. Decide what world your characters are in. If you're having trouble deciding what to name your world, go to a English-to-Turkish/Latin/French translator, type in a word, and find a nice name. Most names won't be very catchy at first, but will catch on eventually. You will most likely switch names many times. The world in the examples here we will call "Sasirma" the Turkish word for "wonder".
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Give your world a geography. Our world has a mix of land masses and islands and water, all including tropical, sub-tropical, desert, tundra, valleys, mountains, swampy and many other types of land.
- What are the land masses like? How many major land masses are there? How many islands are there? Is there more water or land?
- What types of climate are there? Where is it hot? Where is it cold?
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Create the climate. If you want to create a new type of climate (different from tundra, desert, etc) you must be an extremely talented writer. Decide what the main surroundings will be (grass, sand, etc), decide the heat and what it's like, decide where fresh/salt water is and if it can support large populations.
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Add features. What cities are there? What roads are there? Where are the forests/deserts/tundras/etc?
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Give your world a personality. Our world has a mix of tundras, deserts, tropical, sub-tropical and many other climates. Our world supports billions of humans and animals, and we are 'sophisticated'. What will your world be like? Decide the following:
- What species does it support? You may want to create multiple new species or find mythical creatures to add to your world. Do these animals speak?
- What is the population of this world? If your animals can speak, are there more humans or animals? Do humans and animals coincide with each other to survive?
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Consider how it is governed. Are there different governments in your world? Where do they occupy? What races and species live there? What government is at war with who?
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Consider the complexity of your world. Is it simple or sophisticated?
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You can also add plants, food, clothes, and people.
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Download the GIMP 2 http://www.gimp.org/. GIMP is free and it comes with all the tools you need to create your world.

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Community Q&A

Question

How can I include detail on a large map?

Community Answer

You can break up the map into sections or continents, and draw them on paper. Since those sections are now smaller, you can easily add more detail.
Question

How can you make the map look real?

Community Answer

You can use oils, pastels, or watercolor to make it look more authentic.
Question

How can l draw a real world map?

Community Answer

First, find a real world map online or in a store. You can then copy that image onto a piece of paper.

Warnings

Don't worry the reader with every little detail about the world, but create it anyway (you never know when you may need to refer to it)

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