Maps: The Galaxy Edition

So when I first started writing, I had no desire to place my stories on earth. So I would create maps (See previous posts) of places, and then make a planet for that map. And then came the big question;
Where is this planet?
That was when I decided that all of the planets that are home to all of my stories were in a Galaxy together, The Galaxy of Wonders.
Very cliche, very predictable, but still it sticks. It is a galaxy teeming with life and marvels. And then I mapped it out. It was a simple process.
All I did was take a piece of paper, gel pens, a pencil (outline everything so I could organize it), and a little bit of time.
Add a few special things, notable stars or what-have-you and you have a galaxy.
So, if you find yourself in the same boat as me, try it out. Map out a galaxy and remember, you make the rules for this.
In one of the galaxies I made their sun is a blue star!
There is no sky to limit you. Just the endlessness of space.
You aren't held back by science, or history, or even math! You get to create whatever you want.

Also, you can totally rewrite what science says. Don't be daunted by it! Put life on Mars! Or Uranus! Say that Pluto isn't nearly as cold as what scientists believe! Say there's a planet that nobody has ever seen because it is always exactly opposite of Earth!
Have fun.
Be Creative.
Let me know what you think!
A bientot!

Maps Part 2

This is the map that I posted last time. I have been working on it quite a bit as you can see, adding rivers and lakes, and castles (pardon the drawing skills). This is about the time when I would start giving the map a story, this one just hasn't gotten one yet because my mind is a little blocked.

In any case it will probably get one...eventually. In any other case...I usually have a story for it by now.

But right now I am just contenting myself with adding to this map.

Maps are nothing so hard to do unless you are a Perfectionist. The only thing that is ever perfect is Christ.

Hils are just curves, and if you want to make hill homes just connect the two ends of a hill and put a door there.

Lakes can be whatever shape you choose. I made a lake look like a duck once.

Rivers tend to be connected to some larger body of water, like an ocean or lake.

Mountains are traingles, to save time. cause otherwise... well, look at the finished map below.

What do you notice?

There are many things going on on this map.





Now look at this cropped closeup.


Mountains, and little huts are all over the place. These mountains took an hour to do.




So a peice of advice.

Don't get crazy with you maps, or your hand will have more pencil on it than the paper will.

Welcome To A New World

Fantasy has always been one of my favorite things. Elves, Fairies (or Fearies), Dwarves, Nymphs; Those things are always coming after me and always being written about.
In this blog I am going to talk about the kinds of things you can do with fantasy worlds, whether it is just for fun, whether you use it for writing, and or whether you just want to learn about the kinds of fantasy creatures.
I may not post as often as I would like, because I do have school work to attend to, but I will try my best to post as informative and fun posts as I can.
I just want to tell you four things about this blog.

1. I do not use innappropriate terms, I do not swear, and I will NOT post anything that I think is innappropriate. If you can't say it around a five year old, you won't see it here.
2. This information will be based on my knowledge, my ideas, and the things that I can gather from the internet. I use my imagination to specify what I think things would be like.
3. I generally don't place magical creatures in an advanced world. The fashions are usually dresses for girls, and tunics and pants for guys. The weopens are generally swords, battle axes; not guns.
4. I am not big on the magical "Nature" of things, a little magic is okay, but after a certain point it makes me sick.

So, keep those things in mind and follow me along this fantasmical journey to another World filled with creatures unseen in our world.
And one other thing I didn't mention above.
I am not afraid to put my beleifs out there; I will probably being talking about the Bible, And God in just about every post, because everything has a root, and I have found many of those roots in the Bible.
But, I hope you enjoy this blog.

                   ~Crystals Rush