I found this subreddit this last winter but left my computer at my parents house for the semester. I made some maps with color pencils and stuff, but I couldn't wait to get back to try out GIMP for making maps. I've used GIMP and photoshop a bit before, but not much for making stuff from scratch. The small images used on the map are images found on Google, and I didn't keep the proper sources, so I feel kinda bad about that.

Here is the text from a notepad file i am keeping to place thoughts on the world.

"World History for Map

The 'world' is flat, but with a slight curve as if part of a sphere that has been cut. at the edges there is a sheer drop, where water falls to an abyss and land stops abruptly. The 'world' is part of a larger world that is a collective of these pieces.

Little islands (the tiny ones made of a few pixels) are homes to the most powerful wizards who conjure up land from the ocean.

The land to the bottom right is sparsely populated, very mountainous, and dry. The inhabitants and men with wings, who do not speak much due to rigorous living conditions that require lots of energy.

The land in the bottom center is a fractured kingdom of secretive elves that would have liked to remain undisturbed, but have been pressured into trading their extremely valuable crafts. They do not make contact with outsiders themselves, but have 'enslaved' other races on the island near the center to conduct their trades. They are secretly amassing a large army.

The landmass to the left is populated with dwarves and gnomes, distant relatives. The dwarves live in the rocky area, and control the land bridge to the one of two land endings on the edge of the world. the gnomes harvest crops in the lowlands near the coasts. They are mischevious, and proud, and their race is highly fractional and kingdoms are very fluid.

the 'nice' elves live on the northern landmass, mostly along the coasts and in the jungle. They consider themselves the eminent race, with a large port city on the southern peninsula, Ryn Duhle. in the mountains and above, the land is mysterious and changing, and is said to be the location of the Beginning, where every race can trace its roots if they dare.

Below the world, underneath, a few demons reside. Suspended below, the pantheon of the gods is rumored to be empty except for one, who is either trying to avoid the rest of the gods (and their slivers of the world) or is looking dutifully for the others (i haven't decided yet)."

The map is quite large, and I was thinking that a few pixels (3x3ish) is a good size village. There is one huge federation of cities in the peninsula near the center of the map, with the routes stemming from it. Also, it is incomplete. I was just excited about it and wanted to share.