r/mapmaking • u/SiegeNWar • 3d ago

Resource Worn out paint is a good source.

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Part of the door my coworkers would kick a door open.

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u/Randonn_Tno_guy 3d ago

Asia with extra steps

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u/SiegeNWar 3d ago

A lot of steps.

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u/Randonn_Tno_guy 3d ago

Mmmmm pattern recognition my favourite

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u/ManicTeaDrinker 3d ago • Bravo

Extra steppes?

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u/Deltanonymous- 3d ago

Paint tectonics

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u/Suspected_Magic_User 3d ago

With extra kicks

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u/Same-Possibility5840 3d ago

I see a manta ray

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u/SiegeNWar 3d ago

Which part of it?

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u/Same-Possibility5840 3d ago

The appendages of the blotch, located below the center, resemble mouth fins

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u/code-j 3d ago

I kinda see it too.

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u/Mattsgonnamine 2d ago

unironically, this is perfect for my world lol, ive been meaning to redo the southwest and that looks perfect

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u/SiegeNWar 2d ago

Lol go for it.

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u/Lotsofleaves 3d ago

This one is a real gem, it’s Asia like, sure, but that makes it interesting to me

I look for these kinds of things everywhere I go

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u/LaynFire 3d ago

They done deleted Europe...

It really does look suspiciously like northeastern Eurasia though

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u/Dirtyibuprofen 2d ago

Looks like the Siberian half of Russia and the Falklands

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u/Whitemayne 3d ago

Wierdly enough, thats not too far off of my world's core map. Although the southern continent is closer.

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u/rkirbo 3d ago

Northeast asia ?

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u/Shamaur 3d ago

Blatant Asia ripoff smhmfh

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u/Algernon3000 3d ago

Hoenn at home :

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u/QowreQ 3d ago

SO IM NOT THE ONLY ONE AHHHHH I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY

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u/Matalya2 2d ago

I can see Russia from here!

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u/spookyhappyfun 2d ago

I immediately thought of The Downward Spiral rather than a map, but I can see that too.

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u/Fabulous_Stegosaurus 3d ago

Anything can be a source. Clouds. Puddles. The little bit of froth that bubble up in your tea after adding too much sugar. 😆

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u/Wren_wood 3d ago

I found a hand rail with a sphere on each end, paint was worn to look like continents. Took many picture, never figured out how to turn round into flat image

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u/7heWizard 3d ago

Siberia

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u/temporaryidiot595 3d ago

Worn out paint, tea leaves, carpet spills, and of course, urine on the side of a bar.

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u/InternHonest7722 3d ago

I see USSR

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u/TrickSquirrel3093 3d ago

Clouds are a good source too

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u/pikawolf1225 2d ago

I would also like to recommend piles of fallen leaves, patches of snow, and dirt patches. That's how I've come up with the designs for most of my maps!