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I agree with what people have said above, and would like to add my two cents. Did these groups who came in contact come in contact as equals? Was one group more technologically advanced or techno-culturally advanced (e.g. writing, astronomy, functioning bureaucracy etc.)? These kinds of things...

I am also creating a world where different languages are important. I'm a linguist in training, so I actually like that nerdy language structure stuff - but it's moments like that I think it's worth remembering the difference between a con lang (constructed language) and a story lang. A con lang...

Pretty wild. I love the last one!

Here are my suggestions: I made the title bigger, lowered it, put the name under the title to fill the space in the middle. The painting itself hasn't been changed. Sorry the title's a bit scrappy, but you get the idea, I hope :)

I'm also a Scrivener user. I got it for a slightly discounted price, so it felt sweet :) I'm one of those people who's really picky about thing sin general, so if there is something that fits the bill and is moderately priced ~ a bit pricy I just dish out the doe. I find it's intuitive...

These look sweet :D Can't wait to see more!

Both designs are good. I think what people are responding to is that the first design has 'better composition' and uses the whole space (like others have pointed out, the second one seems a bit empty, like you're not utilising the space). I like the standard composition of the first design, but...

You haven't offended at all D. Gray Warrior! You're genuinely doing to (going to be doing) research, so how's that a bad thing? I just thought an Australian perspective would be useful, so glad to be of any help :)

Check out what Austin Kleon has to say about it. It's not just Kleon though; a lot of people suggest that sharing stuff is a good way to build yourself a reputation as a creative and cool person. What to share, though, is something to think about carefully. A good, short read :) Show Your Work...

Interesting mix! As an Australian, and a fellow world-builder, I'm interested to know why you chose to mix Australian Indigenous culture with the Songhai and Malians. Australia has, as far as we're aware, never had an Indigenous Empire. If you follow Jarod Diamond's point of view (Guns, Germs...

As Ascanius said, part of it would depend on how different the grammars of the languages. Welsh/Celtic and Norse are quite different. Having said that, if the speakers of the two languages share many cultural norms, translation and acquisition would come much more smoothly. You would be able to...

I've never head of any of these programs. Possibly because I'm a mac user too. I use an image manipulation program, not a program whose sole purpose is to make maps. As everyone's said, it doesn't seem worth getting specialist software when all you want to do is use it once or twice. You might...

Caged Maiden: Ah, ok. Your original post was about the presence/absence of the sword, but then there were some new comments instructions in later posts so I guess I got confused. My opinion still stands regarding the sword (it flags certain things, whether you want to communicate that or not is...

I had trouble making out the precise shape of the symbol in the first image. Only by looking at the second image was I able to get a holistic picture of the shape. I like the subtlety of the first one as opposed to the second one (the second one is a tad too 'dude-y' for my tastes, plist...

I second Devor that the font isn't really working, and that the image is cropped in an awkward way. You have three elements to the front cover, and they aren't really harmonising. The text (too much vertical space between the two lines IMO), the man, and the skull feature. They're placed at...