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Sort of, but not exactly. For example, take a look at a Wikipedia page about a random country. You'll notice that there are pictures of certain places/sights/etc. Now image you have a page about your conworld. If you're trying to make it look like your conworld actually exists, you probably wouldn't say "The capital looks a lot like this", but "This is the capital" instead. So it's basically pretending your world exists by taking pictures from the internet and making it look like they represent a location/sight/etc in your conworld (rather than saying it just looks like it). If I'm not making much sense here, please let me know.Micamo wrote:I don't get it: Are you taking pictures of things here on earth, then saying "Here's what I imagine certain parts of my conworld look like?" If so it might be better to have a thread which asks "What are your inspiration sources?" or something like that.
Average: Basic: :srp: Terrible: ...tell me more...Micamo wrote:Problem: What if our conworlds don't resemble Earth all that well?
Tazar is a city of obsidian built around a huge, dark pit in the middle of an desert of carbon dust. Two suns dance along glowing white rings across a pink sky. Giant beetles carry loads on their backs as they eat patches of glowing red fungus that grows in the nutrient-rich dust. The dust gets *everywhere*, brought into the city by weekly storms of black clouds. The people where little clothing save for their breathing masks; Those who go without their masks get Black Breath, coughing up black mucus until their lungs give out and they die. Charred bones carrying polished weapons patrol the streets, and all bow and scrape at the coming of a Black Bride, the rulers of the city who became the wives of the Chained God, imprisoned at the bottom of the great pit.
Yeah, that sounds amazing. Do you have something else about this world? You seem to mostly post your conlang stuff.thaen wrote:...tell me more...Micamo wrote:Problem: What if our conworlds don't resemble Earth all that well?
Tazar is a city of obsidian built around a huge, dark pit in the middle of an desert of carbon dust. Two suns dance along glowing white rings across a pink sky. Giant beetles carry loads on their backs as they eat patches of glowing red fungus that grows in the nutrient-rich dust. The dust gets *everywhere*, brought into the city by weekly storms of black clouds. The people where little clothing save for their breathing masks; Those who go without their masks get Black Breath, coughing up black mucus until their lungs give out and they die. Charred bones carrying polished weapons patrol the streets, and all bow and scrape at the coming of a Black Bride, the rulers of the city who became the wives of the Chained God, imprisoned at the bottom of the great pit.
Vacations there must have to be booked years in advance.Micamo wrote:Tazar is a city of obsidian built around a huge, dark pit in the middle of an desert of carbon dust. Two suns dance along glowing white rings across a pink sky. Giant beetles carry loads on their backs as they eat patches of glowing red fungus that grows in the nutrient-rich dust. The dust gets *everywhere*, brought into the city by weekly storms of black clouds. The people where [sic] little clothing save for their breathing masks; Those who go without their masks get Black Breath, coughing up black mucus until their lungs give out and they die. Charred bones carrying polished weapons patrol the streets, and all bow and scrape at the coming of a Black Bride, the rulers of the city who became the wives of the Chained God, imprisoned at the bottom of the great pit.
Yeah I know I know, I've been trying to get better at actually posting stuff.gestaltist wrote:Yeah, that sounds amazing. Do you have something else about this world? You seem to mostly post absolutely nothing at all, Edie
Funny thing is, they are. Massive pipeworks pump thousands of gallons of water up from the pit believed to be a gift from the Chained God below. Pilgrims come from half a world away to deliver their sacrifices, and Tazar's universities are the region's center of art, culture, and learning. So great is this influence that second-language speakers of Tazaric outnumber native speakers by nearly 10 to 1.Lao Kou wrote:Vacations there must have to be booked years in advance.
Some Black Breath with your mojito?Micamo wrote:The vices the city offers are forbidden to natural-born residents, not that they don't enjoy them anyway. Imagine it as a kind of combination of Mordor, Mecca, and Vegas.
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So I've been to Fiumina's city center and three years later to a city just 54 km away from the capital itself!Segano wrote:So it's basically pretending your world exists by taking pictures from the internet...
I went to Grizognja a few days ago :DEgerius wrote:Grizognja, outside the city, 3012 AUC - another class trip (again two days before the end of the class trip).Spoiler:
Nothing stops you from editing existing images or creating some of your own. I'm aware many (if not most) conworlds here aren't related to Earth, but that should cause any problems. Just post whatever you're comfortable with, whether it's an image from Google, an edited photo from your co-worker, a video, or something you created in paint.Problem: What if our conworlds don't resemble Earth all that well?
I'm not sure if you're being serious or just making fun of me, but either way: nice pictures. I assume the names are Buonavellesan?So I've been to Fiumina's city center and three years later to a city just 54 km away from the capital itself!
Now where are my pictures of Venice and Florence...
Average: Basic: :srp: Terrible: It's 30/30, 10% childish behaviour and 30% imagination (since these are my pictures). The names are from two Rodentèrra-Romance languages: Fiúmina is Argemontese and Grizognja is Buonavallese (the former is from Latin FLV́MEN, the latter one is actually disguised Polish: gryzoń /ˈgɾɨzɔɲ/ means 'rodent', gryzońa is the genitive singular).Segano wrote:I'm not sure if you're being serious or just making fun of me, but either way: nice pictures. I assume the names are Buonavellesan?
Are the people there humans (or human-like) or some weird aliens?Micamo wrote:Yeah I know I know, I've been trying to get better at actually posting stuff.gestaltist wrote:Yeah, that sounds amazing. Do you have something else about this world? You seem to mostly post absolutely nothing at all, Edie
Funny thing is, they are. Massive pipeworks pump thousands of gallons of water up from the pit believed to be a gift from the Chained God below. Pilgrims come from half a world away to deliver their sacrifices, and Tazar's universities are the region's center of art, culture, and learning. So great is this influence that second-language speakers of Tazaric outnumber native speakers by nearly 10 to 1.Lao Kou wrote:Vacations there must have to be booked years in advance.
And although the Council of Brides can be quite totalitarian, the theocracy is wise enough not to do anything to stifle the city's popularity with the outside world. Aside from disrespect of a Bride or public defamation of the Chained God being a serious crime, the city is quite libertine. (At least for visitors; The vices the city offers are forbidden to natural-born residents, not that they don't enjoy them anyway.) Imagine it as a kind of combination of Mordor, Mecca, and Vegas.
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