Here is the design quandry in a nutshell.

On the left is an actual tracing of a section of the Himalayan watersheds. That's the ridges separating the rivers.

In yellow in the middle was a sketch I did of a grossly simplified idea - the central ridge with side spurs. About the only thing it has in common with the Himalayas is that the nodes (where the ridges join) are only ever 3-way. This would be relatively easy to create a set of symbols to emulate, but it doesn't look very realistic.

In white on the right is something that will probably look better, but which is horrendously complicated to create as a 'lego set' of individual symbols that can be used interchangeably for infinite variety.

So of course I'm going to try and do something that will work like the white pattern without being too complicated to use.

I think it might just work, though, if I take each section of the main spine with a single spur, like this.

Can you please click the colour swatch in the top bar to reveal the palette, and take a screen shot for us, RyanosRealm?

The ODW was written several years ago now. Since then there has been a notable blog, a new version of FT3, and at least one Cartographer's Annual that relate to it and update things somewhat. If you show me your palette I will have a better idea of how to help you from where you are, rather than trying to work it out in my head.

Thanks :)

And I thought you were kidding me in the live stream chat! LOL!

LMAO!

And now I can't unsee it!

It's great to see work being done to expand on Jim's gifts to us.

Wyvern said...

It was a very interesting explanation!

I think I gave up about 100 pages into "Rocks and Minerals The Definitive Visual Guide" by Ronald Louis Bonewitz. It wasn't a course book, but a recommended tool for identification purposes. I still have it on my bookshelf - for identifying things. Maybe it goes into too much detail on the chemistry of each mineral. It all vanishes into a blur in my memory. I love watching Myron Cook videos on Youtube, though. I think process interests me far more than chemistry.

Absolutely true! I've shown some of the wacky things I tried along the way, but only about half of it.

I don't think we got as far as fossils. Shame, really. I'm very interested in Palaeontology, and binge watch hours and hours of video documentaries relating to that.

Come to think of it, most of what I know today is generally from watching documentaries and Youtube videos.

Sorry, @Royal Scribe For some reason I missed your earlier comment in the turn of the page.

Thank you :)

Looks like it's going to be an interesting map :)

Congratulations :D