Let’s Talk One True Mate (One True Mate Companion, Vol. 1)

10—Maps

This was my first attempt at a real map. It’s cute, right? Ha ha. It didn’t do the job so I tried again.

My second attempt. See SPD with the radio tower on top of one of the biggest buildings? That’s my favorite part. Unfortunately, this is still inadequate—it’s too small, too compressed, too unrealistic, too non-artistic, too fuckedupistic. That’s fine though. This was me learning.

My third attempt, in an 18x24 inch artist’s notebook, with a plastic overlay laid on top to give important place names. This was bigger and allowed for more of an actual town, which I needed. I’ve since realized that the town needs to be expanded, and also shifted to the right and down below that highway south of SFD. I’ll do that work after 11 is done and published—this map will suffice until then.

Here it is with more detail, and without the plastic overlay. Don’t get attached. Much of this will change. Where most things are relative to each other won’t change, and the spirit and concept of things won’t change… I just need to spread town out and shift it right and down. The reason for this is that the wolf statue needs to be exactly where it is, up there in the top right, but it also needs to be able to be considered north of town, while the catamount statue is west of town and the bear statue is east of town, which will make the locations of the statues line up with the territories of the guardians in the meadow.