Laevus, Land of Exiles

This was a "just for fun" map that started out as an attempt to apply my Astro-Map technique to an xray image of a hand. The initial result was way too similar to the original image, so I played with some heavy erosion effects and raised the water table. In the process, I discovered a nifty way of showing bathymetry (underwater topography) that I think I'll use in future maps. I had some fun playing with anatomy terms, too.

The title is a Latin word for Left. One interesting thing I learned while looking that up: Latin associates the left with evil, bad luck, and rejection. That's why I went for the "Land of Exiles" subscript. I don't have any story behind this, though it could be interesting to imagine a continent-sized giant whose decayed body becomes a habitat for whole civilizations. Maybe that's how sentient bacteria would see us. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!