I had a coffee with an old friend today that I hadn't seen for far too many years. We talked about a trip we did to the tepuis in Venezuela in the early 90s so I dug out this old photo of her sitting on the lip at the top of Roraima. It is many, many 100s of metres below their feet !

#southanerica #venezuela #Tepuis #walking

Unique #tepui #frogs face new perils https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/14/lost-world-venezuela-unique-tepui-amphibians-in-peril-as-climate-warms

"The tabletop mountains in #Venezuela are sheltered, otherworldly ecosystems. #Tepuis are home to some of the world’s rarest and strangest creatures: #toads that roll into balls instead of hopping, frogs that dwell in #CarnivorousPlants, and #amphibians only ever seen by a few people. To adapt to #ClimateChange, #animals and #plants are slowly climbing up altitudes. But for the frogs on the tepuis, there is no up for them to go to"

This semester, I'm a guest lecturer for a worldbuilding class at USC School of Dramatic Arts.

I use real-world places to create fictional geographies. In this case, I've cobbled together a few Venezuelan #tepuis to create an archipelago...these are a couple of test renders based on the map.

Remember--Islands are mountains.

#speculativecartography #fictionalmaps #gamemaps #regionmap #creativecarto #worldbuilding #maps #cartography #3dterrain #3denvironment #uscsda #conspiracyofcartographers

This semester, I'm collaborating teaching a worldbuilding class at the USC School of Dramatic Arts.

I'll be showing the class techniques for creating fictional places from real geographies. I've cobbled together a few Venezuelan #tepuis to create an archipelago...this is the draft map.

Remember--Islands are mountains.

#speculativecartography #fictionalmaps #gamemaps #regionmap #creativecarto #worldbuilding #maps #cartography #3dterrain #3denvironment #uscsda #conspiracyofcartographers

Mysterious Islands in the Sky Unlock Secrets of Our Past: Return to Tepuis

Mysterious towering tepuis in South America have been the inspiration for movies such as Avatar and Up, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Lost World.

In this short film adventure from Pongo Media, a team of explorers repels down the mystical mountains of this legendary lost world to uncover evolutionary secrets of some of the most unique ecosystems in the world.

#Tepuis #SouthAmerica #NationalGeographic #NatGeo

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