My Introvertedness

I have always considered myself shy and introverted (the shyness a fear of judgement, the introversion my loner attitude), yet I never quite realized how much introversion played a role in my life. I thought it had more to do with my social situation than my tendency to get lost in my own thoughts. I'm not anti-social, but my social requirements are clearly different from the average person. I came to understand myself a bit more after reading the article from http://www.carlkingdom.com/10-myths-about-introverts. It pretty much summarizes information from one of Marti Laney's books, "The Introvert Advantage". I'm thinking of reading the book myself after I finish my current book. It should help me understand (at least scientifically) why I have always acted the way I do. I could be sensitive to dopamine.

Update

I was successful at creating the globe, but there were some issues. I cannot freely move it, it is always stationary in the program. I can change the perspective, but it will always remain a picture (I really want one that revolves. The big issue that I became painfully aware of is that my map needs to be a rectangle instead of a square. I need to greatly increase the polar ice caps and then trim the top and bottom of the map. I will post an updated map and the globe version once it's complete.

The Complete Map

The 8-bit masterpiece is complete. Now I can mess with the presentation in Photoshop and attempt to make a globe in Adobe Illustrator. Hope it all works out.

The Power of Photography

I was at the Duke Gardens yesterday and took several photos. I'm only average at photography, but managed to get a few great shots in my opinion. First we have a photogenic duck.

 Next we have a squirrel patching up its roof of leaves.

This is my final favorite, a picture of the lake with a Japanese bridge in the background.

New Map Update

Still under construction. The shape of the last continent is mostly done, although I'm not entirely happy with it yet. The last step is to work on water depth and decide if there should be any more islands.

Small Project

I decided I wanted to create images for things in Part 3. Here is part of Philos's journal for instance.

Map update

I'm going back and forth between writing Part Four and updating the map. As some of you may know, I'm making a map of Patmos in Minecraft. When that is complete, I will make some adjustments in Paint and Photoshop. Here is what I have so far:

North is Skiven, west is Aglondon, in the center is going to be Hlendvlask, south of Aglondon is Hyllutha and the last continent which is being constructed has not been named yet. As you can see, the colors of the water will represent depth. I'm hoping I can find some sort of program that can wrap the map around a globe.