I thought I'd post an update on the state of this world since I've made some major changes in the layout because I wanted it to be a little more "Earth Like". So far this is still in the sketching phase but I think it's starting to improve a bit. I started detailing that center sea area on the eastern continent just because I got excited about it, but the rest is still just blobs that need to be refined. The poles are working out much better now, that piece on the bottom was just causing me too much grief so I removed it completely, I'll work out the south pole later... Right now I have about 20 different versions of this map cluttering up my computer just from trying to sort out the poles, and how things were appearing in the other projections that I plan on using.
I still have allot of time to put in before I'm happy with the coast, but I really want to get it right because I know the next stages of figuring out the plates and the topography are going to be really time consuming so I'd like a solid base to start.
I'd love to here some thoughts on the shapes of the land masses in general, do you guy's think I'll be able to sort out some reasonably plausible plate tectonics with this layout? Will I be able to generate some realistic earth like climates? And do you think I'll be able to get some interesting regional maps and cultures out of it? I know there's still a ton of work to be done before I get to those points I just don't want to waste any more time on this coast.