Just realized how much a random comment at a con changed my map style

I was at a small comic con in Portland last year, showing off a big hand drawn map. This older guy stopped, looked at it for a minute, and said, 'Your rivers fork a lot... real ones mostly just come together.' He was right, I had drawn them splitting all over like a tree. I went home and looked at real geography for hours. Now I always check river flow before I ink anything. Has a simple tip from a stranger ever totally fixed a basic mistake in your work?

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the_jennifer24d ago

Ever had a teacher wreck a favorite song?

keithwalker24d ago

Oh man, totally. My middle school music teacher would just murder any pop song by playing it on this squeaky old recorder. Like, thanks, now I can't hear that tune without imagining a sad plastic whistle. It's like they had a special talent for sucking all the fun right out. Kind of impressive in a really annoying way.