I've spent the last 2 weeks researching how the best animators on YouTube make their maps and I've found some answers, I hope they help others.

Popular Illustration software:
Paid ➤ Photoshop/ Adobe Illustrator
Free ➤ Gimp/ Paint/ Inkscape

Specific MAP Making Software ➤ Inkarnate/ Wonderdraft/ Azgaar's fantasy map generator

Popular animation software:
Paid ➤ After effects/Geolayers/ Adobe animate/ Apple motion
Free ➤ Blender/ Unreal engine

Kings and Generals map source ➤ https://aecharters.co.uk/
Also uses Wonderdraft (Thanks to a helpful comment)

I've always wanted to know how popular animators made their video but was stuck at the first hurdle of understanding the maps they used.
This is just what I think these creators use, some of them may not be correct i.e. Invicta but the others I'm fairly sure are.

At around 2:05 When I said 'they are similar, they are quite different'. I meant the map styles are similar in presentation but the actual maps themselves are unique. Apologies at 2:20.

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TOOLS I USED
Davinci Resolve 18.6 Editing
Microsoft Word Scripting
Acer Predator Laptop
Canva Thumbnail


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Attribution for the animation I made myself:

Explosion:
a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/freevideos/..." Green Screen Fire Blast Stock Videos by Vecteezy/a
Clouds:
a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/freevideos/..."Green Screen Background Stock Videos by Vecteezy/a

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/theflower
License code: NZEJKIXJ5K0VBDM6

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