Maps are a quintessential part of the fantasy experience, whether you're writing a novel, creating a game, making a magazine, blog, or whatever it may be. It may look hard, but creating a map is easier to than you may think. In this video, I'll walk you through how to create a map for your work using free software and resources online.


Software Gimp: https://www.gimp.org/

Sketchy Cartography Brushes: https://myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushe...

Calligraphic Cartography Brushes: https://fbrushes.com/calligraphic
cartographybrushes/

Black Cancery Font: https://www.dafont.com/blackchancery...

Parchment: http://www.myfreetextures.com/wpcont...

00:00 Some Example Maps
02:51 Map from Legacy of the Legend (A NEW NOVEL!)
03:32 Fonts and Brushes for Gimp
04:50 Creating a New Map
05:17 Drawing Landmasses
07:46 Land, Water, an Outline, and Shallows
10:18 Drawing Biomes
11:48 Mountains
13:03 Rivers
14:12 Terrain (Forests, Swamps, Hills, Etc.)
15:50 Cities
16:30 Roads
17:31 Labeling the Map
18:07 "Aging" the Map
18:29 Grayscale for Printing



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