Download or read book Fantasy Map Making written by Jesper Schmidt and published by Fantasy Publishing. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever struggled with map making? Spent countless hours trying to make it comply with the laws of nature? This book is a step-by-step guidebook that will teach you how to create an authentic fantasy map. You will gain all the knowledge necessary to complete a map which your audience will believe, no matter if they are readers, viewing a movie, video game players, or role-playing gamers. It contains the exact process I use when creating maps for my fantasy fiction. I have spent countless hours researching and learning about the topography of Earth and how to apply it to a fantasy map so that you do not have to. I have translated it all into 14 easy steps which allow you to construct an entire fantasy map from start to finish. Step One: What you need to consider before starting your map. Step Two: The different options for creating the map: from hand-drawn over software to hiring a professional. Step Three: An overview of what is to come. Step Four: Sketch your map and make sure to get size of the world just right. Step Five: Adding continents by understanding how tectonic plates work. Step Six: Terraforming your world. Step Seven: Incorporating islands and lakes. Step Eight: Making sure that rivers are realistic. Step Nine: Adding forests. Step Ten: Borders and understanding how the lands will affect the people who live on them, and vice versa. Step Eleven: It’s then time for roads. Step Twelve: Optional fantasy elements. Step Thirteen: The final touches. Step Fourteen: The Map Master. As a companion to this book, you will be able to download a free worksheet. This is not a book to teach you how to draw. It’s about designing.
Download or read book Fantasy Mapmaker written by Jared Blando and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create authentic-looking maps of fantasy cities, hamlets, fortifications and more in a popular tabletop, RPG style. • 30+ step-by-step demonstrations show you how to create your own unique RPG maps • Learn how to draw fantasy cities, medieval settlements and more from a professional gaming illustrator • Tips and techniques for drawing fences, stone walls, forests, fields, bridges, footpaths, mountains, harbors, shields, coats of arms and other cartography elements Put your design and drawing skills on the map!
Download or read book How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps written by Jared Blando and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to create authentic fantasy maps step-by-step! Orcs prepare for battle against high Elves, Dwarves retreat to the mountains and men march to the sea to reclaim crumbling fortresses. Fortunes are decided. Kingdoms are lost. Entire worlds are created. This book will teach you to bring your fictional realm to life with simple step-by-step instructions on how to draw authentic fantasy maps. Set the stage for adventure by illustrating domains, castles and battle lines, mountains, forests and sea monsters! Learn to create completely unique and fully functional RPG maps time and time again on which your world can unfold. All the skills necessary to create awe-inspiring maps are covered! • Landscapes. Add depth, balance and plausibility with rocky coastlines, towering mountains, dark forests and rolling plains. • Iconography. Mark important places--towns and cities, fortresses and bridges--with symbolic iconography for easy-to-understand maps. • Typography. Learn how to place readable text and the basics of decorative script. Bonus instruction teaches you to create fonts for Orcs, Elves, Vikings and dragons. • Heraldry and shield design. Depict cultural and political boundaries with shields and colors. • Advanced cartography. Includes how to draw landmarks, country boundaries and political lines. Build roads to connect merchants and troops, troll cairns and dragon lairs. And complete your maps with creative backgrounds, elaborate compasses and thematic legends. 30+ step-by-step demonstrations illustrate how to construct an entire fantasy world map from start to finish--both digitally and by hand!
Download or read book Fantasy Mapping written by Wesley Jones and published by Wtjones. This book was released on 2023-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy Mapping: Drawing Realms and Kingdoms teaches you how to draw your own fantasy maps. This stand-alone sequel to the bestselling Fantasy Mapping: Drawing Worlds demonstrates techniques for drawing settlements, realms, kingdoms, and the natural and built features contained by these lands. This book is an excellent resource for beginners wanting to create maps for role-playing games, stories, and books. In Fantasy Mapping: Drawing Realms and Kingdoms you will explore: Real-world geography Step-by-step tutorials on how to create and perfect map features Typography Colour and light World building Full map construction This book contains a rich collection of original maps and tutorials that will help you learn to draw the maps you have always wanted! Written and illustrated by Wesley Jones, artist, author, and award-winning mapmaker.
Download or read book Fantasy Mapping written by Wesley Jones and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-13 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy Mapping: Drawing Worlds teaches you the art of fantasy map-making and shows you how to draw your own eye-catching masterpiece. Fantasy maps are illustrations of fantastical and imaginary lands. Nothing pulls a reader into an enchanting world more than a fantasy map. Whether you want to make a map for a role-playing game, a book, or you just want to learn how to draw one, this is the guide for you. Full of simple, step-by-step tutorials, this book is great for beginners. Its straightforward approach is also perfect for the advanced artist wanting to discover new tips and tricks. Quickly master innovative skills and create unique, one-of-a-kind maps. In this book you will learn:World buildingGeographyDrawing techniquesMap constructionThe book showcases a treasure trove of original, never-before-seen maps that are sure to inspire. Jump start your mapping journey and maximize your drawing skills. Make the maps you have always wanted!
Download or read book The GM s Guide to Fantasy Mapmaking written by Cody James King and published by . This book was released on 2025-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring fantasy imaginations to life and create personalized worlds of wonders with this must-have cartography guide. From deciding the scope of one?s world to drawing the nitty-gritty details of its topography, Cody covers it all so that any eager reader looking to expand their game play or fiction world building knows exactly where to start.With this book, readers quickly realize that mapmaking isn?t just about creating direction; maps are the key to understanding a story?s setting and culture. Cody divulges important tools of the trade, teaching readers how to not only draw key individual assets (everything from mountains and cliffs to dragon bones and ancient ruins) but also how to integrate those geographic features into a functional, fantasy map. With tutorials grouped by biome, readers will be able to find detailed guidance on drawing anything they can dream up, from fortresses and farms in settled areas to floating mountains and magical portals in mystic lands.Beyond the specific assets and regional maps, Cody also includes broader tutorials on creating integrated world and planetary maps and composition and layering. And in even more exclusive lessons, readers will learn all the extra bits and bobs that turn an amateur?s map, epic, like perspective-informed borders and illustrative compass roses. Armed with this book, a piece of paper and a pen, any world is now, literally, in the palm of the reader?s hand.
Download or read book Map Paper written by R. P. G. RPG Masters and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 30 sheets of cream-colored, quad-ruled, 8.5" x 11" graph paper for drawing epic fantasy maps, battles, and worlds. RPG Masters makes blank notebooks with RPG-themed covers for the most creative gamers on Earth. As you cross the threshold of the dimly lit, paper supply dungeon, shivering with fear and anticipation, certain of your impending doom and dismemberment, you glimpse a light! A stationary light, piercing the darkness like a needle pierces the bowels of a mosquito. The light emanates from a book. You approach. Equip Map Paper: Quad Ruled Notebook for +5 Creativity, +3 Speed, and +10 Sense of Direction. Specs: 30 sheets/60 pages | cream paper | 1/4" squares | double-sided | paperback binding | 8.5" x 11"
Download or read book Map Art Lab written by Jill K. Berry and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of cartography with this collection of creative map-related projects—for artists of all ages and experience levels. This fun and creative book features fifty-two map-related activities set into weekly exercises, beginning with legends and lines, moving through types and styles, and then creating personalized maps that allow you to journey to new worlds. Authors Jill K. Berry and Linden McNeilly guide you through useful concepts while exploring colorful, eye-catching graphics. Maps are beautiful and fascinating, they teach you things, and they show you where you are, places you long to go, and places you dare to imagine. The labs can be used as singular projects or to build up to a year of hands-on creative experiences. Map Art Lab is the perfect book for map lovers and DIY-inspired designers. Artists of all ages and experience levels can use this book to explore enjoyable and engaging exercises. “Learn about cartography, topography, legends, compasses, and more in this adventurous DIY map book.” —Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine “Every art teacher should have a copy of this book.” —Katharine Harmon, author of The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography
Download or read book Fantasy Maps written by Lambertus Daniel Oosthuizen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with maps of worlds, regions, towns and cities, this book contains over over 120 pages of maps, templates and space to write your stories and adventures. Maps are provided in varied detail, you can use the maps as they are or you can add as much detail to them to suit your stories and your adventures. Template maps and graphing paper is included so you can even draw your own maps, adding color and enriching the detail as you see fit. It is the perfect compaion for Role Playing Games set in Fantasy and Dark Fantasy worlds or if you just want to set your imagination free!
Download or read book Fantasy Map Creations To the Art and Science of Cartography the undervalued art written by Marilyn Velez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy Map Creations is based on a visual representation of fictional/imaginary places created by the artist, with some of the places including monsters such as dragons, octopuses, and other sea creatures.
Download or read book Making Maps written by Matthew Kachur and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps are handy tools that we use in our daily lives! Whether you are hiking, taking a car ride to a new location, or walking in the mall in search of a particular store, some type of map shows you the way. In this book, you will learn about various kinds of maps and the features common to them all. Consider yourself a mapmaker as you follow step-bystep instructions for mapmaking on your own!
Download or read book Create Your Own Pirate Treasure Map written by Jim Bennett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little book (suitable for ages 10 and up) shows step-by-step how to create an authentic-looking, pirate treasure map. The instructions are simple, easy-to-follow, and expertly illustrated. It also has instructions on how to play a pirate treasure hunt game. The last section contains examples of old maps and some fantasy maps of fictional locations. The author is a middle school teacher who has used map-making projects with his students. He is the author of several other books.
Download or read book HexaWorlds written by Christopher Iben and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hexagon notebook for Fantasy RPG Game Master mapmaking and worldbuilding. Create amazing RPG maps, dungeons, and encounters. 50 pages with small and thin hexagon pattern.
Download or read book Here Be Dragons written by Stefan Ekman and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in-depth study of the use of landscape in fantasy literature Winner of the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies (2016) Fantasy worlds are never mere backdrops. They are an integral part of the work, and refuse to remain separate from other elements. These worlds combine landscape with narrative logic by incorporating alternative rules about cause and effect or physical transformation. They become actors in the drama—interacting with the characters, offering assistance or hindrance, and making ethical demands. In Here Be Dragons, Stefan Ekman provides a wide-ranging survey of the ubiquitous fantasy map as the point of departure for an in-depth discussion of what such maps can tell us about what is important in the fictional worlds and the stories that take place there. With particular focus on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Ekman shows how fantasy settings deserve serious attention from both readers and critics. Includes insightful readings of works by Steven Brust, Garth Nix, Robert Holdstock, Terry Pratchett, Charles de Lint, China Miéville, Patricia McKillip, Tim Powers, Lisa Goldstein, Steven R. Donaldson, Robert Jordan, and Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess.
Download or read book Making Art From Maps written by Jill K. Berry and published by Rockport Publishers. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once tools of navigation, old, antique maps now make the perfect pieces of art. Discover this unique papercraft with guidance from Making Art From Maps. From origami to paper cutting and decoupage, love of paper crafting has soared, and with it the variety of paper types used by artists. Among these are maps - an apt choice for any crafter: they're easy to find, often free, meant to be folded, and their colorful surfaces add an allure of travel to every project. Making Art from Maps is equal parts inspiration and fun. Jill K. Berry, author of Map Art Lab returns, bringing her expertise in maps and her wide-ranging skills as an artist with her. With her cartographic connections, she takes you on a gallery tour, introducing you to the work of some of the most exciting artists creating with maps today. Designer interviews are accompanied by 25 accessible how-to projects of her own design that teach many of the techniques used by the gallery artists.
Download or read book Maps and Mapmaking written by Anita Ganeri and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1995 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what maps are and why they are used, introduces symbols found on maps, and offers easy projects to follow
Download or read book Making Maps written by Todd Bluthenthal and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there such a thing as a fun way to develop spatial awareness? Yesand readers can do so by reading this book! Readers will engage in and expand their understanding of the world around them through a creative, rewarding map-making activity developed with learning and fun in mind! Step-by-step instructions guide them through this rewarding exercise, while a simple history and explanation of cartography allows them to feel a part of something both fascinating and epic.
