The Complete Fantasy Map Process: Sketches to Masterpiece
The Red Quills Mapmaking
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Creating a fantasy world from scratch is no small endeavour, but anything worth doing has its challenges. Mapping the world out is a crucial step: it helps the readers or the players visualise the world, it helps you to plan out your story, and it gives the story a much needed anchor to realism.
I've had a few questions recently on how I go from a sketch to a full map as a professional mapmaker -- and in the interest of getting the good word out, in encouraging as many new mapmakers as possible -- here is the step by step process that I use to map out fantasy worlds.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Start
00:58 - Why Should You Map Your World?
04:19 - Where Should You Be Mapping?
13:32 - What Materials Should You Use?
18:21 - What Do You Need To Do?
MATERIALS:
The materials and tools that Ryan uses to create his maps are available to him in Australia. If you are in a different part of the world, these may not be available to you. Be aware that the types of material or tool is more important than the specific brand.
Fineliner Pens - UniPin (black, beige) 1.0mm, 0.2mm, 0.1mm, 0.05mm
ArtLiner (blue, dark red) 0.4mm
Staedtler assorted fineliners (multi colour) 0.4mm
Watercolour - Koh-i-Noor high-intensity pigment watercolour palettes
Paper - Montmartre A2 180gsm spiral bound artbook
LINKS:
REDDIT | Join the new Red Quills subreddit! | Reddit: RedQuills
WEBSITE | Commissions, Tutorials, and the Mailing List | https://www.redquills.com.au/
PATREON | Free downloadables and more! | Patreon: RedQuills
DISCORD | Join the Community | Discord: discord
BECOME A YT MEMBER | Early access to videos and special member-only events and videos | @redquills
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The Complete Fantasy Map Process: Sketches to Masterpiece
The Red Quills Mapmaking
2,405 views
Creating a fantasy world from scratch is no small endeavour, but anything worth doing has its challenges. Mapping the world out is a crucial step: it helps the readers or the players visualise the world, it helps you to plan out your story, and it gives the story a much needed anchor to realism.
I've had a few questions recently on how I go from a sketch to a full map as a professional mapmaker -- and in the interest of getting the good word out, in encouraging as many new mapmakers as possible -- here is the step by step process that I use to map out fantasy worlds.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Start
00:58 - Why Should You Map Your World?
04:19 - Where Should You Be Mapping?
13:32 - What Materials Should You Use?
18:21 - What Do You Need To Do?
MATERIALS:
The materials and tools that Ryan uses to create his maps are available to him in Australia. If you are in a different part of the world, these may not be available to you. Be aware that the types of material or tool is more important than the specific brand.
Fineliner Pens - UniPin (black, beige) 1.0mm, 0.2mm, 0.1mm, 0.05mm
ArtLiner (blue, dark red) 0.4mm
Staedtler assorted fineliners (multi colour) 0.4mm
Watercolour - Koh-i-Noor high-intensity pigment watercolour palettes
Paper - Montmartre A2 180gsm spiral bound artbook
LINKS:
REDDIT | Join the new Red Quills subreddit! | Reddit: RedQuills
WEBSITE | Commissions, Tutorials, and the Mailing List | https://www.redquills.com.au/
PATREON | Free downloadables and more! | Patreon: RedQuills
DISCORD | Join the Community | Discord: discord
BECOME A YT MEMBER | Early access to videos and special member-only events and videos | @redquills