Your Map Is a Story. Are You Telling It?
The Red Quills Mapmaking
1,645 views
Stop just making maps that are just the geography of your world! They aren't just your placenames slapped onto a blank page -- this is your opportunity to show us so much more about what you are creating in your world. This video contains the suggestions for what kind of maps you need, what they should contain, and the information that you aren't adding to them.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Start
03:08 - What does a map do?
06:59 - What can a map imply?
09:38 - How can we make a map that places us in the world?
15:24 - Different maps for different haps
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) 1.0mm, 0.2mm, 0.1mm, 0.05mm
Paper - Montmartre A2 180gsm spiral bound artbook
For digital rendering, I use and recommend Paint.Net (unpaid), which is free to download.
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
9 Comments
Black for geography
Blue for water
Red for political
Thanks for doing these
Ps, I quite like the sci-fi videos
Alternatively, you could place a sheet of isometric A3 paper underneath a sheet of plain paper on a light box to draw your map. A3 light boxes are relatively inexpensive.
Your Map Is a Story. Are You Telling It?
The Red Quills Mapmaking
1,645 views
Stop just making maps that are just the geography of your world! They aren't just your placenames slapped onto a blank page -- this is your opportunity to show us so much more about what you are creating in your world. This video contains the suggestions for what kind of maps you need, what they should contain, and the information that you aren't adding to them.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Start
03:08 - What does a map do?
06:59 - What can a map imply?
09:38 - How can we make a map that places us in the world?
15:24 - Different maps for different haps
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) 1.0mm, 0.2mm, 0.1mm, 0.05mm
Paper - Montmartre A2 180gsm spiral bound artbook
For digital rendering, I use and recommend Paint.Net (unpaid), which is free to download.
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