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Quick map of a lighthouse island (from a map suggestion by @MonsterJail ). Pen on paper.
Lovely to see Braavos getting some GRRM and @tmagazine love today. Thanks for the shout out and the featured map @jamiebsims nytimes.com/2018/10/16/t-mag…
Enjoying a great article on mapmaking as research and worldbuilding by @david_mitchell in the @NewYorker today - Start With The Map. Here’s a couple of excerpts - and the full article: Start with the Map newyorker.com/books/page-tur… Enjoy.
Sometimes simple maps can be effective. Here a network of tunnels in a shattered glacier. Look in the dark ice - and you’ll see lines of light vanishing into the depths. And the ice has blues, turquoise, and purples. How you fill in the rest of the map matters.
A fortified rock outcropping, defended by wemics. Welcome to the savannah. #fantasyMap
Sneak peek #2. A fancy harbor and aqueducts. Which city is this? I’ll post the final maps tomorrow - for the launch day of A Reaper At The Gates! #fearthereaper
And yes - there’s a spelling mistake in the draft. Editors are wonderful people.
Sneak peak #1 - this is from one of two maps for A Reaper At The Gates, coming out on Tuesday, by @sabaatahir If you’ve read the series, you may be able to guess the city. #bookmap #reaper #fearthereaper
Kauf Prison - from sketch to final draft - for @sabaatahir novel A Torch Against The Night. More maps to come when Reaper is published!
How to use features to imply scale. I changed my mountain and forest styles completely on this map to imply the scale of the world. And removed all line art. I didn’t illustrate mountains. I illustrated mountain ranges.
Tutorial Thread - How To Draw Simple Treeson a Middle Earth Style Map.
It’s really easy to draw trees on a map and make them look pretty. It’s also really easy to get close, decide they look rubbish, and stop. Here’s a quick method for drawing a Middle Earth style forest.
And here’s a video of this in progress: youtu.be/tPlDHIjCPS0
Finally - this full tutorial as a single webpage: fantasticmaps.com/2016/04/ho…
