How to Draw Mountains, Forests, Swamps and Cities for a Fantasy World Map!

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@robin.roundcap 4 жыл бұрын

I love this guy, he's really enthusiastic, yet doesn't shout and has a really nice soothing voice, paired with great videos

@rkitsune3549 4 жыл бұрын

I concur!

@Melvito2 4 жыл бұрын

I legit thought I was going to get enthusiastic shouting and was so pleasantly surprised. He also seems chill and an overall cool dude.

@treefrog4301 3 жыл бұрын

U should see morgz

@WhoCares-zk3il 2 жыл бұрын

Why does he remind me of Bob Ross tho

@RealCreativeCarson 2 жыл бұрын

@@treefrog4301 I hate morgz

@UrsaFrank 4 жыл бұрын

J.R.R.Tolkien didn't draw the middle earth map's (or rather, the ones he did draw were rubbish apparently). All the famous/published middle earth maps were actually drawn by his son Christopher Tolkien, after listening to his fathers stories growing up.

@JPCoovert 4 жыл бұрын

Ohhh! Interesting! My high school english teacher was a student of his and she always said he drew the maps, but she could have meant the rubbish ones!

@tomvanbeek925 4 жыл бұрын

The hobbit map was drawn by jrr tolkien. The lord of the rings map was by his son.

@shakescan 4 жыл бұрын

Having studied JRR Tolkien as Artist and Illustrator, I disagree. JRR Tolkien had OUTSTANDING maps.

@rikk319 Жыл бұрын

@@shakescan I had a book of Tolkien's artwork...definitely had his own style, rather Art Nouveau...he had a light, simplistic touch and his stuff looks marvelous.

@aycoded7840 Жыл бұрын

Ahw, that's pretty cool.

@pesto12601 Жыл бұрын

The mark of an "artist".... every one of the icons looks identical to the next/last... THIS is so very hard for those of us with limited artistic ability and what truly makes the maps look so damn good!

@JPCoovert Жыл бұрын

It's just a matter of slowing down a little! It also helps to plan out in pencil first.

@zacharywood3182 Жыл бұрын

Icon Map 2:49 Icon guide 6:26 Tolkien-style Map 10:07 Tolkien-style Guide 17:28

@DavidWilsonJr 10 ай бұрын

That magical moment where the end of map outline just hit perfectly with the origin point... nice

@stevenseufert2520 Жыл бұрын

A tip for drawing rivers: rivers can converge (come together) but they won't diverge (split apart). When making rivers, make sure not to diverge your rivers. Most people looking at the map will realize that something about the rivers seems a bit off even if they don't know why it seems off. Also, because water is governed by gravity, they usually start somewhere at high elevation (mountains, hills) and move toward low areas (marshes, lakes, ocean).

@danielr. Жыл бұрын

Although what you say is completely true he didn't draw diverging rivers. At 3:00 it's showing a river delta and at 3:23 a river ending at the coastline.

@stevenseufert2520 Жыл бұрын

@@danielr. Aye, I wasn't critiquing any part of the video, I was just adding a tip in the comments that didn't get covered in the video. 👍

@ReiseLukas Жыл бұрын

Don't they diverge in deltas?

@stevenseufert2520 Жыл бұрын

@@ReiseLukas They can, but those are at flood plains, and once a river becomes a river delta it's sort of no longer a river (it is and it isn't). Whole rivers still won't split into separate rivers because water flows down to the lowest point with gravity and gravity doesn't go off in different directions. Rivers can change course over time though. So if a section of the river gets gouged out (from perhaps a flood exerting more pressure on a river bank than usual), the river might expand in that direction, especially if it also gouges out the river bed over there. The river might then head off in that direction a bit, which is how rivers change course, but it won't diverge into two separate rivers because the point where it starts to split just gets "eaten up" by the rest pf the river.

@InhabitantOfOddworld Жыл бұрын

Always worth doing a bit of geography homework before making a map. It can help add in interesting features, like oxbow lakes and volcanic calderas

@mitchgchrist 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am a grade 4 teacher is Alberta, Canada. I am using a lot of RPG elements this year to spice up my Language Arts and Social Studies. I am currently gearing up to start a cartography unit dispersed throughout Art and SS. The aim is to start out in fantasy so we can add a level of depth to the RPG adventure stories we are currently working through. The end game though, is to teach them mapping skills and have them create their own maps of the Regions of Alberta. I just stumbled onto this video and wanted to thank you. It is such a great guide and I already feel more confident in teaching this to my students. I can’t wait to spend time working my way through the rest of your material!

@MK-ih6wp 3 жыл бұрын

Such a cool way to teach kids!

@pocarisweat_jp Жыл бұрын

Where were you in my 4th grade LA and SS classes?? I'm jealous of your students haha

@umbranoctis4348 Жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for you as a teacher! I basically had to learn all my "cartography skills" from videogame maps lol

@ryhanon7 Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome. If you tried to do that here in America they'd probably try to throw you in jail :(

@zarahalora7567 Жыл бұрын

hows it going? :D

@davidwhite7399 4 жыл бұрын

Best line: "If you know how to draw the alphabet..." LOL. love it.

@MrGiselbart Жыл бұрын

Holy cow I wish I had come across this video sooner. One day I'm hoping to write my own novel, but I've always struggled with the world-building part, and I feel like having a map is also very nice for your audience to give them an idea of how your world looks. I've sadly never been too good at drawing, but the icon style at the start is something that even I can do!

@yourseatatthetable Жыл бұрын

As a teen I became enamored in how the maps were drawn for Lord of the Rings and later, the Middle-earth RPG. They were detailed yet easy to read and understand. I've been using those patterns ever since. Awesome stuff, sir.

@schaakjan1 Жыл бұрын

It's really relaxing to watch someone drawing fantasy maps, thank you.

@sophiedevon4023 2 жыл бұрын

This video is awesome! I had no idea where to even start with making a fun map like this, and this makes it so approachable. Really well done. I’m delighted I found it.

@mat13channel Жыл бұрын

This is how you do a wonderful tutorial that covers and shows so many things. Just wonderful.

@tylerwilliams2923 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks this will really help for my D&D campaign

@Daniel.RF.Davidson Жыл бұрын

This is one of the NICEST videos I've ever seen.

@enrique.lozano 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos. I've just started playing around with maps and have found your videos to be extremely helpful in breaking down and making it very approachable!

@drewkent4053 Жыл бұрын

Hands down best map video I have seen! So many great examples and it's still a concise video not overly long. Great job!

@HrisDaTrick 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best tutorial about icon styles i ever seen. Just huge thank you.

@oIceicle Жыл бұрын

I think this was one of the best drawing tutorials for maps. It has really motivated me to do something for D&D or a fantasy story ❤

@Spamkromite Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, how cool is that! Thank you for sharing your experience with us 😊I really love cartography and your style is very nice to the eyes and very informative.

@nathanclinton7200 Жыл бұрын

You have made me so happy drawing these maps! I use to draw maps just like the when I was a young teen. Man, the nostalgia is overpowering. I just looked up my old DM, the man who introduced me to D&D 30 years ago, and he's still in town. Looks like I'm going to have to start up a new campaign with an old friend!

@criseastman6503 5 ай бұрын

That is amazing! Congratulations.

@maingim7748 Жыл бұрын

Great Job, I love your Maps... and all that iconic things...

@fullofsmell Жыл бұрын

This has proved invaluable in my artistic journey. I thank you 3 years later!

@dario_pena Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your videos. Super easy to draw all you could have in your mind. I'm recovering old sensations, with D&D games I mean, and involving my kids, and with this kind of maps, it's easier. Thanks again guy!

@UkuleleProductions Жыл бұрын

This is really cool! I always forget how simple artists think, and how much you can archieve with just a few circles, lines and triangles. Thanks for the video, gonna try to use this, for my stories :D

@MK-ih6wp 3 жыл бұрын

I don't game so I'm not sure what I will use this for in my bullet journal but I love the way your maps turn out! Looks good even if you don't know how to draw, like myself.

@travisc7883 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Incredibly helpful video. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together. I feel like I might actually have a shot at making a map now!

@TereRC Жыл бұрын

Great video and instructions! your enthusiasm is contagious, I love that you speak with your hands! Thank you a bunch!

@umbranoctis4348 Жыл бұрын

I love these! The simple style looks like something you'd get when a non-cartographer in a smaller town or something copies from a more detailed map. Shows people how to get around, but without the flourishes a professional might be tempted to add to the drawings.

@fadimesrakaya5370 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for making such an informative and beautiful video.

@MK-ih6wp 3 жыл бұрын

Papermate Flair Pens are quite good for the low price & easy to find. Also love Sakura Pigma Micron pens in all sizes. Favorite gel pen is Uniball Signo in White.

@MikeWhiskyTango Жыл бұрын

For a desert I draw a simple cow skull and ribs giving the idea of bones bleached in the sun, or if its sahara style desert I draw simple wavy dunes.

@tylertucker9460 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. Currently starting to prep a Mastadon campaign and you just gave me my map technique.

@sueheller Жыл бұрын

I'm making a road map for a road trip. Thank you so much for these super tips. I've got mountains, rivers, towns, pastureland with cattle... it's going to be great. Thanks again.

@Chrree Жыл бұрын

Wow! I'm really impressed by this! As an artist I'm used to always drawing everything extremely detailed and realistic. It's somehow difficult for me to draw stuff in a simple way and I really love the look of this! I would probably spend hours to draw every single tree with lots of details and never actually finish my map. I have to give this a try!

@ulisazma8695 Жыл бұрын

these videos are the best tutorials on map drawing for me. it makes a lot of fun to draw this way. I would like to see how you are drawing a dungeon with all these thingies there like traps, tables, books and so on - in your special style of drawing.

@Hyenla28 Жыл бұрын

This is so helpful! i have a map in a made up series that i've been making for the past few years, and i needed a map for awhile, and now i know how to make one!

@newaccount7.8bviews3second8 3 жыл бұрын

Loving your enthusiasm

@weldslikebutterfabrication483 10 ай бұрын

I was thinking of how to make maps for the book I'm currently writing or even scenes or scenarios, yes simplistic works very well for this, thank you for your time.

@noodle-eater Жыл бұрын

Amazing, I love it already at the first time watching it, I am not really good with drawing but seeing your map makes me have more confident and like find a unique style that I want to learn.

@chaigallahun6727 10 ай бұрын

Wow, very impressive! I really enjoyed your walk-through on this. I love making maps and illustrating, myself. This was wonderful, even for a somewhat experienced hand-drawn mapmaker. They are SO FUN to do, and your positive energy comes across wonderfully!

@sheila9869 Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to try it. Thank you so much!

@questofknowledge8788 2 жыл бұрын

I start out planning using the icon style then eventually recreate it in a more detailed version if it is warranted. I sadly don’t get many chances because I mostly just do one shots that don’t last long enough to warrant more detailed maps.

@foxtorche 8 ай бұрын

Super video! Straight to the point, easy to understand, easy to to apply. Thanks! Will use these tips right away!

@kishirisu1268 Жыл бұрын

If you looking for "fantasy city maps", search "bird eye map, baloon map 1800s", they are actually hand drawn maps made by artists in USA and Europe, and look like perfect reference for games. His "icon-style" map is close to style which actually used in past for military maps at least in our ex soviet union. Those maps are restricted for common people but you can find them "2.5-5km-10km" maps. All those icons and many others are presented there.

@hectorfr Жыл бұрын

ooh such a relieve, you are the incarnation of be enthusiastic without a yelling at all

@daybertimagni4841 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you.

@ticonofruger573 4 жыл бұрын

I just want to say, that you have wonderful content. I may not watch all you videos, but as an artist I would like to say that I am glad there us someone out there who dedicates time to showing people who are not artists, how to make his like this. You really do deserve more views.

@katsuki401 Жыл бұрын

super easy!super simple! so pretty😍 気に入りました thank you！

@neonWHALE002 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I can’t wait to try it out myself!

@luizi1000 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I`ve learnt so much! Thanks

@olinkirkland 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video.

@will1myers Жыл бұрын

One thing with the mountains, you can do a volcano by doing a snow topped mountain without the tip, and then do a couple wiggly lines coming up for smoke.

@nativepangea Жыл бұрын

I make map notes for my trips exploring offroad Utah this inspires to create something a bit more on the explorer side. It is also quicker to decipher at a glance. Yours's captures an old feel as if written with a quill, awesome idea as I use a mechanical pencil which appears very not adventure inspiring. Thank you.

@marna_li Жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing this! I'm not into role playing but I have a small interest in world building. Drawing fantasy maps is stimulating and fun.

@RomanEmin 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, great artwork!

@timjacobs9543 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome, thanks!

@Kaminkaese Жыл бұрын

Just made my first map yesterday, used rice as outlay and it worked really great :D Colored the paper with coffee, used some old looking stamps on the sites and it just looks soo nice. Now with your tips, my next map is going to look even better!

@edelleaa Жыл бұрын

i also soaked my paper in coffee and whether it's for maps, scrolls, cyphers or whatever it just gives it the perfect look!

@princeza7030 Жыл бұрын

Hi, what does rice as outlay mean? Thanks

@BrokenCurtain Ай бұрын

Great video. I just got the Campaign Cartographer 3 collection from Humble Bundle and your tips will help me alot. You'd think it wouldn't matter since it's a software tool, but that just means you need to learn how to keep your maps tidy and maintain a consistent style.

@leehoe7827 Жыл бұрын

Really love your videos! Great help for any skill level.

@saustin98 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing this.

@_.coffe._3059 Жыл бұрын

I'm doing my own fantasy map right now and watching your tips. Thank you

@dolgran79 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir for this fantastic video!

@haktes Жыл бұрын

This is amazing, thank you!

@dernomade2675 Жыл бұрын

I stumbled into this video and in the moment i saw your face it was like: Oh that's the Artwork-guy from Revive. You're a great artist, greetings from Germany.

@MemphiStig 9 ай бұрын

I learned a lot about map making from the BECMI Gazetteers. They used a similar icon style for everything and it was a revelation to me as a novice. Maps don't have to be works of fine art, just clear and useful, and if they inspire curiosity, wonder, and awe, so much the better.

@kaelangarner9489 Жыл бұрын

This video has been really helpful and know I actually know where to start and why.

@AutumDragonflame Жыл бұрын

I have ALWAYS struggled with my maps! Thank you! You weren't kidding when you said the mountains could be easy! They're so much better now!

@taekwondomartin1 3 жыл бұрын

Got the perfect swampy forest made for my green hag plot from following your examples. Thanks! :)

@Groinattack1 Жыл бұрын

Love this video! We just started to draw maps from the book the Ickabog in class. Can't wait to show my students this :)

@Jarulf4477 9 ай бұрын

I love your simple and clean styles, both the symbol and Tolkien styles. Very nice!

@flokalenda 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the video 🙌🏻 i‘m such a huge tolkien fan!

@Hildapayne-th1me 10 ай бұрын

I am going to have so much fun with this thank you

@shaunhall960 Жыл бұрын

I like adding color to my maps with colored pencils. You can add two tones of brown for the mountains with one dark and one light to give contrast. Also using pastels work with covering large areas but you need to spray it with workable fixative to prevent the color from smudging.

@PrincessFidelma Жыл бұрын

I don't know how this video found me, but I'm thrilled it did!

@fallyeah Жыл бұрын

i need this right now, Thankyou so much

Жыл бұрын

Man, thank you so much for this art class.

@Raleighjolly 22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for making this vid now my maps look amazing😊

@massi1981 Жыл бұрын

i love your style. keep on!

@willowwoods6983 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou I do everything by hand cause I suck with tech and this really helps. Your amazing and keep doing what your doing

@TheStylelike16th Жыл бұрын

THIS WAS SO AWESOME!!!! Thanks so much for doing this!

@nikodemb2833 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, thanks!

@GodIsGoodAndLovesYou 7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing!!😁

@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947 Жыл бұрын

It's like being a discoverer of unexplored lands.

@sonofamotherloader9037 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Great content!

@dianewarde6074 Жыл бұрын

ReAlly cool! Thanks!

@ppowell2020 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I’m inspired! Thank you!

@pinstripeowl Жыл бұрын

This is really cool

@n0data Жыл бұрын

Loved this whole video. My 11yr old son is hyped about RPG map making. Thank you for this tutorial. Also, awesome FTL shirt!

@ivaburkovicova6180 3 жыл бұрын

I spend the whole day searching for some cool map maker and ended her. I am really glad I haven't found a good site for making maps because this is going to be fun! It's the most helpful thing I found about creation of fantasy maps today. Thanks a lot! I've already tried some Tolkien icons and even though I can't draw they looked sooo cool! So tomorrow I'll make a whole map. Thanks a lot again! This really helped me ^-^

@goveawu 2 жыл бұрын

I want to see the result! I am still practicing the icons...

@snichelsticks8653 Жыл бұрын

what did she do to you?

@aycoded7840 Жыл бұрын

I love this.

@deanm375 Жыл бұрын

so simple but so effective! Great video!

@Casey.Becker Жыл бұрын

Loved this video. My drawing skills are actually pretty decent, but until this popped up in my feed, was something I've never even thought of doing. Thanks for making this, you're doing great work. 🖤🖤🖤