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Rivers do not flow from coastline to coastline because everything would be at sea level. In essence, it would be a canal rather than a river. This is a common mistake on many fantasy maps but it's easy to fix once you are aware of it. Click here to view my full tutorial on how to draw rivers on your maps! #mapeffects #map #fantasy #rpg #worldbuilding #fantasymap #geography

n the 19th century, Missouri is considered the longest river in the world. Even nowadays, some currently describe the Mississippi River as being the 3rd longest river in the world if the length of Missouri and Ohio Rivers are added to the Mississippi's main stem.

There are many ways you can draw mountains on a fantasy map, but this method will walk you through how to use a traditional stippling technique which brings a bit of a Victorian aesthetic to your modern fantasy cartography.

Educational lab page covering regional climate drivers such as air masses, fronts, pressure systems, wind patterns, ocean currents, and topography, with interactive activities, videos, and downloadable resources for understanding synoptic-scale weather influences on U.S. climate.

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Here’s the breakdown of how I draw lineart for swamps. 1. Rivers Swamps are often around a river – if this is the case, then begin with the river at the heart of the swamp. Unlike most rivers which usually run for miles without branches, in a swamp I add lots and lots of tributaries …

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Hey there, friends and watchers. I've decided to create a PF tutorial guiding you through the creation of a simple map to give you some basic insights into the do's and don't's as I've learned them...

Marshes have such an iconic look with their pools and streams weaving between tall grasses over a vast landscape. In this tutorial, I will break down the process I use so you can add some marshy wetlands to your fantasy maps.

Here are some simple steps so you can begin drawing forests on your fantasy maps. From Mirkwood to The Forbidden Forest, there is something about forests that captivate our imagination and drive our storytelling. Which is why they are such an important feature of worldbuilding and drawing the map for your story. #worldbuilding #map #howtodraw #fantasy #dnd

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Post 1:Introduction First off, let me say that it was Pyrandon’s city map tutorial that inspired me to write up this one, so I will steal his format :). I have been working on a variety of techniques to make (what I consider to be) “nice looking” maps using GIMP, and felt they are polished enough now so that anyone can follow along and do the same. I intend to publish this tutorial serially, in the How-To forum at the Cartographer’s Guild web site, and hope to coalesce it into a

This isn’t strictly a tutorial, but rather a step by step for a recent city map. I’ve been doing some city design recently for Rhune: Dawn of Twilight, and got the okay from Jaye Sonia to post some work in progress shots. The first step is to talk through the overall structure of a city, … Continue reading "City Design Walkthrough"