How to draw an isometric house
I’ve been asked a few times recently about how I draw isometric buildings. Here’s the run down. 1. Floorplan Use some rectangles to get an interesting floor plan. Don’t go crazy, but don’t just do a...
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Mapping Slaver’s Bay
I’ve been building a web based hex mapper for a few months, and I thought it would be fun to put it through it’s paces mapping Slaver’s Bay (the official map is here for comparison). If this catches...
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Where is Hardhome?
The ruined town of Hardhome is northeast of Castle Black, at the end of Storrold’s point, north of the Wall, but alarmingly close. © George RR Martin 2012, used with permission At the end of episode 8...
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A map of Danelaw Britain
I can never predict my next client – something that came very true when I was approached by Inkshares to create a map for Gary Whitta’s debut novel Abomination. Now Gary has an interesting background:...
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How to Draw a Cave
This is a quick tutorial covering the steps I take when laying out and drawing a cave map. Drawing a cave step 1 – design 1. Get the map layout right with simple shapes Dungeons are flow charts. Use...
View ArticleHow to use Hatching to Show Elevation on a Map
None of my dungeons are flat. I always have things for people to jump off or fall into. But if you’re laying out a top down view it can be tricky to show elevation on a map. A simple method is to use...
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How to Draw Roads on a Map (with the Stroke Tool)
Parallel lines are a good way to indicate a road on a map. But drawing parallel lines is next to impossible. Photoshop to the rescue – there’s a simple trick to get this effect quickly and easily. 1....
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Mapping Blackcliff Academy for An Ember in the Ashes
Sabaa Tahir had a good year. She released her debut novel An Ember in the Ashes, became a New York Times bestselling author, and got the Amazon best YA novel of the year. I had the great pleasure of...
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How to Draw a Castle Wall
What would a fantasy world be without castles, turrets, and battlements? Sneaking over the walls in the dark, holding the crenellations from a horde of orcs, or landing on a turret on griffon-back –...
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The Arcanist’s Mill – A Wizard’s Tower Map with a Twist
I wanted to map a wizard’s tower with a twist – somewhere a mage with a little bit of a steampunk leaning could hide out and experiment. What would such a mage need? A good cover story, and a source of...
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