Map building

What is a realistic population size for a medieval or ancient fantasy setting? Should a city have a couple of million people? How about 500,000 or 20,000? Let’s delve in and give you some simple guidelines as well as a cheat sheet you can easily reference as you are writing your story and drawing yo

I’ve realised I have a particular workflow for drawing coastlines in my maps. Here’s a quick walkthrough. Each step is done on a new layer in photoshop, and I use a 5px hard round brush in each case with size set to pressure. However, all of these steps can be done in Gimp – or … Continue reading "How to Draw Coastlines on a Fantasy Map"

Sometimes it's the little tips that make the biggest difference. Whether you're creating maps for a novel or a rpg, this collection of simple tips will help you create more professional and believable maps for your story!

Map created to sell as a print in the upcoming Japan Weekend in Madrid. Inspired by my favorite kpop group, Exo, I selected a few of their most iconic songs, albums and tours to name some imaginary landmarks on an imaginary city. To guide me on this journ…

Procedurally-generated American cities

New step-by-step guides with some requests included - Imgur

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