Pages
112
Year
2016
Language
English

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Have you ever struggled with map making? Spent countless hours trying to make it comply with the laws of nature?⍾⍾This book is a step-by-step guidebook that will teach you how to create an authentic fantasy map. You will gain all the knowledge necessary to complete a map which your audience will believe, no matter if they are readers, viewing a movie, video game players, or role-playing gamers. It contains the exact process I use when creating maps for my fantasy fiction. I have spent countless hours researching and learning about the topography of Earth and how to apply it to a fantasy map so that you do not have to.⍾⍾I have translated it all into 14 easy steps which allow you to construct an entire fantasy map from start to finish.⍾⍾Step One: What you need to consider before starting your map.⍾⍾Step Two: The different options for creating the map: from hand-drawn over software to hiring a professional.⍾⍾Step Three: An overview of what is to come.⍾⍾Step Four: Sketch your map and make sure to get size of the world just right.⍾⍾Step Five: Adding continents by understanding how tectonic plates work.⍾⍾Step Six: Terraforming your world.⍾⍾Step Seven: Incorporating islands and lakes.⍾⍾Step Eight: Making sure that rivers are realistic.⍾⍾Step Nine: Adding forests.⍾⍾Step Ten: Borders and understanding how the lands will affect the people who live on them, and vice versa.⍾⍾Step Eleven: It's then time for roads.⍾⍾Step Twelve: Optional fantasy elements.⍾⍾Step Thirteen: The final touches.⍾⍾Step Fourteen: The Map Master.⍾⍾This is not a book to teach you how to draw. It's about designing.

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