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14 MORE MOUNTAINS HERE: calthyechild.deviantart.com/ar…Image pack HERE: calthyechild.deviantart.com/ar…
EVEN MORE ICONS, PLUS A FONT, PLUS TEXTURES, PLUS CONTINENTS AND A TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN MAPS HERE: calthyechild.deviantart.com/ar…
All the free fantasy map generator related things I could find: feedthemultiverse.com/free-fan…
Realized you made a horrible mistake by trying to make your own map? My fantasy map portfolio is available at www.feedthemultiverse.com and I am available for hire.
converted this and the "I want more mountains" brush set for the GIMP with my permission and can be found here. thewhitecrayon.deviantart.com/…
Someone on Reddit converted these to WONDERDRAFT BRUSHES! www.reddit.com/r/wonderdraft/c…
Yes, you too can convert them to any program you would like and if I find them or you send em to me, they will be added.
It has come to my attention that this post shows up when you search for "How to make a Wondermap Map Brush" probably because of that comment above. The answer to how to make a wonderdraft map brush of course WAS NOT ANSWERED in this listing... UNTIL NOW. If you came here hoping for the answer to that question, here you go:
How to make a Wonderdraft Brush
First get a png of the brush you want. All Wonderdraft assets must be png files, nothing else will work. Now you must place it in the right spot in the Wonderdraft folder. Where I write "NAME-OF-PACK" name the group of brushes. For example you might put my brushes in a file labeled "Tiffany Munro" "Calthyechild" or "Feedthemultiverse". Where I write NAME-OF-ITEM-TUBE, this will be named after the GROUP of items that you are placing in that folder. For example, "Pine trees" "Palm trees" "Volcanoes" etc as the program will cycle through those images as you use the brush.
To make a BRUSH for landscape/sea texturing, place it in the primary Wonderdraft folder, that is C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/brushes/NAME-OF-PACK/(image files go here)
To make a TREE brush, place it in C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/assets/NAME-OF-PACK/sprites/NAME-OF-TREETUBE/(image files go here)
For the tree brush if you put multiple files in that folder, you can repeatedly put down several trees.
To make a MOUNTAIN brush, place it in C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/assets/NAME-OF-PACK/sprites/mountains/NAME-OF-MOUNTAIN-TUBE/(image files go here)
Mountain brushes are like tree brushes, you can put multiple in here.
To make a SYMBOL brush, C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/assets/NAME-OF-PACK/sprites/symbols/NAME-OF-SYMBOL-TUBE/(image files go here)
Symbol brushes aren't exactly the same but the place they go uses the same logic.
To make a PATH brush: C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/assets/NAME-OF-PACK/textures/paths/(horizontal looping image files go here)
These must be horizontal looping ribbons or it won't look right. Think of it as like a ribbon being laid out.
To make a TEXTURE fill:
Textures must be a seamless png. No other file type will work. They cannot be resized in the program, so please make them appropriate in size for the sort of texture if it were placed on a printer paper/standard screen map.
Ground textures go here: C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/assets/NAME-OF-PACK/textures/Ground/(image files go here)
Water textures go here: C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/assets/NAME-OF-PACK/textures/Water/(image files go here)
How to make a Wonderdraft frame:
Make a square png that is the full round of the frame with all sides/corner icons in place. Then place it here: C/(your username)/Roaming/Appdata/Wonderdraft/assets/NAME-OF-PACK/textures/Frames/(image files go here)
Want more Wonderdraft and DungeonDraft tools? Have money? My paid assets can be found on Cartography Assets! Check them out for Wonderdraft appropriate tools! cartographyassets.com/creator/…
Want assets for Roll20? marketplace.roll20.net/browse/…
Have you ever wanted to make a FANTASY MAP and been too lazy to make your own vaguely mountain and treeish shaped blobs?!?!?! NOW YOU TOO CAN MAKE A FANTASY MAP! Includes VAGUELY TRIANGULAR SHAPED BLOBS MASQUERADING AS MOUNTAINS! VAGUELY TRIANGULAR AND HAIRY SHAPES PRETENDING TO BE TREES! CIRCLES WITH A LINE ON THE BOTTOM PRETENDING TO BE A TREE! TERRIBLE-QUALITY HOUSE-ISH SHAPES! A DREADFUL LOOKING COMPASS ROSE! A FEW GRASS SHAPED BLOBS! AN ABSOLUTELY USELESS PILE OF ROCKS! AND MANY MORE SHAPES THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER USE BUT YOU'LL DOWNLOAD ANYWAY!!!!!
Woot! I probably spent no more than 30 seconds on each brush. >_> It's up to you to add scatter effects and figure out how to use them.
As usual: free for use for absolutely everything and anything you feel like, EXCEPT for redistributing the brush pack (unless you converted it to another program and credited me). Yes! Use them commercially! Use them in your comic! Use them in your novel! Use them on your head! Don't credit me if you don't want to! Don't show me if you're too lazy or think it's awful! (but I will fave what's done with my brushes on DeviantArt if I am alerted to its presence.) Edit: I have seen my brushes show up seriously so many times since I made them (it's 2019 at the time of this edit) and all I've ever done is comment "omg I made those hi." Fear nothing, make maps.
If you want to support me, please link to my fantasy map portfolio at www.feedthemultiverse.com or my comic at www.stargazersgate.com .
A fave if you use them, might use them, or like them would be awesome.
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These are great! Fun stuff. Thank you for posting them!
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Thank you very much for the stock! ^^
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Used here . Thanks for the stock. (:
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Thanks for uploading! While I'm looking at several resources at the moment, I'm considering using this for a course at Full Sail University. I'll let you know if I end up using it or not and link you to to the final product.
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"Use them commercially! Use them in your comic! Use them in your novel!"
hahahah you're awesome! Thanks a lot for these!
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Thank you for creating these wonderful brushes, they were really useful
Used them here [link]
Thanks again, and bye
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I've been looking for something like this for so long...
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this is awesome !! I will use them for sure !!
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oh and in the description you forgot "vague dragon like blobs!"
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I really like them! but I didn't see a sort of 'jungle" brush can you add one?
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Nope, but let me direct you to my much larger map set, which does have a couple of palm trees which I imagine you could use in combination with the wetlands and grass brushes to get a decent looking jungle. [link]
This set was a first 'experimental' step into making map brushes and I find I get more attention by releasing new packs instead of adding onto old ones.
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downloaded, thanks!
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I laughed so hard while reading your description. I love these little things!
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I dunno, I use CS2 so it'd be difficult for me to test. I assume Photoshop's back-compatible though, so why not give them a try? If they're not you can always use the image pack.
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THIS IS SO PERFECT
OMG
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A MAP FOR SO LONG
AND GAVE UP BECAUSE MY MOUNTAINS LOOK RIDICULOUS
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
<3
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Naawwwwww, it's impossible to make ridiculous looking mountains! Just draw triangles! Lots of'm! Kind of keep in mind the direction the light is coming from to add shading if that's your thing, or just make the lines thicker on the shadowed side, and keep this consistent between the mountainous shapes so the light's always coming from the same direction. After you do this with one triangle, you can try mushing a couple triangles together, or doing a triangle that stops part of the way down and zigs again!
You're welcome, though. <3
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This... is way easier and far more visually appealing. So again, I thank you (and thanks for the advice, too, though I'm far too inept at this point to take it!
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Uhm. Wow. Fantastic! I am... I am blown away! I simply CANNOT wait to make something now! 
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Used here, thank you so much for these awesome brushes! [link]
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Oh gosh so awesome! I really want to draw some sort of map for my original world.
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Drawing maps for original worlds = great fun. Thanks!
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I tried to open them, but Windows didn't recognise the file. Could you make a GIMP version?
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I take it you didn't read the artist comments. There is a GIMP version: [link]
And if that doesn't work, the image pack is included with the download for you to convert to whatever program you'd like. I can't download every program someone might use; making the images available is the best I can do as your friendly neighborhood resource creator.
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I used your brushes ! Thank ya ,here is the work were i used them :3
[link]
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thanks once again, that's really precious thing
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Happy!!! Wah!!! I love fantasy map! some of the map soo fun to design with............................I can use this for my architecture bird eye landscape as fun decoration...my lecturer sure will like it...
thank you~ ^^
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Thank you for making these brushes. I used them here [link]
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I apologize for the double reply. It's been recently brought to my attention that the above link doesn't work. This new one should work. [link]
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[link]
Here's a link to my map, using your brushes
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You said no credit, but because I am a nice person I did it anyway and I faved, here the result of your own generosity.
[link]
Thank you for the amazing brushes!
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You are the definition of amazing. This will help so much with planning my novel that it is not even funny. Thanks so much, I owe you big time!
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(checks the dictionary) What do you know! I AM the definition of amazing. Goodness. I wonder when that happened? >_>
The only thanks I demand is you being awesome. Say, since you're novel-planning at this time of the year, are you doing NaNoWriMo, or is it just coincidence that you're planning a novel about a month before November?
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Hmm I think you were just recently voted in. ; D
It is no coincidence : D
What about you? Are you participating in the wonderful, and crazy, month of nanowrimo?
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Ah, so dictionaries are a democracy.
Indeed. I have participated since 2005 and overachieved ever since. ^_^ The competition just makes me write that much better. And faster. WOooo words! How about you?
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: P Well last year was the only time I tried it, and I reached the goal. I never really did anything with the story, but I'm still glad I did it; it showed me I could. I need something to do during breaks at work, so hopefully I get the count even higher this year around.
Do you want to become writing buddies on the nano site?
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Sure! I'm Tiana Calthye on there.
Even 50k is a huge goal for most people, but I'm an overachiever. Last year I went for 150k and a finished novel. For me, I produce best with that competition.
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^_^ Found/added you.
Oh wow, that's great! Have you gotten any of it published? Or do you plan to?
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