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Ye Olde Mappe Tutorial
Published: 2012-03-03 05:24:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 64132; Favourites: 4125; Downloads: 1645
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The promised tutorial on how I make my maps! If you have any questions, just ask
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This is awesome! Do you use a drawing tablet? If yes, which one?
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Thanks!Β Yes, I do use a tablet - for this I used a Wacom Intuos, but now I'm using a Huion H610 Pro, which is 1/4 of the price and mostly identical.Β However, for map work, I'd say a tablet is not terribly necessary if you're good with the pen tool
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I usually use inkscape because I do not well with photoshop. I just tried to retrace a map I made earlier only to realize that I was on the terribly wrong layer xD
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Thank you for this! I was sort of dreading having to make the map for my character's world because I wasn't really sure how to go about it at all, for the longest time...but I searched tutorials on map making and found yours and it inspired me to give it a try and I'm actually pretty proud of the result! xD
fav.me/d9x4kbx
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You're very welcome!Β It turned out great, glad I could help!
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Thanks so much for the resource. Hopefully soon, I will have a finished piece to show you. I'll be sure to share the link.
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Cool, glad to hear it!Β Also, Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas to you as well. I have a finished piece. Here's the link:Β carryn.deviantart.com/art/Map-β¦
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Cheers, best of luck with it!
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So cool and very useful. Honestly, I loved your Eldamir and Paruda maps, but I always wished that the Eldamir map had been bigger or had close ups. There are so many wonderful little details on that one that are missed or get blurred when you zoom in. Did you ever have any plans on making a bigger version or do you think the one was enough?
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Thank you kindly!Β I hope it serves you well in any future map-making endeavours
Oh, the uploaded version is 1200px wide, but the actual full version is 4000px wide, more than 3 times larger
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oh my god oh my god oh my god thank you SO MUCH FOR THISΒ
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Thanks you a lot, without your tutorial maybe I wouldn't have dared to do this precious nhagrom.deviantart.com/art/Map⦠for my story !
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If only I had any sort of art skills, this would be hanging on my wall.
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It's not terribly difficult, just requires lots of patience and effort!Β You can do it
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Used this tutorial to make my first map! fav.me/d77b2wi Thank you so much!!!
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Nice, very clean!Β You're super welcome, and keep up the good work!
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Thanks for the wonderful tutorial!! I hope that I can find time to make my first map soon!!
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Cheers, best of luck to you
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Foolish question, perhaps. Β But would this tutorial be applicable with other applications (GIMP, Pixelmator)?
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I don't actually know, as I haven't used other programs much at all.Β I suspect a lot of it is, yes, as it involves things such as planning and design and naming, none of which have anything to do with Photoshop - the only parts that you'd have to worry about "converting" or finding alternatives for are how I specifically do inking effects, I think.
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This is so useful, even though I don't use Photoshop... Thank you thousand times! Now making maps will be much more fun and creative! ^^
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Thank you so much!
I was so lost and didn't know even where to start, you just saved me!
I was procrastinating from january and didn't wanna make a map but thanks to you I just sat down and made it :Β indiana8jones.deviantart.com/a...
!!! thanks
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Awesome, good work!Β Glad it helped
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^^ Thank you so much again!
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I used this as an initial guide when I made my map, here's a link if you're interested in seeing it; [link]
I just wanted to thank you personally for submitting this since it helped me out a great deal ^^ You're a talented artist and an inspiration for a lot of us and I can do nothing but be grateful you took the time to make such a lovely and easy to understand guide for us!
I hope you have a good day!
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Nice!Β I think you did a particularly good job on the delta, looks great
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thanks for the kind words ^^
I'll most likely use this for the future as well, should I notify you similarly or would you rather I stopped? ^_^
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It's up to you, I don't mind having a look!
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Hello again!
I just figured I'd send you the other maps I did using the tips in your tutorial! It was once again most helpful, the lore is obviously mines though lols ^^
www-werewolfwriter.deviantart.β¦
www-werewolfwriter.deviantart.β¦
Hope you have a good day!
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Ah, they're nicely done :3Β Very clean-looking.Β Keep it up!
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*will try and inform you in the future in that case, shameless as he is for more attention ^_^*
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Thank you so much for this tutorial is really helpful though I am having trouble judging distances between my islands, If I wanted an island what was around a 2 day sail away from another island how far part would I a have them? I've never been good at math so its really hard for me to judge measurements .
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Well, depends on what the scale of the rest of the world is, and what sort of technology your world has.Β Try looking up how fast different boats tend to travel, because "two days away" depends on how fast they move.
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Oh I see and I guess it would depend on what I think is a far distance. Thank you for the tip
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This tutorial is extremely useful, though I do have one question: exactly how big do you make these maps initially when you're creating them? Mine is 2600 x 1800 and I still feel like it's too small for the finer details
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My smallest map has a resolution of 3000x2000 - my largest is 6000x3600.
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Your tutorial was very useful ! Thank you ! I managed to make a map thanks to you !
Here's what it looks like if you're interested 
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Awesome, keep it up!
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Thank you very much !
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Lovely! I've been looking for a way to make a decent map in FOREVER! You are quite awesome, my friend.
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