Fantasy Map Thread

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checked my collection but don't seem to have anything that fits
oh well, love me some maps though

>>46777763
I think I've seen a picture like that a few times on /tg/. Have you looked through any map threads on the /tg/ archives?

>>46778292
No, I wouldnt know where to start looking.

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>>46777763
My turn of the century mid fantasy ritual magick post-colonial kingdom.

>>46778329
>>46778292

I've Searched the Catalogue and no dice.

So any help would still be greatly appreciated.

>>46778487
>oxidentis
Sounds like a mouth wash
Cool map though

>>46780512
You right. Everyone says that. But I wanted to make something that sounded like something someone from the turn of the century would make, and I personally feel like I succeeded in that. Probably didn't, realistically, but in my own mind you know? Besides, what's fantasy without some weird names.

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>>46778487
Another map I made, probably just gonna be a stereotypical fantasy setting but I haven't put much thought into it yet. This one is much more attractive, I think. Ignore that number at the bottom.

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>>46780747
This is a map of a city in Oxidentis called Entrelac, because it is in between two lakes. It is a canal city, which is a concept for which I have always had a massive boner. Each gray block represents several buildings with small streets and alleys and such; the obvious road areas are main roads.

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>>46780968
This is a map of a town outside Entrelac by the name of Saint-Maurice. Same rules apply. By the way, yellow areas are public square areas, and green areas are parks.

>>46780747
How do I get started on map making, anon?

>>46782190
Well, that's tough. You should familiarize yourself with geography first and foremost, although unless you're playing with autists, you can bend the rules a bit. I like to draw landmasses first, then mountains and then rivers. Those will decide where populations and cities will lie on the landmass. Cities will often be along rivers and on the coast, because of ease of access to trade causing people to congregate in certain areas.

When it comes to the shape of the landmasses, I just like to freehand a somewhat amorphous blob shape at first, then make edits as I go. To find interesting/realistic shapes and coastlines, I often draw inspiration from the fractal-like coasts of remote islands and fjords and such.

Once you've got all that, think of the climate, the culture, and the people living in each area, and their interactions. From there you can draw out all kinds of interesting things. It may sound like I'm talking in broad strokes here, and I am, but you really just have to do it to know how it goes, you know?

>>46784470
Well, thanks for that much at least. It's a good enough starting point.

>>46782190
>How do I get started on map making, anon?

Go to a random generator and hit "Make me a world map".

Because seriously, they're all the same and no one cares that you spent 100 hours pretending to get the mountains right.

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>>46782190
Download photoshop
Stuff like pic related is zero effort

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>>46786277

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I have a few stolen from reddit

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>>46786698

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>>46786722
that's it

>>46786277
>Download photoshop
>Okay now draw the owl
Slow down there, buddy.

>>46786698
What's with the buildings that seem to create a ring and enclose around a field of grass?

>>46786819
Probably a military structure. The middle could be training grounds or something.

>>46786734
This has to be literally the stupidest place to set up a castle. You would be stranded and surrounded if people attacked.