Comments on: How To Draw Land

By: Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:17:09 +0000

In reply to Göran.

Hey Goran,

Greetings from England 🙂

Step 1 is a basic version of step 2. Quite often I’ll start with step 1 to create the general outline of an island then go back and create a more interesting caost line using the original as a guide.

Hope that helps?

Nathan

By: Göran

Göran — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:35:10 +0000

So, is step 1 an alternative step to step 2? Would you do both, or only one of each?

Greetings from germany, Göran

By: Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:19:58 +0000

In reply to Jennifer H. Lewicki.

Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

It’s great to know my tutorials are helping teach the next generation of map makers. I’ll see what I can do with other ideas and help for map making skills.

All the best,
Nathan

By: Jennifer H. Lewicki

Jennifer H. Lewicki — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:43:45 +0000

Am using these tutorials to teach my children during our home school. Would love any more info on sketching skills for map making.

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By: A.J. Zaethe

A.J. Zaethe — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:24:23 +0000

This is a technique I employ myself for mapping out a continent. Current map I worked on was a landmass that looked like an egg, when I got down to the finer details, adding wavy lines and taking away or adding to the landmass, it came to life. I feel that starting off detailed can get you stuck or lost in what you really feel it should be like. Takes away from the creativity. Good pointers!