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How To Design A Town The Fantastic Maps Way

8th March 2013 By Nate 'Vancano' Smith Leave a Comment

How To Design A Town The Fantastic Maps Way

Jonathan Roberts of Fantastic Maps has published a fantastic quick tutorial that teaches you how to design a town. I’ve been a fan of Jonathan’s work for a long time especially since he was commissioned to produce The Lands Of Fire And Ice.  I’ve also been playing with the idea of focusing my whole world […]

Filed Under: 7 Skills, Fantasy map, Sociology, Tutorials Tagged With: city, Fantastic Maps, maps, town

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