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This is the 3rd part in a series about drawing your own map. If you missed part 1 or part 2 then it’s recommended that you read those articles first. Also, don’t forget to draw along as you read the …
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If you’ve randomly generated your land from the last tutorial then you should have a green island ready to start this next part. My island looks like the following: …
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This is a quick article to introduce The Authors Guide To Drawing Maps. The guide currently features 4 of the tutorials on drawing maps that can be found on The World Building School, however they …
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Continuing on from last week’s tutorial on Tectonic plates we’re looking at how the plates affect the landscape of your world and so the environment your characters will see and experience. If you’re …
Tectonic Plates are sections of a planet’s lithosphere (the crust and mantle of a planet) that your world continent will then sit upon. They are what separate the land from the molten lava below. …
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Brandon Sanderson (the writer of Mistborn and the final 3 books of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel Of Time" series) gives a lecture on basic geography for world building maps. He covers some very basic …
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