THE LEARNING ARCHIVES

Whether you're creating maps for a novel, rpg, or just for fun, this collection of tutorials and map tips will help you create more professional and believable maps for your story!

How to Draw 7 Fantasy Map Borders
Map Tip Gerralt Landman Map Tip Gerralt Landman

How to Draw 7 Fantasy Map Borders

Want to draw a border on your map but don’t know where to even start? Borders are a creative and fun way to put some lore and style into your maps. Making these borders requires some skill but once you get the hang of it things get fun really quickly. In this guest tutorial, Gerralt (DimensionDoor_Maps) will share 7 beautiful borders you can begin using today on your maps!

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Countries Should Have Wonky Borders
Map Tip Josh Stolarz Map Tip Josh Stolarz

Countries Should Have Wonky Borders

One mistake people often make when drawing maps is they make their borders look like a geometric grid. In reality, this reflects a relatively modern way of thinking. With the ability to see our world from an airplane or even space, we tend to want to divide things up in very clean, simple boxes. But, if you were on the ground and the best you could do was climb a mountain to get a read on the land, then how would you divide up borders?

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