Monday, July 31, 2017

Making a map?

If you want to be able to make a map like mine, then this post is for you! This is only for the lines of the map (the rest is all PhotoShop), by the way.

First, get a piece of paper. Try not to get a small one, because you won't have any room for the land! Then, you'll need something small that you have a lot of, like dice. Then, you grab a bunch of your dice (or whatever you have - maybe pasta or dried beans?) and roll them onto your piece of paper. Next, just draw around them. Don't be exact, though. Do a little curve somewhere and make another bit bigger or smaller, so that it looks a little more like how you want it.

Then, pick a place on your map (for example, the center of a big island), and roll more dice there. Of course, you may want to remove the dice from the previos bit before you do that! Then, just keep on doing that around your first one or on any other islands (remove the dice first, though!) until the bits of land are filled with seperated places.

Next is the hardest part, naming them and making them places! You could add a few little trees to show that the place is a jungle or a forest, or maybe some triangles for mountains. This part is also the most fun to do, I think. Once you've done that, you're pretty much done. You can colour it (or use your laptop or computer) if you want, or you could just leave it as it is.

I hope that this has been helpful to anybody who was unsure as to how they could make an amazing map (like mine!). If you want to watch some Genso TCG videos, go to my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaktQ_2MU_TOtDX-i5qqSqA)! Or, for any news, you could check out my FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100019918095799). If you want to see some more Genso art, then why not go to DeviantArt (http://aero460.deviantart.com)? And, of course, if you want to get some cards you could go to my Shop (https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/genso-the-trading-card-game)!

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