I was extremely relieved to find the template at the very beginning of the video as well! I'm currently on a Map Crow binge and was immediately craving for some sweet isometric graph paper.
I'm so glad I stumbled on this channel. Thank you so much for the inspiration! You've encouraged me to finally start sketching some things when all I have has been distant, vague clouds of ideas so far. Not even for games but for art and design in general. I love the process.
I like the things you say and the way that you say them. Your energy and creative process is inspiring. Started watching because "draw isometric map", but leaving with "keep all your ideas" and "just try it!?" Beautiful map. Thank you
Man, discovering your channel helped me so much. You and JP are the first DMs that I found online that are also draftsmen (as I am too), so you guys completely changed the way I create adventures, locations and dungeons. Writing is fun, but for us, visual thinkers, drawing is even more fun! Thank you for your great work and hugs from Brasil!
Thank you!! JP and I love to hear that kinda stuff!! Brasil has some my favorite RPG artists! Alex Damaceno and Fernando Salvaterra are some of the best!! Cheers!
making your own sketchbooks and using them really does feel so very different! in both the feeling that its not fancy and you can use it and also that it feels really exciting to have filled it and be able to hold this completed thing you made!
Thanks for posting this video! I loved it! And thanks for speeding the video in 9:12 instead of cutting the part you're drawing. It makes a great difference in the end.
Finally found a solid link for isometric templates to print. I am grabbing a pad and hope the scale is the same. So glad I found thus channel! I am just getting into drawing as a byproduct of getting into DIY RPG stuff (ICRPG) and feel like I'm getting free lessons!
If you find your hands get ink on them and you smudge stuff around, try getting an old clean sock, cut the toe end off it and slip it over your hand. Then you should be able to rest your hand on the paper without fear of accidental smudging. Another alternative is to use a piece of paper under your hand.
i dont even play dnd but i love seeing you express your passion for your hobby. you put so much love into it creative process and your whole vibe is really dope
You're such an exceptional artist! I hope you know this. It's an amalgamation of visuals, interpretation, the phonoaesthetic (I hope I spelled that right lol), everything combined makes your art so inviting and evocative as you like to say.
Kyle you imspire me so much. Every time I watch a video in your channel I can't help myself but to grab a pencil or a pen and just go to create. Thank you very much for all the advices and tips, I appreciate all your work
Ha! I feel the same way every time I see other folks DMing! The grass is always greener when you don’t have to mow it, I guess! But we can’t let that stop us from having our fun!! Cheers!!
I compulsively buy notebooks I never fill entirely, and your video made me go and scavenge them ! I've been writing ideas/ doodling since forever, all over the place, it is quite a hunt. I also really loved the handmade notebooks!
Hey! I just discovered your channel and I LOVE all of your videos so far! Just as a suggestion, it's a little bit jarring to have the music start for 2 seconds, then suddenly cut out so you can talk, then start back up again. Maybe you could try fading the music in and out, or grouping as much of the narration together as possible (kinda like Nerdforge does in their videos)? I don't want this to come off as harsh, cause I really love your videos. Keep up the great work, and I'm excited to see what you make next!
Subbed you beautiful bastard, getting back into art after a decade and I'm in need of both inspiration and new perspectives since going into art blindfolded after a long period of time isn't making progress
I just wanted to say, it didn't take me long to get results following this playlist. I have a lot of refining to do, I'm not there yet, but I was able to start drawing maps quickly drawing upon high school art training (from a little over thirty years ago). This is a very good place to pick up tips.
Well fuck me sideways Kyle. I am currently trying to capture that rough old-school inked style myself, and this is just the stuff to cure my shingles. Fantastic work on Old school essentials too! I'll most certainly continue to refrence your bang-up art moving forward. Cheers!
@@mapcrow Excellent! I really like maps. It is very interesting how when we separate the elements of the set, we realize that they are not so complex drawings: a small tree, a mountain, etc., but looking at the composition, the parts make the whole very visually rich. I would like to see a tutorial of you showing how you style elements of your maps. I don't have much practice with an isometric perspective. My attempts were on static things, like box-like houses. Very frustrating. If you can share tips to get around it, that would be great.
Love the video! Seeing you plan the map is very helpful. The 20 years of experience tell you when to call it quits :D because there is no end if you don't!
What is this, and why do I like it so much? Bonus for the Dael Kingsmill reference! You talk about the map not begin tactical, but I think a lot about how to use these sort of maps that way. I think there is a way that something that flavorful, evocative, but also modular enough to be tactical. IDK, I haven't quite cracked that nut yet, but I am interested in knowing more about how you use these maps practically in your game(s). Is it a visual reference and things go into TotM when we need to be tactical, or is it like a small "overworld" layout and you zoom in to a more-crude, on-the-spot map when you need to be tactical. With the proliferation of quarantine gaming, capable VTTs and ubiquitous video conferencing, it seems like our sophistication as a group is going up, which I am very excited to see. Thanks for your content!
@@mapcrow fair haha, i did manage to find it though so thank you ! i have a question about it though, for the chipboard notebooks like the one your friend gave you, how'd you manage to get the cover to bend properly? in my experience chipboards usually too hard to bend but maybe what we here in canada call chipboard isnt the same in america
@@elfhiem If I had to guess, it's probably from a food box or something. Maybe even the back of the notepad he used for the paper! There are tons of things made from chip board, just gotten keep your eyes peeled!
I like your idea of using handmade sketchbooks to overcome the blank page fear. I have a big stack of printer paper that I keep right next to my desk. I keep some blank pages and whatever im currently working on in a folder as sort of a modular sketchbook. I also like to start a lot of my ideas on note pages or scratch work for school. I don't have the same fear when the page is already ruined with homework or a todo list. A lot of my favorite ideas started on math homework.
I know that you didn't really touch on this much but I just wanted to say that I love the toad by the side of the path and the beast/god in the faerie ring. Also, your laugh is awesome because it just shows how you love your work.
Does he have another video or something where he mentions how to make those sketchbooks? I have no idea how those are getting put together, especially with the dotted and curved high quality pages
This is kind of late, but there are plenty of methods and pretty good tutorials out there! I think the simplest way I've seen is to just glue the backs of your pages together, but I've found coptic stitching is pretty fun and aesthetically pleasing (if a little tedious at times) You can buy any kind of page youd like for your sketchbook, you just have to make sure your pages are around the same size/cut them to fit :]
Amazing vídeo, i didn't started to make my drawings yet, but i'm researching a lot trying to know how to; i am horrible at this, but still i love drawing, your vídeos are helping a lot, not just with the tips, but with my own confidence in making my own skatches ^^
Very cool, I do think its a bit difficult due to the dark/light balance in the final piece to tell what all is happening. I'm not sure if that's intentional, but like the river being so dark for instance makes it a bit hard to make out as a river to me.
I'm with you here - I love watching the process - but the final product is kind of hard to decipher. I can't really tell what's going on because its so dense, and the contrast is so high everywhere. And I'm not sure what he should do about that - color would certainly help - but it should be doable in B&W
I'm just looking for inspiration for an upcoming campaign, but now I suddenly feel obliged to start making tons of maps like this. I guess I should get a blue pencil.
I have no idea why I only just found you on here, but I am glad I did. I love drawing iso. I stopped trying with an actual grid as it seemed to be tightening me up. Now I just occasionally draw a reminder diagonal if I want to keep the geometry regularish, but now I'm starting to just let it skew as it wants to and use different perspectives. How come all these architects line everything up at the same angles anyway? lol... and most worlds seem to be in the southern hemisphere with the shadows on the bottom right, and I tend to draw routes which go bottom left to top right too. One of these days, the adventurers are going to get suspicious that there's a (right) hand behind their world, or decide to cross the equator and really mess with me. Love your work - reminded me of Leo Baxendale :) Sub.
Hello ! Very instructive ! Thanks for the tutorial ! It's possible to share your isometric template cyan blue light lines u used to make this fantastic map ?
the worst part is not even not reaching the "wow, I really am liking this!" feeling, it's freezing in it because it's so good that if something is done, it gets ruined we need drawing 2.0 with undo button for yesterday
in an average to low level like mine, I rather take that risk in shorter stuff hah or stay sketchy since I'm still training, and it's more fun to wiggle and doodle around
Can we see a combat play out on one of these maps? I'm worried if these style maps would get too busy to easily allow for that, but the isometric style allows for more varied terrain vs a top down perspective
It's not great for tactical combat, no. Even the VVTs that support Isometric have their challenges to overcoming it. BUT, it's great to helping to quickly communicate location to a GM!
Nice work. In regards to the ferry operator I feel he/she/it needs to have a good reason to depart from the current location. From a business perspective it makes more sense for him to be closer to the broken bridge. When I think along these lines I come up with backstories for npcs. Maybe there was once a path to the ferry but since the operator has been cursed to operate the ferry for one-hundred years people have become extremely hesitant to use his services.
This was very helpful in understanding this style of maps I've seen so often. I'm curious if you have any recommendations for minimalist drawing/shading/hatching? Definitely will be checking more of these out.
Ive been very interested in your videos since Ive found them just the other day, this video has given me a lot to try, because getting ideas on the page is crazy hard. One problem that I have personally, is that my thoughts are so much faster than my hands and they start to run away from me when I get excited and all of a sudden all my ideas that I thought were so brilliant are forgotten and theyre not written down. Do you have any advice for that sort of situation?
Thank you!! Verb is a game design term coined in the book linked in the description. A verb, in this use, denotes the different actions allowed or conveyed by the game space.
@@mapcrow Uh, I don't see a book linked in the description. There's the templates, your mapping project, music link, twitter link and links to Sean Poppe and Dael Kingsmill. Could you give a name for the book you are describing?
The iso grid seems slightly off or skewed in perspective, but I can’t tell if it’s just a trick of the eye. Not even sure if it matters or if there’s a reason?
Yeah, after doing this for a whole year, I found out that I've been working in Diametric not Isometric! Haha! The principles are exactly the same, but the Isometric grid is a bit taller.
So uh... you gon' show us HOW to make a sketch book? I mean I know it doesn't look super complicated but... maybe for those of us who made INT our dump stat? 😅
Let me just say that you have great skill for drawing evocative landscapes. But the title of the video is a bit misleading. I expected to hear some practical (or rather technical) advice on how to make maps you can actually use at the table. I don't think anyone can replicate what you do based on watching this video.
Glad you enjoyed this! This is an earlier video, so my editing style has changed a lot since then. Check out the playlist for "Map Making" for some other more detailed videos on the subject.
What is the map scale? Seems like all that is there is in eyesight. Isn't it overwhelming for players? Or are all those things much further apart then they seem?
I am more interested in evocative art to fill the game with details to pull from than I am in consistent scientific scale. That’s just not a priority for me. This is a story aid, not a GPS map, in my mind. Just my way of doing it. Haha
How would you use this map? It does not look like a in game map and it also hardly supports tacktical combat. Looks like a map for GM to get inspired that can't be used in a session.
You’ve basically got the idea. Not everyone runs a tactical game. Inspiring the GM and showing more than just what the floor looks like seems like a good idea to me. If you would like more of my thoughts on the matter, I have a video called “how to use maps in rpgs”.
Thank you so much for including a link to a template! After a very unsuccessful googling session yesterday I was relieved by your inclusion of one.
You bet!!
I was extremely relieved to find the template at the very beginning of the video as well! I'm currently on a Map Crow binge and was immediately craving for some sweet isometric graph paper.
Yeah, nowadays everything on Google image search is "for purchase" I miss when the internet was less monetized...
Fr, for some reason finding the perfect map grids is hard😢
I love that a lot of the ideas we see in later videos are already forshadowed in this one in some of the sketchbooks.
Yep! That’s what it’s for!
listening to you talk about drawing and the art process is insanely inspirational
Thanks! I hope you still feel sane enough to draw tho! Haha!!
I'm so glad I stumbled on this channel. Thank you so much for the inspiration! You've encouraged me to finally start sketching some things when all I have has been distant, vague clouds of ideas so far. Not even for games but for art and design in general. I love the process.
Sketching is fun!! I’m so happy that you’re going for it!!
I like the things you say and the way that you say them. Your energy and creative process is inspiring. Started watching because "draw isometric map", but leaving with "keep all your ideas" and "just try it!?" Beautiful map. Thank you
Man, discovering your channel helped me so much. You and JP are the first DMs that I found online that are also draftsmen (as I am too), so you guys completely changed the way I create adventures, locations and dungeons. Writing is fun, but for us, visual thinkers, drawing is even more fun! Thank you for your great work and hugs from Brasil!
Thank you!! JP and I love to hear that kinda stuff!! Brasil has some my favorite RPG artists! Alex Damaceno and Fernando Salvaterra are some of the best!! Cheers!
making your own sketchbooks and using them really does feel so very different! in both the feeling that its not fancy and you can use it and also that it feels really exciting to have filled it and be able to hold this completed thing you made!
Thanks for posting this video! I loved it! And thanks for speeding the video in 9:12 instead of cutting the part you're drawing. It makes a great difference in the end.
Finally found a solid link for isometric templates to print. I am grabbing a pad and hope the scale is the same. So glad I found thus channel! I am just getting into drawing as a byproduct of getting into DIY RPG stuff (ICRPG) and feel like I'm getting free lessons!
If you find your hands get ink on them and you smudge stuff around, try getting an old clean sock, cut the toe end off it and slip it over your hand. Then you should be able to rest your hand on the paper without fear of accidental smudging. Another alternative is to use a piece of paper under your hand.
i dont even play dnd but i love seeing you express your passion for your hobby. you put so much love into it creative process and your whole vibe is really dope
Now, you are one more fount of inspiration. The maps so cool, and the most impressive to me is that they are drawed in traditional art
Thank you for watching!! I find traditional work more enjoyable, otherwise, I’d go digital for sure!! Haha
"we already ruined it so its not longer blank" such a huge roadblock cleared with such ease.
You're such an exceptional artist! I hope you know this. It's an amalgamation of visuals, interpretation, the phonoaesthetic (I hope I spelled that right lol), everything combined makes your art so inviting and evocative as you like to say.
So we're just going to gloss over "this was accomplished by diluting some highlighter ink"?! Great vid, you're very talented!
I talk about the process more in this video. ruclips.net/video/zV8Fpr_2oOw/видео.html&ab_channel=MapCrow
Kyle you imspire me so much. Every time I watch a video in your channel I can't help myself but to grab a pencil or a pen and just go to create. Thank you very much for all the advices and tips, I appreciate all your work
Thank you for these videos, this channel, and for you coming into existence!
Jesus christ I'll never be this good. Map crow makes me ashamed to DM the way I do. This is all just so impressive.
Ha! I feel the same way every time I see other folks DMing! The grass is always greener when you don’t have to mow it, I guess! But we can’t let that stop us from having our fun!! Cheers!!
HEY! DAEL KINGSMILL REFERENCE!
didn't expect that
I compulsively buy notebooks I never fill entirely, and your video made me go and scavenge them ! I've been writing ideas/ doodling since forever, all over the place, it is quite a hunt. I also really loved the handmade notebooks!
Vague and evocative!! Just hearing this makes me so happy lol
Just watching you work put a smile on my face.
Hey! I just discovered your channel and I LOVE all of your videos so far!
Just as a suggestion, it's a little bit jarring to have the music start for 2 seconds, then suddenly cut out so you can talk, then start back up again. Maybe you could try fading the music in and out, or grouping as much of the narration together as possible (kinda like Nerdforge does in their videos)?
I don't want this to come off as harsh, cause I really love your videos. Keep up the great work, and I'm excited to see what you make next!
Best DM channel I've came across yet
Me who doesn't draw at all but enjoys this content because I find it interesting:
Ah yes now I will make my own sketchbook, great advice!
Go for it! I actually have a video about how to do that from early this year!!
Subbed you beautiful bastard, getting back into art after a decade and I'm in need of both inspiration and new perspectives since going into art blindfolded after a long period of time isn't making progress
Heck yeah! No plan, only art!!
I just wanted to say, it didn't take me long to get results following this playlist. I have a lot of refining to do, I'm not there yet, but I was able to start drawing maps quickly drawing upon high school art training (from a little over thirty years ago). This is a very good place to pick up tips.
Thanks for sharing!! I'm glad to hear it went well!!
very cool to see the entire process
1:54 it's the Witch knight!
Well fuck me sideways Kyle. I am currently trying to capture that rough old-school inked style myself, and this is just the stuff to cure my shingles. Fantastic work on Old school essentials too! I'll most certainly continue to refrence your bang-up art moving forward. Cheers!
Loving your work! Thanks for such in-depth tutorials!
Great! Thank you for share!
I really like how you aproach your proyects
Dude.. you're a beast!
Very instructive. Thanks for the tutorial, Kyle!
@@mapcrow Excellent! I really like maps. It is very interesting how when we separate the elements of the set, we realize that they are not so complex drawings: a small tree, a mountain, etc., but looking at the composition, the parts make the whole very visually rich.
I would like to see a tutorial of you showing how you style elements of your maps.
I don't have much practice with an isometric perspective. My attempts were on static things, like box-like houses. Very frustrating. If you can share tips to get around it, that would be great.
I just switched to digital, but this is still helpful! 🌵👽
Love your art!!! Oh my oh my, the design process is amazing even for a non-DnDer!!! Thanks algorithm brings me here!!
Love the video! Seeing you plan the map is very helpful.
The 20 years of experience tell you when to call it quits :D
because there is no end if you don't!
What is this, and why do I like it so much? Bonus for the Dael Kingsmill reference!
You talk about the map not begin tactical, but I think a lot about how to use these sort of maps that way. I think there is a way that something that flavorful, evocative, but also modular enough to be tactical. IDK, I haven't quite cracked that nut yet, but I am interested in knowing more about how you use these maps practically in your game(s). Is it a visual reference and things go into TotM when we need to be tactical, or is it like a small "overworld" layout and you zoom in to a more-crude, on-the-spot map when you need to be tactical.
With the proliferation of quarantine gaming, capable VTTs and ubiquitous video conferencing, it seems like our sophistication as a group is going up, which I am very excited to see. Thanks for your content!
i seriously think you should show how you made those notebooks, theyre incredibly cool and id love to try out something similar !
I do have a video about making notebooks from January!!
@@mapcrow oh !!! i must have missed that when looking at your channel, ill take another look thank you !
@@elfhiem Haha! I'll admit, the channel is all over the place!
@@mapcrow fair haha, i did manage to find it though so thank you ! i have a question about it though, for the chipboard notebooks like the one your friend gave you, how'd you manage to get the cover to bend properly? in my experience chipboards usually too hard to bend but maybe what we here in canada call chipboard isnt the same in america
@@elfhiem If I had to guess, it's probably from a food box or something. Maybe even the back of the notepad he used for the paper! There are tons of things made from chip board, just gotten keep your eyes peeled!
What is great about the making own sketchbook thing is that first sketchbook you got from your friend is actually a moleskin. its the pocket journals.
I like your idea of using handmade sketchbooks to overcome the blank page fear. I have a big stack of printer paper that I keep right next to my desk. I keep some blank pages and whatever im currently working on in a folder as sort of a modular sketchbook. I also like to start a lot of my ideas on note pages or scratch work for school. I don't have the same fear when the page is already ruined with homework or a todo list. A lot of my favorite ideas started on math homework.
Love your tips and ideas!!
Thank you so much!!
I know that you didn't really touch on this much but I just wanted to say that I love the toad by the side of the path and the beast/god in the faerie ring. Also, your laugh is awesome because it just shows how you love your work.
Thank you!! Art should be fun! If it’s not fun, something is up. Cheers!!
Just got an office and I've been trying to find something to put on the walls, looks like it's map time!
this is AWESOME
So talented dude.
wowwww it's incredibly awesome!
Does he have another video or something where he mentions how to make those sketchbooks? I have no idea how those are getting put together, especially with the dotted and curved high quality pages
This is kind of late, but there are plenty of methods and pretty good tutorials out there! I think the simplest way I've seen is to just glue the backs of your pages together, but I've found coptic stitching is pretty fun and aesthetically pleasing (if a little tedious at times)
You can buy any kind of page youd like for your sketchbook, you just have to make sure your pages are around the same size/cut them to fit :]
Amazing vídeo, i didn't started to make my drawings yet, but i'm researching a lot trying to know how to; i am horrible at this, but still i love drawing, your vídeos are helping a lot, not just with the tips, but with my own confidence in making my own skatches ^^
Very cool, I do think its a bit difficult due to the dark/light balance in the final piece to tell what all is happening. I'm not sure if that's intentional, but like the river being so dark for instance makes it a bit hard to make out as a river to me.
I'm with you here - I love watching the process - but the final product is kind of hard to decipher. I can't really tell what's going on because its so dense, and the contrast is so high everywhere. And I'm not sure what he should do about that - color would certainly help - but it should be doable in B&W
That was very interesting, and quite informative :)
Thank you so much! I’m very happy to hear that!!
I'm just looking for inspiration for an upcoming campaign, but now I suddenly feel obliged to start making tons of maps like this. I guess I should get a blue pencil.
I really like your style yo! -NEW SUB
This is really useful
Wonderful!! I’m so glad to hear that!!
Pretty nice.
I have no idea why I only just found you on here, but I am glad I did. I love drawing iso. I stopped trying with an actual grid as it seemed to be tightening me up. Now I just occasionally draw a reminder diagonal if I want to keep the geometry regularish, but now I'm starting to just let it skew as it wants to and use different perspectives. How come all these architects line everything up at the same angles anyway? lol... and most worlds seem to be in the southern hemisphere with the shadows on the bottom right, and I tend to draw routes which go bottom left to top right too. One of these days, the adventurers are going to get suspicious that there's a (right) hand behind their world, or decide to cross the equator and really mess with me. Love your work - reminded me of Leo Baxendale :) Sub.
Hello ! Very instructive ! Thanks for the tutorial ! It's possible to share your isometric template cyan blue light lines u used to make this fantastic map ?
Thank you for the kind words! I've added a link to download the grid templates that I use!
Love the sketchbook tip- do you think you could show us how to make a sketchbook?
Ooo! I'll add it to the list!! Cheers!
the worst part is not even not reaching the "wow, I really am liking this!" feeling, it's freezing in it because it's so good that if something is done, it gets ruined
we need drawing 2.0 with undo button for yesterday
Haha! Inking can feel like walking a tightrope without a net, which is what makes it thrilling!!
in an average to low level like mine, I rather take that risk in shorter stuff hah or stay sketchy since I'm still training, and it's more fun to wiggle and doodle around
8:55
Imagine a troll with a puzzle on the bridge as an obstacle
i love isometric exercises
"Or maybe I'm just calling it quits."
Art is never finished; merely abandoned.
11:12 damn that really is a magic eraser
Bro, that printer has seen some better days.
Yep! It's 14 years old! I just got a new one for printing things that need to look nice! Haha
Can we see a combat play out on one of these maps? I'm worried if these style maps would get too busy to easily allow for that, but the isometric style allows for more varied terrain vs a top down perspective
It's not great for tactical combat, no. Even the VVTs that support Isometric have their challenges to overcoming it. BUT, it's great to helping to quickly communicate location to a GM!
Ahhh yes, the Slumbricid
I'm a lefty and that's a great idea...
Nice work.
In regards to the ferry operator I feel he/she/it needs to have a good reason to depart from the current location. From a business perspective it makes more sense for him to be closer to the broken bridge. When I think along these lines I come up with backstories for npcs. Maybe there was once a path to the ferry but since the operator has been cursed to operate the ferry for one-hundred years people have become extremely hesitant to use his services.
This was very helpful in understanding this style of maps I've seen so often. I'm curious if you have any recommendations for minimalist drawing/shading/hatching? Definitely will be checking more of these out.
Thank you! Check out JP Coovert’s RUclips for a less hatch heavy style!
19:52 no project is ever finished, merely abandoned :D
True fact!!
Ive been very interested in your videos since Ive found them just the other day, this video has given me a lot to try, because getting ideas on the page is crazy hard. One problem that I have personally, is that my thoughts are so much faster than my hands and they start to run away from me when I get excited and all of a sudden all my ideas that I thought were so brilliant are forgotten and theyre not written down. Do you have any advice for that sort of situation?
Fantastic. Beautiful and instructive.
Are you saying verbs (17minuteas onwards)? IS this a metaphor for actions? I don't hate it; just wondering.
Thank you!! Verb is a game design term coined in the book linked in the description. A verb, in this use, denotes the different actions allowed or conveyed by the game space.
@@mapcrow Uh, I don't see a book linked in the description. There's the templates, your mapping project, music link, twitter link and links to Sean Poppe and Dael Kingsmill. Could you give a name for the book you are describing?
What is the blue pencil brand and type?
Prismacolor Col-Erase Erasable Colored Pencil
The iso grid seems slightly off or skewed in perspective, but I can’t tell if it’s just a trick of the eye. Not even sure if it matters or if there’s a reason?
Yeah, after doing this for a whole year, I found out that I've been working in Diametric not Isometric! Haha! The principles are exactly the same, but the Isometric grid is a bit taller.
Just discovered your incredible work! Do you sell an art book or collection of art books of your isometric art?
Nothing in print right now, but I hope to reprint Old Roads this year, which you can find in pdf on my itch store.
@@mapcrow Thanks for the quick reply. I definitely need to check out your store. Do you ever work on commission?
@@aroundatable Not at the moment. I have a full teaching load at my college, and I'm working on a book.
@@mapcrow Best wishes with your current endeavors!
8:08 yes, stay hydrated! but also, watch some tutorials on vocal fry so you can make creepy and demonic voices in a healthy and less tiring way 😌🙏
Heya! Is Old Roads possibly going to be available for people who missed the Kickstarter?
Huzzah
So uh... you gon' show us HOW to make a sketch book? I mean I know it doesn't look super complicated but... maybe for those of us who made INT our dump stat? 😅
I did! There is a video called the perfect sketchbook from a year ago!
@@mapcrow Thanks! Ill check it out! 😄
Let me just say that you have great skill for drawing evocative landscapes. But the title of the video is a bit misleading. I expected to hear some practical (or rather technical) advice on how to make maps you can actually use at the table. I don't think anyone can replicate what you do based on watching this video.
The pencil grip: 🥸
Well you got a subscribe from me
Glad you enjoyed this! This is an earlier video, so my editing style has changed a lot since then. Check out the playlist for "Map Making" for some other more detailed videos on the subject.
u cover bookmaking in this, but in ur videos, u don't go over it. is there a chance u might show ur process in terms of bookmaking??
I talk more about it here. ruclips.net/video/Drmt6UVHuuo/видео.html&ab_channel=MapCrow
could u plz come work with me in my business
What is the map scale? Seems like all that is there is in eyesight. Isn't it overwhelming for players? Or are all those things much further apart then they seem?
I am more interested in evocative art to fill the game with details to pull from than I am in consistent scientific scale. That’s just not a priority for me. This is a story aid, not a GPS map, in my mind. Just my way of doing it. Haha
How would you use this map? It does not look like a in game map and it also hardly supports tacktical combat. Looks like a map for GM to get inspired that can't be used in a session.
You’ve basically got the idea. Not everyone runs a tactical game. Inspiring the GM and showing more than just what the floor looks like seems like a good idea to me. If you would like more of my thoughts on the matter, I have a video called “how to use maps in rpgs”.