Tag: Graphic Design
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Learn to Make Parchment in GIMP
For those of you interested in taking your finished map to the next level, I’ve written a detailed tutorial on how I make things look like parchment. This is the technique I used to make my website banner, among other things. I hope it proves useful to you.
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Resources for Fantasy Writers
I’ve made a page with links to many of the resources I’ve created for other fantasy writers. Among these, you’ll find books and articles on some aspects of fantasy writing that I once struggled with, including ways you can design maps or fictional languages for your world. I hope that these resources will help you…
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Inkscape 1.0 – Why You Should Use It
So you’ve drawn yourself a logo design on paper; you’re going to need a vector graphic if you want to put your logo on banners, signs, the side of a van, etc. I can convert your logo design to a versatile vector graphic quickly, and you won’t have to pay an arm or a leg…
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Making a Fantasy Map: Text Labels
If you want to learn how to make a map in more detail—or you’d like to make one but can’t due to Affinity’s pricetag—then take a look at my new eBook: How to Make a Fantasy Map: A Writer’s Guide to Otherworldly Cartography. You’ll learn more advanced techniques for making a fantasy map (including how…
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Making a Fantasy Map: Settlements
If you want to learn how to make a map in more detail—or you’d like to make one but can’t due to Affinity’s pricetag—then take a look at my new eBook: How to Make a Fantasy Map: A Writer’s Guide to Otherworldly Cartography. You’ll learn more advanced techniques for making a fantasy map (including how…
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Making a Fantasy Map: Forests
If you want to learn how to make a map in more detail—or you’d like to make one but can’t due to Affinity’s pricetag—then take a look at my new eBook: How to Make a Fantasy Map: A Writer’s Guide to Otherworldly Cartography. You’ll learn more advanced techniques for making a fantasy map (including how…
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Making a Fantasy Map: Rivers
Now that we’ve drawn a continent with mountains, it’s time to give it some rivers. But before we begin I’d like to mention that I’ve written a book on the subject of making fantasy maps. If you want to learn how to make a map in more detail—or you’d like to make one but can’t…
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Making a Fantasy Map: Mountain Ranges
If you want to learn how to make a map in more detail—or you’d like to make one but can’t due to Affinity’s pricetag—then take a look at my new eBook: How to Make a Fantasy Map: A Writer’s Guide to Otherworldly Cartography. You’ll learn more advanced techniques for making a fantasy map (including how…
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Making a Fantasy Map: Drawing Coastlines
If you want to learn how to make a map in more detail—or you’d like to make one but can’t due to Affinity’s pricetag—then take a look at my new eBook: How to Make a Fantasy Map: A Writer’s Guide to Otherworldly Cartography. You’ll learn more advanced techniques for making a fantasy map (including how…
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Making a Fantasy Map: Introduction
If you want to learn how to make a map in more detail—or you’d like to make one but can’t due to Affinity’s pricetag—then take a look at my new eBook: How to Make a Fantasy Map: A Writer’s Guide to Otherworldly Cartography. You’ll learn more advanced techniques for making a fantasy map, and you’ll…