I've been looking for a tutorial like this for AGES, and happily, stumbled across this today. I am so excited to find this! I immediately bought the Fantasy Map Builder and am hoping this is just the thing to bring my artistic "mojo" back. This is amazing and I plan to share it in my digital art group since I've never heard of Map Effects before and I know lots of people in my group that would love this too.
Hey thank you so much Linda, I love hearing it! I hope you have fun making your map with the Map Builder. Thank you as well for the shout out! It’s definitely appreciated 😀
Such a wonderfull kit. I struggled with map drawing for years and I have just completed my first one with these brushes. I would like more icons to diversify cities, add caves, mines, bridges and much more. Maybe for another release...
Hey that's really awesome to hear. If there was a positive response to the Map Builder I did intend to release future add-ons so people can get the base pack and then customize for their needs. Were you able to get the Medieval Icons bonus that was sent out as an exclusive to my email list? If not...stay tuned and those will be released soon.
I've buyed the pack. My thougts. _on channel you can see a short video of what i did by so far_ There's a real lack of lakes, caves, mines etc.. so you won't be able to do much more than in the video. Still that 32$ is quite expensive for what you got, would sell it 15$ if it's just a starter pack, but if it's improved by time (with some lakes caves etc...) and for free i have no problem with the price. We don't have the brush that he used to create the stamps, wich means that if you want to draw what's missing _(like a little logo, or plants or else)_ you won't be able cause your brushes won't look like the stamps. Some positive, the whole pack is quite easy to use if you know the basics of your program. The stamps of sea monsters, and some others are really nice looking. 200 brushes / stamps look impresive at first, but a lot of mountains, dunes and trees are very similiar. Still that i'm not callin for refund, cause you can still make maps, wich is the promise. But note that you will be very limited on what you can do. Have a nice day.
Hey Flavio, I do appreciate the feedback and I will take it into consideration with any future updates. I did want to mention though that the brush I used to draw every element is actually included in the pack, it's the Excavation Liner in the Brush category. So you should be able to draw additional elements if you so choose so they match. For lakes I personally use the river brush to draw a lake shape and erase away the center lines. Hopefully that makes sense. Thank you again for your feedback and I hope you have a great day!
Hey, thanks for making it. It looks really fantastic! Are you considering maybe extending Map Effects in the future to be compatible with Adobe Illustrator as well? It would be amazing to get a vector image and be able to make the map interactive
Hey thank you very much! I hope you enjoy using it. You own all the rights to any maps you create with the Map Builders to use for personal or commercial use 👍.
Hey, great tutorial and brushes. I wanted to create my own version of your hatching brush. Unfortunately, I had to give up because I couldn't get it to be seamless. Can you please tell me how to achieve that? I'm desperate. Thank you.
Hey thank you! You can find tutorials here on TH-cam for how to make a seamless brush in whatever app you’re using. It’s definitely trial and error to some extent though as well so don’t give up!
I'll definitely think about buying these brushes. I just have to decide which application to use. I don't want to pay for Photoshop. Does anyone have any suggestions. The brushes are only applicable to Procreate, Photoshop, Affinity Photo, and Clip Studio Paint.
I would recommend checking out Clip Studio Paint if you don't have an Ipad to use Procreate (My personal favorite). CSP is a much more affordable alternative to Photoshop and honestly better in my opinion for map making and illustration. Hope that helps!
Is there a size limit on the maps? Would I be able to make a huge map and have it so it prints out in sections in A4? Sorry if these sound dumb, I've never used photoshop or anything. It's a shame you don't have a version for mobile.
Absolutely! The only real limitation is how large a document your computer or tablet can handle. But if you’re breaking it up into sections then there’s no problem. I created the map builders to run in the most popular drawing apps like Photoshop or Procreate so there wouldn’t be a lot of the creative limitations you can encounter if it were its own independent app. If you have an IPhone it does actually work in Procreate Pocket as well but then you’ll have the document size limitation issue because a phone can only handle so much. Hope that helps!
They are not. I looked into making them compatible with GIMP awhile ago, but wasn’t impressed with the brush engine. It seemed to really struggle with the high resolution brushes, even on my IMac. While apps like Affinity or Clip Studio had no issue.
Hi, could you please clarify the below: 'You may use the assets in this pack for commercial projects such as a map to include in a fantasy novel, or for marketing and branding for a client; as long as you credit the Map Effects Fantasy Map Builder for the original illustrations.' Is this regarding assets in the pack or maps made using the assets? To simplify, what does the license require from the buyer if they were to use the pack to create a map for use in a video game? Thanks!
Generally with commercial projects, if you are commissioned for a map you will receive named credit as the illustrator of the map. If you use The Fantasy Map Builder for the commercial project you can be credited as the designer of the map, and I just ask credit also be given to The Map Effects Fantasy Map Builder as the tool you used. Hope that makes sense! - Josh
Heya I'm loving the brush set, but when I use the magic wand tool to try and select outside the ocean lines, it just keeps slipping between the thick coastline and the outer thinner ocean line. I can see there are loads of gaps inbetween the pixels, even when drawing a continuous line. Any tips for how to get round this?
Hey thanks for the question! When you select the magic wand tool, on the top bar you should see something that says "tolerance". Try adjusting that number until it only selects the area that you want. The lower the number the less it will bleed into the gray areas. Mine is set to 20 and it seems to be working just fine. Hopefully that helps!
Thank you! In all honesty I do most of my work in Procreate and have been meaning to get around to doing another video for the Map Builder with it. Stay tuned!
Hey sorry about that! The last couple days the website was in the process of some maintenance and that was something that got messed up. Everything should be working now. Sorry again!
Hey! Loved the tutorial, and am going to be buying the pack, but I was actually curious! There's 3 different packs for sale, and I see this is the $34 one, I was wondering (forgive my ignorance if it's written somewhere and I couldn't find it), does this pack include the stuff in the cheaper packs, or are they all different? Just wanting to make sure i bought the right one, due to budget stuff! Thanks!
Hey first of all thank you! I'm sorry I didn't see your comment and question until just now. The one for $34 is the main pack, and the less expensive ones are add-ons for that main Map Builder.
@@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio If you don't mind your line art and your color/shading all on the same layer, then you could just use the paint bucket tool to fill in. If you want to keep things separate (Which I'd recommend) You can actually use the magic wand selection tool. Make sure your line art layer is selected, then using the magic wand tool, select all the areas you want to fill. Then go to the top bar and go to "Select", "Modify", and "Expand". a panel should pop up asking how many pixels you want to expand your selection by. Depending on what it is...you can probably just do 2 - 5 pixels. This just allow you to get your selection fully behind your line art so you don't see any weird edges. With everything still selected, create a new layer below your line art. Go up to "Edit" and select "Fill...". This should fill in all the areas you have selected. If you're wanting to fill in something like trees and you don't want to click each individual one. You will do the same except you select the area surrounding the trees, expand your selection, and then go back up to "Selection" and pick "Inverse". Now instead of the area surrounding the forest being selected, it should only select the trees. Before doing this on a full map where things can get complicated. I'd recommend playing around with it on just one or two trees first just to get the principle down. Hope that helps!
@@MapEffects Yeah, that's how I typically do it, but the mountains are left open at the bottom and thus cannot be filled by using the magic wand and inverse. I was just wondering if it was possible to have a mountain that already had the shading built in or could be added.
The hard part is that you really have to recreate every brush in order to make it work in other apps, and there's just not many people using apps like Affinity or Infinite Painter at this point. If I had to pick ones I have considered expanding two, those are the ones I have in mind.
For this tutorial I purposely did it with a mouse just to show that you could. I do most of my actual drawing on my Ipad Pro 11 though, and I do have a Wacom I use occasionally.
Unfortunately it’s not compatible directly with Gimp. It will import the stamp brushes if you use the Photoshop brush file. But they will be very large in scale. The drawing brushes won’t work properly without adjusting the settings.
Hmm, do you know which brushes are missing? I'm definitely not as familiar with GIMP. While I know it will import the brushes I don't have personal hands-on experience using them in that application.
Hey, I’m sorry to hear you’re having issues getting the brushes to work. Sorry I didn’t respond earlier but I’m not as active on YT. If you could email me at josh@mapeffects.co and let me know what app you’re using and any further details I’ll help you work out what the issue may be 👍
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Dude, this is a game changer for me using Photoshop
I've been looking for a tutorial like this for AGES, and happily, stumbled across this today. I am so excited to find this! I immediately bought the Fantasy Map Builder and am hoping this is just the thing to bring my artistic "mojo" back. This is amazing and I plan to share it in my digital art group since I've never heard of Map Effects before and I know lots of people in my group that would love this too.
Hey thank you so much Linda, I love hearing it! I hope you have fun making your map with the Map Builder. Thank you as well for the shout out! It’s definitely appreciated 😀
Bravo !!!
Fantastic!! Thank you so much for making this resource.
Will be using it in my project 😊
Hey you’re very welcome! Happy mapping 👏
Such a wonderfull kit. I struggled with map drawing for years and I have just completed my first one with these brushes. I would like more icons to diversify cities, add caves, mines, bridges and much more. Maybe for another release...
Hey that's really awesome to hear. If there was a positive response to the Map Builder I did intend to release future add-ons so people can get the base pack and then customize for their needs. Were you able to get the Medieval Icons bonus that was sent out as an exclusive to my email list? If not...stay tuned and those will be released soon.
Great tutorial and great product! I highly recommend if you're an avid D&D fan!
Hey thank you so much for the kind words and recommendation! I’m really glad you’re enjoying it 😀
I've buyed the pack. My thougts.
_on channel you can see a short video of what i did by so far_
There's a real lack of lakes, caves, mines etc.. so you won't be able to do much more than in the video.
Still that 32$ is quite expensive for what you got, would sell it 15$ if it's just a starter pack, but if it's improved by time (with some lakes caves etc...) and for free i have no problem with the price.
We don't have the brush that he used to create the stamps, wich means that if you want to draw what's missing _(like a little logo, or plants or else)_ you won't be able cause your brushes won't look like the stamps.
Some positive, the whole pack is quite easy to use if you know the basics of your program.
The stamps of sea monsters, and some others are really nice looking.
200 brushes / stamps look impresive at first, but a lot of mountains, dunes and trees are very similiar.
Still that i'm not callin for refund, cause you can still make maps, wich is the promise. But note that you will be very limited on what you can do.
Have a nice day.
Hey Flavio, I do appreciate the feedback and I will take it into consideration with any future updates.
I did want to mention though that the brush I used to draw every element is actually included in the pack, it's the Excavation Liner in the Brush category. So you should be able to draw additional elements if you so choose so they match.
For lakes I personally use the river brush to draw a lake shape and erase away the center lines. Hopefully that makes sense.
Thank you again for your feedback and I hope you have a great day!
This is such a great tutorial! I look forward to trying this out for my coming projects!! Thanks for sharing!
Hey thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hey, thanks for making it. It looks really fantastic! Are you considering maybe extending Map Effects in the future to be compatible with Adobe Illustrator as well? It would be amazing to get a vector image and be able to make the map interactive
Love your map effects I got one of the bundles and am planning on getting the Viking effects next there awesome and so helpful.
Hey that’s awesome to hear that you’re enjoying them! Thank you for the kind words 😀
this is the exact tutorial i've been looking for since 2019! thank you so much for the resources & tips
awsome pack worth the prise
Hey thank you very much! I appreciate the kind words and am glad you like it. Happy mapping! - Josh
I like the simple style but still most of the details you need on a map.
Love the tool. Definitely gonna purchase it!
Thank you very much! I look forward to seeing what you create :)
Thank you! Can’t wait to buy your set and try it out!
Awesome, I hope you have fun making your map!
@@MapEffects I’m sure I will! Can’t wait for the weekend to get them and try them out ☺️
Thank you!!!
You're welcome! 😀
Very cool!!! Subscribed! Thank you! :)
Thank you! I appreciate it 😀
@@MapEffects Sure! My pleasure! All my best!
Thanks so much Josh! This is just amazing :)
Thank you for the kind words Matt, I really appreciate it :)
I bought the pack and I love it! The only thing I feel it is missing is ice, but I don’t know how that would be possible anyway.
Yea like block of ice on the water? That would be cool.
I just bought it! Seems awesome! If I create a map using this, who owns the rights to the map? Map effects or me?
Hey thank you very much! I hope you enjoy using it. You own all the rights to any maps you create with the Map Builders to use for personal or commercial use 👍.
Hey, great tutorial and brushes. I wanted to create my own version of your hatching brush. Unfortunately, I had to give up because I couldn't get it to be seamless. Can you please tell me how to achieve that? I'm desperate. Thank you.
Hey thank you! You can find tutorials here on TH-cam for how to make a seamless brush in whatever app you’re using. It’s definitely trial and error to some extent though as well so don’t give up!
I'll definitely think about buying these brushes. I just have to decide which application to use. I don't want to pay for Photoshop. Does anyone have any suggestions. The brushes are only applicable to Procreate, Photoshop, Affinity Photo, and Clip Studio Paint.
I would recommend checking out Clip Studio Paint if you don't have an Ipad to use Procreate (My personal favorite). CSP is a much more affordable alternative to Photoshop and honestly better in my opinion for map making and illustration. Hope that helps!
@@MapEffects alright thanks. I definitely will look into it.
Is there a size limit on the maps? Would I be able to make a huge map and have it so it prints out in sections in A4?
Sorry if these sound dumb, I've never used photoshop or anything.
It's a shame you don't have a version for mobile.
Absolutely! The only real limitation is how large a document your computer or tablet can handle. But if you’re breaking it up into sections then there’s no problem. I created the map builders to run in the most popular drawing apps like Photoshop or Procreate so there wouldn’t be a lot of the creative limitations you can encounter if it were its own independent app. If you have an IPhone it does actually work in Procreate Pocket as well but then you’ll have the document size limitation issue because a phone can only handle so much. Hope that helps!
@@MapEffects thank you very much for getting back to me. I'll definately be picking it up when I can.
Are these brushes compatible with GIMP?
If you get someone to make them compatible, I'll definitely buy the GIMP versions.
They are not. I looked into making them compatible with GIMP awhile ago, but wasn’t impressed with the brush engine. It seemed to really struggle with the high resolution brushes, even on my IMac. While apps like Affinity or Clip Studio had no issue.
Hi, could you please clarify the below:
'You may use the assets in this pack for commercial projects such as a map to include in a fantasy novel, or for marketing and branding for a client; as long as you credit the Map Effects Fantasy Map Builder for the original illustrations.'
Is this regarding assets in the pack or maps made using the assets? To simplify, what does the license require from the buyer if they were to use the pack to create a map for use in a video game?
Thanks!
Generally with commercial projects, if you are commissioned for a map you will receive named credit as the illustrator of the map. If you use The Fantasy Map Builder for the commercial project you can be credited as the designer of the map, and I just ask credit also be given to The Map Effects Fantasy Map Builder as the tool you used. Hope that makes sense!
- Josh
@@MapEffects Nice, yep makes sense!
Have anything for how to make outdoor tactical tabletop terrain maps for encounters?
Not yet, but that is on my list of future projects 😀
@@MapEffects I'll be eagerly awaiting that! I am currently struggling with Photoshop to make my own trail encounter maps. 😬
Heya I'm loving the brush set, but when I use the magic wand tool to try and select outside the ocean lines, it just keeps slipping between the thick coastline and the outer thinner ocean line. I can see there are loads of gaps inbetween the pixels, even when drawing a continuous line. Any tips for how to get round this?
Hey thanks for the question! When you select the magic wand tool, on the top bar you should see something that says "tolerance". Try adjusting that number until it only selects the area that you want. The lower the number the less it will bleed into the gray areas. Mine is set to 20 and it seems to be working just fine. Hopefully that helps!
Great Video, sadly I have Procreate not Adobe, can you do some tutorial/examples with that too please?
Thank you! In all honesty I do most of my work in Procreate and have been meaning to get around to doing another video for the Map Builder with it. Stay tuned!
@@MapEffects Any chance on that Procreate Video coming out soon? It’s been a year 😢
The Fantasy Map Builder link doesnt work for me, it directs me to the City Map Builder ... 😕
Hey sorry about that! The last couple days the website was in the process of some maintenance and that was something that got messed up. Everything should be working now. Sorry again!
Hey! Loved the tutorial, and am going to be buying the pack, but I was actually curious! There's 3 different packs for sale, and I see this is the $34 one, I was wondering (forgive my ignorance if it's written somewhere and I couldn't find it), does this pack include the stuff in the cheaper packs, or are they all different? Just wanting to make sure i bought the right one, due to budget stuff! Thanks!
Hey first of all thank you! I'm sorry I didn't see your comment and question until just now. The one for $34 is the main pack, and the less expensive ones are add-ons for that main Map Builder.
What size of canvas could You recommend to draw in Procreate? With an opportunity to create 20 or more layers. I use iPad Pro 9'7.
I assume this can be done in color as well by selecting a color for the brush like normal, right?
Absolutely! You can use whatever colors you want.
@@MapEffects Is there any easy way to fill the shapes in without having to paint in a layer behind them?
@@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio If you don't mind your line art and your color/shading all on the same layer, then you could just use the paint bucket tool to fill in. If you want to keep things separate (Which I'd recommend) You can actually use the magic wand selection tool.
Make sure your line art layer is selected, then using the magic wand tool, select all the areas you want to fill. Then go to the top bar and go to "Select", "Modify", and "Expand". a panel should pop up asking how many pixels you want to expand your selection by. Depending on what it is...you can probably just do 2 - 5 pixels. This just allow you to get your selection fully behind your line art so you don't see any weird edges.
With everything still selected, create a new layer below your line art. Go up to "Edit" and select "Fill...". This should fill in all the areas you have selected.
If you're wanting to fill in something like trees and you don't want to click each individual one. You will do the same except you select the area surrounding the trees, expand your selection, and then go back up to "Selection" and pick "Inverse". Now instead of the area surrounding the forest being selected, it should only select the trees.
Before doing this on a full map where things can get complicated. I'd recommend playing around with it on just one or two trees first just to get the principle down.
Hope that helps!
@@MapEffects Yeah, that's how I typically do it, but the mountains are left open at the bottom and thus cannot be filled by using the magic wand and inverse. I was just wondering if it was possible to have a mountain that already had the shading built in or could be added.
Right now, I'm carefully painting in the mountains, with a darker color on one side than the other.
are you going to expand the usability of the tool to other programs
The hard part is that you really have to recreate every brush in order to make it work in other apps, and there's just not many people using apps like Affinity or Infinite Painter at this point. If I had to pick ones I have considered expanding two, those are the ones I have in mind.
How i can get this hill Brush effect For photoshop
The Map Builders are available on the Map Effects website in the shop 😀
do you have brushes for painting trees? hills?
It includes brushes for pine trees, deciduous trees, and hills :)
which version of Photoshop are you using?
Whatever the latest version is that comes with Adobe CC haha
what graphics tablet do you have?
For this tutorial I purposely did it with a mouse just to show that you could. I do most of my actual drawing on my Ipad Pro 11 though, and I do have a Wacom I use occasionally.
website not work
Thanks for letting me know. Should be good now.
Can I use this with Gimp? It is free.
Unfortunately it’s not compatible directly with Gimp. It will import the stamp brushes if you use the Photoshop brush file. But they will be very large in scale. The drawing brushes won’t work properly without adjusting the settings.
So i recently just purchased this and im having a problem with finding all of the brushes in GIMP
Hmm, do you know which brushes are missing? I'm definitely not as familiar with GIMP. While I know it will import the brushes I don't have personal hands-on experience using them in that application.
I can't use those brushes, a disclaimer said "not compatible"
Hey, I’m sorry to hear you’re having issues getting the brushes to work. Sorry I didn’t respond earlier but I’m not as active on YT. If you could email me at josh@mapeffects.co and let me know what app you’re using and any further details I’ll help you work out what the issue may be 👍
is this also available in asian style?
Unfortunately not yet, but that is on my list of ads-ons I’d love to do. 👍
Likes this comment so everybody know that you can find most of these icons/drawings for free. You dont have to pay 34$