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Fantasy Map Podcast episodes
- Episode #11: Dr. John Wyatt a.k.a. Surprised Eel Maps
John is a full-time cartographer and an academic historian who, as the name suggest, not-so-surprisingly devoted his career to eels and their influence on the old world. This time we take a bit on a scholarly coat to discuss John’s career as a cartographer-of-choice for the publishing house at the university gnawing through 50+ maps per year.
Where to find John:
- Website
- Patreon
- X
Maps & Shared Artwork from this episode:
- Download link
2 hr 20 min - Episode #10: Arturo a.k.a. @nerdymaps
In this episode with Arturo we talk through his overnight leap to the forefront of Instagram fantasy cartography scene, growing his map business from a side hustle to full-time job as well as forever unfinished, garanguatan, personal projects. We mention some business side of cartography and pricing, Filip's and Leander's big projects in the making and of course the ever-present, risinf influences of AI on our niche field of fantasy cartography.
- Fil's castle map
- Leander's logo pitch for a client
- Arturo's new logo
- Arturo's old vs. new maps
2 hr 7 min - Episode #9: Dominique Strange a.k.a. @domino44maps
In this battle of the timezones, Leander and Dominique dive directly into project pricing, client work, dragons and compass roses and work through Dominique's history and current set up as an artist, her process, cartographic journey and recommendations on drawing maps on MS Paint using decommissioned trackpad.
Follow Dominique: Instagram | X | Patreon
2 hr 8 min - Episode #8: Leander & Filip vs. 2025
In this episode we discuss the plans for 2025 as well as our personal projects and a bit of some behind-the-scenes of our mundane existences. Enjoy!
1 hr 23 min - Episode #7: Tom Brossard a.k.a. @mapsbyowen
Our unplanned Christmas special featuring Tom — cartographer well-known for his distinct style featuring magic mushroom villages and googly-eyed seamonsters. He supports the community greatly and we’ve all stumbled across as well as learned from his mountain tutorial (or any other) on YouTube.
Besides map-making, Owen is also a YouTuber, talented photographer, father and an overall life balance superhero and we were incredibly happy he accepted our invite to join our show as the last guest of 2024.
1 hr 53 min - Episode #6: Chloe a.k.a. @chloethecartographer
A GMT-based artist-slash-physicist with incredible portfolio of art styles. We talk dark client-works, thickening lines in Photoshop, wordlbuilding robot gnomes and making money as a DM for online TTRPGs.
Follow Chloe
🔗 Instagram | 🔗 Web
1 hr 38 min - Episode #5: Karin Höijer a.k.a. @karin_hoijer
This episode we dive in to the realms of dragons and mythical beasts and how they can be used in the not-so-fantastical contemporary world entangled by processes. Karin is a long-time cartographer who managed to sneak a great deal of her mapping creativity into her professional career.
Chapters EP!
- Guest intro
- Karin's first steps in maps
- Her very first map (Tir)
- How do you start a map - thought process
- Karin's childhood maps
- Worldbuilding and map talk
- Karin's wondrous map of make believe
- Karin's monsters and creatures
- Karin's dragons and scary maps
- Leander's Volksgaard Book
- Making a map - color more enjoyable?
- Filip's Magnum Opus
- Filip shares his map thoughts
- What matters most to you on a map?
- Karin's amazing bachelor thesis guide map
- Talking map frames
- More of Karin's maps for students
- What makes a map great?
- Tips for aspiring map makers
- Guest recommendations
- Final words
1 hr 52 min - Episode #4: Rodney Elliot a.k.a. @wyrmwoodmaps
When you read a story, you’re taking the reader by the hand and showing them your world. Give them a map and they are free to go wherever they want.
To quote our fourth guest, Rodney Elliot of @wyrmwoodmaps — a master storyteller, who spent over 30 years building his fantastic world of Ithia. We dive into his creative process and explore the ways to tell stories through maps. Leander & Filip get inaugurated into the Guild of Free Cartographers and talk about the life devoted to storytelling through the art of a map.Where to find Rodney
🔗 Rodney’s Instagram
Chapters EP!
- Guest introduction and a bit of back story
- Wyrmwood’s lifetime worldbuilding project — World of Ithia & its lore
- Stories for your map and how a map tells a story
- A good map guides your imagination without putting blinders on it
(Finding stories in a map by looking)- Fantasy Map as a blueprint for your own story/imagination
- The map as an artefact/lore-piece of the world it represents
- Taking a look at the map from the Hobbit
- Prydain Chronicles Bookseries Map
- Illustrating landmarks with details and insights
- Looking at Treepainter’s current map serpentus (ouroboros)
- Rodney’s map borders w/ meaning, more on the world of Ithia and the story of Wyrmwood
- A lot more talk about Ithia and Rodneys life long worldbuilding efforts
- Rodney’s city commissions map Circle City
- Way of steel game of the guy Rodney’s commission work for (you can find it on Reddit)
- Rodney’s gigantic city map and talking story hooks
- Rodney’s Guild of Free Cartographers
- Tips for aspiring map makers on commission work
- Our guest’s favorite cartographers and guest wishes
- Ending words
Resources & Highlights From This Episode
- Lloyd Alexander - The Chronicles of Prydain
- The Chronicles of Prydain Map
- Warlock of Firetop Mountain
- World of Ithia
- DriveThrough RPG
- Ouroboros
- Way of Steel RPG Map
- Leander’s Collab Map 1 | Map 2
- Huge map of the city with icon story seeds
- Circle city map in Black’n White | Color
- Map of New Lands
- Maps for the Vista McDowal series (The Lantern Lit City and The Fading Glow)
2 hr 19 min - Episode #3: Paul Duvall a.k.a. @ways.unseen
In this episode we bring back the good ol’ Micron pens and share the story of inktober-to-master-cartographer Paul. We talk all about the classic top-down dungeon maps, doodley cities as well as Leander’s favourite isometrics and working with unusual perspectives. Our guest also gives us, the TTRPG rookies, a walkthrough of the classic gaming systems and solo dungeon crawlers which he also talks about on his ever growing YouTube channel.
Where to find Paul
@ways.unseen on 🔗 Instagram | 🔗 Patreon | 🔗 Itch.io
Resources & highlights from this episode
- Facebook link to a post w/ all the map resources
- Tolkien’s A Secret Vice book
- Craig Thompson’s Carnet de Voyage book
- Paul’s Arboria tree map
- Pauls’ Dragon mini map
- Leander’s Town square background
- Colouring colab → Leander’s map | Filip’s map
Where to find Leander
- Leander’s Instagram
- Leander's Ko-Fi Page
Where to find Filip
- Filip’s Instagram
- Filip’s Website
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Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated and feel free to reach out to us via our Instagram pages or via e-mail at [email protected]
2 hr 8 min - Episode #2: Scott Mayfield a.k.a. @skawtsalot.studio
In this episode we chat with veteran cartographer & world-builder Scott Mayfield about his work with Atlassian & Valiantys, using Inkarnate as well as diving deeper in personal artistic expressions. We briefly touch on specifics of drawing and developing personal style, creative process, inspirations for our works as well as some practical advice for working with clients on commission. Last but not least we do some name dropping of other industry icons like Map Effects and discuss Scott’s big project show — Kram!
Where to find Scott's work:
🔗 Scott’s Buymeacoffee
Chapters EP!
- Scott’s Introduction & His Work
- Background Story & First Map
- Inkarnate & Map Software
- Combining Map Software & Drawing
- Scotts Approach To Fantasy Maps
- Portrayal Of Landmarks In Maps
- Worldbuilding & Fantasy Maps
- Tips On Getting Commissions and Client Work As A Fantasy Cartographer
- Coats of Arms in Fantasy Maps
- Discussing Kingdom Come: Deliverance & Its In-Game Maps
- Inspiration For Our Maps
- Talking Historical City Maps
- Scott’s Advice For Beginner Map Artists & Motivating Others
- Our Experience With Map Effects & Using Brushes
- Scott’s Cartoon Show Kram!
Resources & highlights from this episode
- Scott’s Remnant map
- Cog’Seere map of God’s brain
- Map of Myrtana from Gothic 3
- Map of the Phoenician Coast
- Map of Rattay from Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- Interactive map of Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- Old aerial maps of Paris — Map 1 | Map 2
- Coats of Arms Book
- The Phantom Atlas Book
Where to find Leander
- Leander’s Instagram
- Leander's Ko-Fi Page
Where to find Filip
- Filip’s Instagram
- Filip’s Website
Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated and feel free to reach out to us via our Instagram pages or via e-mail at [email protected]
1 hr 51 min
About Fantasy Map Podcast
From the publisher's feed
The one and only podcast about fantasy maps with Filip (@filipsersik) & Leander (@treepainter). We blabber about maps with other members of the cartography scene for hours on end and venture out…
to fantastic world in search of treasure chests and legendary gear drops.