Category: Arts & Graphics

  • How to Draw a Fictional Map? Geography

    How to Draw a Fictional Map? Geography

    Your Maps should look Coherent. The Position of each element should seem to be the product of multiple phenomena converging to the actual Structure. Synergy is Key. Summary – 6 steps to a Nice Geography You need Mundane locations. You need to set up Surprising locations. You’ll want to tell the Story of your World…

  • How to Draw simple Maps?

    How to Draw simple Maps?

    Why draw Maps for your Stories? Maps bring visual information. They bring Clarity. They reveal the Complexity of your World. How to Draw them? By Balancing Clarity & Complexity. Summary – 6 steps to a simple Map Define the Limits of your Map. Place all the Fundamental Locations. Link all these Locations, or most of…

  • How to Write Fables?

    How to Write Fables?

    Fables are Tales. More than any other Tale, they are fundamentally Symbolic. Fables may be the best way to Start writing. As well as a place to return for one who has Journeyed. Fables are Cycles. Summary – 6 Steps to a Fable The Characters Discover the World. They Journey to the Place they are…

  • How to become an Artist Fast, as a Writer?

    How to become an Artist Fast, as a Writer?

    You’re a Writer. Maybe you’ve published some Stories already, or are about to. You’d want to make your own illustrations. Because you want to Share your Full Vision. You also want to be able to Draw fast. Here’s your Formula. Summary – 6 steps to becoming an Artist faster Apply this Routine every Day. Draw…

  • How to Create more Diverse Environments?

    Environment often get overlooked. In most cases, they look underdeveloped or too similar. How would you depict Environments to diversify them? Summary – How to Create Diverse Environments? Define the essential Characteristics of an Environment. Alter them to Create Specificities. Do it 10 times. Compare the 10 Worlds you’ve created. For each of them ask…