Hey Owen, Your top of the peak, mountaineering graphic skills are paramount, superbly scaled creations. And........Argh! Maps of ancient far off lands are the bedrock of fantasy lore.
Hey Owen, you’re videos are awesome!! These references are so easy to draw yet they look so sophisticated. I love your work; thank you for helping me improve on this hobby of mine. Btw, I was favoring #3 but ended up really liking #1 the most!! It looks much better with forests at the base of the mountains in my opinion.
Thank you for this series of videos, you're a really good teacher. I'm a writer looking to do a presentable map of my setting and I have just enough artistic ability that I was able to accomplish that with your forest and mountain tutorials. I likes method 1 because I found it easiest and because it fit best with the terrain I had in mind.
Before tweak: 1 ❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 3 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 4 ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 5 ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 After tweak: 1 ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 3 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4 ❤️❤️❤️🖤 🖤 5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 I most use the 4th shape and the 3rd shading when I draw.
@@MapsbyOwen Hi, Owen. I never posted a single one. I'm still learning the basics and trying some many new styles and tools (like gimp for Ubuntu and sketchbook for Android). Unfortunately I haven't drawn a single map in the last month.
@@adrianordp You should put them online! Honestly, I think people love to see the work of beginners (hey, maybe you're not a beginner, but you know what I mean).
Hey Owen, I was wondering; maybe you could do a hills tutorial? And a cave tutorial! You know dungeons usually are present a lot in campaigns! Cheers mate!
I have practiced your techniques. But in my story a cataclysm broke the continent. Reformingthe mountains into an east to west orintation. Do you have any techniques for drawing mountains this way?
I've noticed that people from the northern hemisphere always draws the shadows in the right side while all southern guys (like me) draw the shadows in the left.
Can't believe more people haven't seen this! Great work, will definently try drawing likes this, personally I really like number 1 to 3 which is a problem because I can't decide which one I want to try first as of yet
Do you have any examples of using style 1 in a larger map? Been trying my hand at mountains that aren't just triangles with some shading, but can't seem to get the perspective right for two different mountain ranges, with one running more horizontally. This tutorial was super helpful by the way, thanks a bunch!
Hi, thanks for the comment and sorry for my slow response. www.mapsbyowen.com/freemaps/troegisland is kind of using this style. I think for it to work, you have to draw with perspective, rather than top down. Maybe I'll see if I can incorporate this into a future video. Thanks again
@@MapsbyOwen No worries, thanks for the reply regardless. I figured that was the case, completely top down mountains and perspectives have been really hard for me to draw so if you ever do a video covering it that would be amazing! Thanks again!
Oh man, you're not making it easy telling me to pick a favorite. They all have their excellent roles and my favourite is all of them. 1. would be excellent for drawing an old mountain chain formed by a crater or caldera. 2. Sorta looks like mountains that was eroded by glacial ice, similar to your Norwegian mountains. 3. Looks like more freshly formed mountains such as the Alps and Himalayas, with tall skyreachiing steep peaks. 4. Uhh.. I don't know.. Alien Martian mountains comes to my mind, their my least favourite one tbh. But I guess its the style that does it, depends on the art style you pick. 5. Looks like Ancient Old mountains, as Mountains deteriorate they become more rounded and hilly. Example is the Pyreneese mountains between Spain and France.
I think it can take some time to get the hang of these. When I first started out, my mountains all looked terrible and it took a long time before they started to make sense. Keep at it and do share your work with me if you want me to take a look and offer any pointers. Thanks!
I want to make a huge 36x50 inch "Risk" game board for my own version of the board game RISK> this is so impressive! I want to draw mountain ranges and deserts and so-forth on a world map that I will make from scratch to make the game board. I will have to practice this.
Which is your favourite?
3
3 and 5. 💜
1 and 3
2
1 near a desert, 5 but with connected ridges like 3 would be my favorite 😊
For anyone who loves 3, but is having trouble drawing it. I found that drawing each individual mountain first, then connecting them to be far easier.
Good idea!
style 2 is my favorite. I searched quite a while for a good tutorial video.
i love the way my map turned out because of the mountains, espacially mountain 2
Hey Owen, Your top of the peak, mountaineering graphic skills are paramount, superbly scaled creations.
And........Argh! Maps of ancient far off lands are the bedrock of fantasy lore.
I can’t believe I missed this comment. A belated thank you, that’s so cool! 😁
I like 1, 2, and 3. In my mind they all would have their uses depending on the type of mountain range you need.
Thanks!
So awesome! I never thought I was interested in this type of art but your videos show me otherwise. Thanks!
This is SO amazing, thank you! 5 is for sure my favourite! 🏔
I have those pens; they're fantastic! As for the mountains, I prefer the first style.
Thank you!
This is the easiest to follow that I've seen! Thanks for the tutorial :)
I love your channel, keep uploading tutorials! I normally use Inkarnate to make maps but I've started drawing my own, these have helped a lot!
Hi Dan, that's so great to hear! Do you put your maps online anywhere? I'd love to see them. Thank you for the comment :)
This channel is so underrated. Let it be known I was here early :D
Thank you! Your presence here is noted, just in case something good happens 😊
Very beautiful and so easy to follow through. Thanks a lot, and keep up your great works!
Wow! What a fantastic overview on mountains! My maps will definitely look better using these styles.
Gray marker makes for a great shade,
Or for the desert use an ochre or nearly dried out orange.
Very surprised by technique 3 ! I've learned the others before but that one was very new & I love it !
Hi Harley, sorry for my slow response here. This is the sort of comment I absolutely love to see, thank you so much!
Hey Owen, you’re videos are awesome!! These references are so easy to draw yet they look so sophisticated. I love your work; thank you for helping me improve on this hobby of mine.
Btw, I was favoring #3 but ended up really liking #1 the most!! It looks much better with forests at the base of the mountains in my opinion.
That's cool but how do you draw mountain ranges going east to west?
5 is close to how I do mountains. Good video!
Thank you Tony. Do you post yours online anywhere?
@@MapsbyOwen freezingtouch on Instagram
@@tonyobert3545 Great, popped you a follow! Keep those maps coming :)
Thank you for this series of videos, you're a really good teacher. I'm a writer looking to do a presentable map of my setting and I have just enough artistic ability that I was able to accomplish that with your forest and mountain tutorials. I likes method 1 because I found it easiest and because it fit best with the terrain I had in mind.
What a lovely comment! Thank you. Please do share your work/book when it’s ready. I’d love to see it
3 is definetly my favourite
2 and 5 are my favourites. Can't wait to try them out 😁
I love 3 and 5. I'm going to have to try out 3 for my next map.
Thanks Edward, do you post your maps anywhere? I'd love to see them!
damn your mountains looks majestic
Number 5 looks the most real so I’ll have to go for that
Before tweak:
1 ❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤
2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
3 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
4 ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤
5 ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤
After tweak:
1 ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤
2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
3 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
4 ❤️❤️❤️🖤 🖤
5 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
I most use the 4th shape and the 3rd shading when I draw.
Thanks Adriano, do you post yours anywhere? Would love to see them
@@MapsbyOwen Hi, Owen. I never posted a single one. I'm still learning the basics and trying some many new styles and tools (like gimp for Ubuntu and sketchbook for Android). Unfortunately I haven't drawn a single map in the last month.
@@adrianordp You should put them online! Honestly, I think people love to see the work of beginners (hey, maybe you're not a beginner, but you know what I mean).
2 is gorgeous ❤1 is more detailed
Holy shit, this is beautiful.
Thank you so much!
Beautiful 🤩
you make it look so easy... mine looks like my granny's varicose veins 😝 practice practice practice....
thanks for the knowledge sir
Hahahaha, I love that description! I think you're right, practice indeed. Good luck!
In your personal opinion, which would you recommend for a large world map with the intention of mainly showing location not size
Thank you for this, incredibly helpful!
I think each one has a place. I can see 4 for a desert two and three for really high while one looks really old. So being decisive....all of them😊
wow very good informatioıns thanks
5th one is the best one here.
I think each one can fit a different terrain.
Hey Owen, I was wondering; maybe you could do a hills tutorial? And a cave tutorial! You know dungeons usually are present a lot in campaigns! Cheers mate!
Hi, Hills definitely! For caves, do you mean more like dungeon maps, or just how to add cave entraces to your land maps?
@@MapsbyOwen yea and how you can add them in mountains!
How do you draw mountains left to right?
I think 2 and 5 look really cool but my favorite is 4.
revisiting here to train my mountains more.
How using more the 4 style. Thanks again for the video
Awesome! Do you post your pictures online anywhere?
Amazing
I really like type three right now 3:51
In the end I like 2 and 5 better. But I can't decide between them now.
It also really depends on what type of mountains I want to depict too.
this is so awesome!!!
No. 2 looks best imo
Big fan of #3
Technic 3 is my favorite
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
I have practiced your techniques. But in my story a cataclysm broke the continent. Reformingthe mountains into an east to west orintation. Do you have any techniques for drawing mountains this way?
amazing :))
Thanks! 😊
WOW!!!
how do you draw a mountain horizontally?
I've noticed that people from the northern hemisphere always draws the shadows in the right side while all southern guys (like me) draw the shadows in the left.
Thats true. But i think Tolkien did it the other way around.
thank you so much
Can't believe more people haven't seen this! Great work, will definently try drawing likes this, personally I really like number 1 to 3 which is a problem because I can't decide which one I want to try first as of yet
Im having a problem with mountains that look 3D such as with 3, which make lakes look 2D to my eye. What would be a good way to address this? Thanks
Awesome
Do you have any examples of using style 1 in a larger map? Been trying my hand at mountains that aren't just triangles with some shading, but can't seem to get the perspective right for two different mountain ranges, with one running more horizontally. This tutorial was super helpful by the way, thanks a bunch!
Hi, thanks for the comment and sorry for my slow response. www.mapsbyowen.com/freemaps/troegisland is kind of using this style. I think for it to work, you have to draw with perspective, rather than top down. Maybe I'll see if I can incorporate this into a future video. Thanks again
@@MapsbyOwen No worries, thanks for the reply regardless.
I figured that was the case, completely top down mountains and perspectives have been really hard for me to draw so if you ever do a video covering it that would be amazing!
Thanks again!
@@mouse5779 Great idea, that's going on the list!
Cool.
HA! Mine do NOT come out looking as good as that. Gonna keep working though.
How would you do #1 east to west? I can't wrap my mind around it horizontally rather than vertically...
I had some luck doing this, you just add slopes to the south side of the ridgeline and then shade a little to the right of the slope lines.
3
I’m trying no.2
two and three.
i like 5 currently
I liked the 2, 3 and 5. But i only can draw, mor or less, with the 4.
I bet you could do them all with ease! Do you post them anywhere?
@@MapsbyOwen Not yeat, i finish a cartography course last week and start tp draw then.
@@SifuMarcusMartins Cool! What was the course? Something online I assume?
@@MapsbyOwen Yeap, i made a cartography course online with a brazilian cartographer and writer. Fantasy Cartography.
Stupidest part about these tutorials is “Oh just draw a jagged wavy line” when I struggle to do just that.
3 looks like razor-like peaks near a volcano or other sinister-looking area. each one im doing looks like garbage but still trying
Practice is the key! Keep on going and message me on Instagram if I can help at all
2 and 3, but I’m too scared of them - mine just look like overcooked spaghetti 😂🙈
hahahaha, I can't picture it but I love the idea of that! Thanks for the comment :)
1, 2
Oh man, you're not making it easy telling me to pick a favorite.
They all have their excellent roles and my favourite is all of them.
1. would be excellent for drawing an old mountain chain formed by a crater or caldera.
2. Sorta looks like mountains that was eroded by glacial ice, similar to your Norwegian mountains.
3. Looks like more freshly formed mountains such as the Alps and Himalayas, with tall skyreachiing steep peaks.
4. Uhh.. I don't know.. Alien Martian mountains comes to my mind, their my least favourite one tbh. But I guess its the style that does it, depends on the art style you pick.
5. Looks like Ancient Old mountains, as Mountains deteriorate they become more rounded and hilly. Example is the Pyreneese mountains between Spain and France.
Thank you so much, I totally love those examples. Brilliant comment 😁
❤1. I tried hundred times but I couldn't draw 😭
You rock !!!... Did you get it?... Rock.... Mountains... ?... forget it! :P... !
2
Cool, that’s a good option! I use that method quite a bit
I just don't understand any of these, whatever I try to draw just ends up looking like a hot mess of random lines
Keep practicing, it can take quite a few attempts before you'll get used to it and getting the result you want may take even longer.
I think it can take some time to get the hang of these. When I first started out, my mountains all looked terrible and it took a long time before they started to make sense. Keep at it and do share your work with me if you want me to take a look and offer any pointers. Thanks!
Good advice this! Thank you
Too fast with some explanations
I want to make a huge 36x50 inch "Risk" game board for my own version of the board game RISK> this is so impressive! I want to draw mountain ranges and deserts and so-forth on a world map that I will make from scratch to make the game board. I will have to practice this.