Nate Critiques YOUR Maps (NEW - Summer 2020)

A round-up and feedback on some great fantasy maps from the WASD20 community.
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[@Lattrodon]

6:40 that looks like it would be a sweet heavy black metal album cover

[@LuigiLizza]

That's my map, and I'm glad you like it!

[@Lattrodon]

@@LuigiLizza do you have a high res version posted somewhere? instagram or something

[@justinbuntemeyer6574]

Like, I can’t believe you liked it! You just made my day sir!! Thank you very much! (Nova’s Crater @11:08)

[@biznestelch2941]

Real good

[@Alexrider02]

3:16 I assumed the idea was that each font on the map was meant to indicate writing style at the named location and thus differentiate the different cultures based on the font used. So like, you can assume the people who live in The Umbral Forest and the people who live in Wildflower Forest are more closely related than either of them are to the people who live in Craggy forest.

[@weaksquare]

I wish that were true, but unfortunately is not. I realized when it was too late I was using too many fonts. :/

[@Alexrider02]

@@weaksquare Ha! Dang, well that's a cool idea for me to file away for my own maps, then! Great work nevertheless!

[@thorodinson6649]

@@weaksquare pssst…. You could have just accepted the retroactive explanation

[@DroTalks]

I started teaching my kids D&D using the information on this channel. TY for the great content🤓👍🏽

[@kalebkross]

So awesome! Very original and super eye-catching! What program did you make it in?

[@hug_bug]

i want to be your child

[@weaksquare]

Thanks for the map review! I noticed about halfway through drawing my map I was using too many different fonts.

[@LuigiLizza]

I made the map in 6:39 and I'm so happy it got featured! Thanks so much for the feedback 🖤

[@ruthiecoltrane6640]

Oh this is my fav, I like the boarder and the compass points

[@thealliedpowers]

Did you intend for it to give a very grimdark tone? When I first saw it I immediately thought it gave off the atmosphere and tone of a very bleak and oppressive setting.

[@keplesetingus5]

Wow..coooool

[@LuigiLizza]

@@thealliedpowers I did! It's for a cosmic horror campaign that I'm writing, with a little bit of intrigue and esoterism.

[@thealliedpowers]

@@LuigiLizza Oh you really nailed it on the head then.

[@fabianzubiri4559]

I'm 3:40 and I'm really glad that you chose me. Thanks for the feedback, I promise that I will learn from this!

[@InLiquidColor]

The area at 13:10 with the trees in the water looks reminiscent of a mangrove forest/wetland to me :)

[@deusexmachinareznov4975]

Good morning everyone

[@WASD20]

It IS a good morning. Thank you.

[@TheDneaves]

My top three 1. NOVAS CRATER 2. ATREIA 3. YDRIAN These videos make me wanna just buckle down and improve my drawings, but I have so much reading and writing to do. The problem with Fantasy is that there is so much to love.

[@justinbuntemeyer6574]

Thank you sir! I drew Nova’s Crater! I really appreciate that!

[@jan237]

13:50 Probably that are roads and the black lines are rivers.

[@chorgieporginson6620]

I was thinking that to, but that would mean that there are loads of rivers all over the map.

[@Lena-xz1xw]

I thought I was the only one to think that.

[@JacksonOwex]

I think the black lines are political borders, ie country, state, province, etc

[@Lena-xz1xw]

@@JacksonOwex that's also a possibility🤔

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Awesome mapping inspiration in this video! Very cool to see this interaction with your audience :)

[@_JustynkaPL]

3:40 "Darmo" in Polish language means "Free" btw

[@tommyt1452]

Very good video, my favourite part was the sponsor which I didn’t skip through and I like when he looked at the maps too

[@TheWampam]

10:05 The roads also look to much like rivers in their course. The way nearly all of them seem to meet in a Y with a steep angle. Look at Vulcandorf, despite being quite large all the roads nearby seem to go away from it.

[@mortgagedad]

Nate! I've never watched one of your Map Videos yet, so this was new to me and it completely blew me away. The artistic value of each map as well as your critique of what was good and what could use improvement really added value. If a novice/never drew a map in their life guy can love a video, I can only imagine what this means to those who do create maps. Kudos on combining your talent as an artist and as a teacher once again.

[@mr.vercotti9509]

Amazing channel man. Great work

[@HappyMrGhost]

I would like to see more in depth critiques, like going into detail about the geography, how the rivers affect the farming capabilities, or how the city and town placement is good or bad strategically etc. So far all these videos are just critiquing drawing capabilities, not real world understanding of placement.

[@---zh8qn]

We need more of these map review videos :o

[@VincBej]

On the map at 5:00 , I just noticed that part of the shape of the Albion subcontinent is actually _really_ close to the map in Fable, but only if you look at it upside down! Good way to get inspired, without the influence being really noticeable

[@declanmorden]

Skellige is also identical to the map from Witcher 3

[@murgel2006]

Mate! at 14:00 you took the streets for rivers! :-) the rivers are the dark lines the double lines are streets. :-)))))

[@joriandrake]

Atreia looks like a zoomed in map of a smaller area, which would explain the lone mountai nand all the forest around it if this is like a single Duchy or County. Ben B's map looks like a twisted Westeros.

[@darinhardie8514]

Hey, in it’s saying that the discord invite is expired, does anyone have a valid for some reason?

[@WASD20]

Yep! Sorry. Old link. Try this one: bit.ly/wasd20discord

[@darinhardie8514]

@@WASD20 thank you!

[@simmonslucas]

The town map is sooo legit! Damn GJ

[@Kasino80]

I just finished my very first map by following your tutorials. I've never been much of an artist in that regard, but I managed to make a fairly decent map. At least enough to impress my kids.

[@thealliedpowers]

6:23 I can't help but wonder if it's like that because, maybe at one time there was a catastrophic supernatural geological event in the now-called "Wastes" that caused the mountains surrounding it to be literally pushed away from the epicenter. Also since none of the other mountains are drawn that way.

[@benb696]

Woohoo! My map made it in! Thanks you so much

[@samsmom1491]

Ben B's map reminds me of Westeros in Game of Thrones.

[@trygveblacktiger597]

Okay havent watched your stuff in a while and i was kinda shocked my Griffgard Empire map (the map at 10:00) and i will try and mark the roads better next time thanks for the advise.

[@ruthrouse]

I agree that you need to change the mountains a little on the second map. I didn't see them at first.

[@erinhowell1155]

For the next map contest you should do something spooky themed, since it'll be around October!

[@darger3]

So many amazing artists. It just empathizes of how much humans are creators. Humans amaze me everyday. (If I don’t read the news)

[@wormhole5679]

AWW MAN I literally just drew my first map with your help YESTERDAY! lol

[@TheGamingCathedral]

That Le Saix once could be a painting.

[@Rookzer0]

Great work eveyone!

[@kllrnooooova]

Man, i need to submit mine. When's the next? I want to hear your thoughts, Nate! Anyway, great video!

[@WASD20]

I generally do one of these every three or four months.

[@eliteone1968]

good stuff , so if i wanted to use this software could i download and print out my maps , but what if i wanted a larger than average would a copy center do it

[@matthewfogarty3871]

The Discord Server link isn't working for me.

[@WASD20]

Yep! Sorry. Old link. Try this one: bit.ly/wasd20discord

[@taiyowest9495]

same for me

[@enchainedprometheus]

Cheers Nate! Is there any program/app in your field of vision of mapmaking what I can use to create star/galactic maps for sci-fi games?

[@simmonslucas]

I participated in your first contest it was amazing motivation to finish build a world. If you are planning on doing another one, do you have a rough date that that might happen?

[@simmonslucas]

Haha I had to just wait till end of the video!

[@wormhole5679]

How would you make a map for a tiny person in a huge world? Like Arrietty or Bugs Life. I love this idea but don't know how to implement it.

[@sigjay]

You could make the map of a small forest the focus of your adventure, with fields and hedges being the 'land borders into the wild unknown'.

[@joshuadempsey5281]

Nate... here's the thing... I love your content :)

[@vgustaf2698]

4:58 has a recreation of the skellige isles from witcher. Just try something similar but this is ctrl c ctrl v

[@funnythings8257]

Hey Nate, so let’s say I have monster manual and I want to use all the monsters in the book, how many and what miniatures do I need?

[@HighDesertComics]

Samarkand is a country in David Eddings' Elenium trilogy, I think. Maybe his Tamuli trilogy.

[@Scarabola]

He was also right about it being a city in Uzbekistan. I thought it sounded familiar, too.

[@emhooaryou698]

It's also in Fable. This seems to be a fan creating a full world map of Fable, something it didn't have before.

[@jacob17191]

Albion from fable, skellige and valen from The Witcher, man that map is so creative you know lol

[@jaredbaxter7584]

I liked it too, thought he just really messed up the Albion map at first, then realized what he was combining things

[@princedaemontargaryen4971]

So I’m not a fan of 5:07 took names of already named lands from other series. Like Skellige in the Witcher is an archipelago, I’m not a fan of just copying others work. It’s why I’ve restarted my fantasy world 100 times. It’s still a lovely drawn map.

[@pandabear4565]

How do you draw fjords?

[@biznestelch2941]

11:09 real good

[@fuel411]

Omg please do an under dark map!

[@Overclocked-nm2vu]

For once youtube isn’t drunk: 2 views 1 like 0 comments

[@px6883]

Nah, the top comment has 0 likes while this one (second comment right now) has 8 likes.

[@Zidoco]

I disagree with the critique on the roads on the map at 11:00. I agree that it looks a bit messy, but I really enjoy that style. If I were to suggest anything it'd probably be to just clean it up. I can see how it can be mistaken for a river network, but I'd think that keeping a consistent width on the 'roads' would give it a more man-made feel to it and overall improve the clarity. Then maybe for flavor add bridges over the river crossings. Depending on the area it can be more eccentric or simple i.e. a highway or a village's access road.

[@joshualichkay7047]

Cool maps. 🌝🌍🌞

[@johnyg1939]

If I’m not wrong, you can find Albion in warhammer

[@395leandro]

I really like these videos, but some critiques are very "stylistic" and part of an artistic decision. The map on 10:50, for instance, reminds me of some very real European medieval maps that give priority to rivers and roads equally, since those were the means of locomotion. I actually like more the maps that are more "in-world" instead of trying to make a pseudo-realistic one that invariably ends up mimicking Tolkien's maps.

[@funnythings8257]

Where can I find cheap players handbook and monster manual?

[@Hwelhos]

How is everyone

[@stubby4000]

I mean yeah Albion is from fable, but its also just a traditional name for Great Britain so I feel like its unfair to call it a reference to a video game.

[@epileum67]

Albion is also the name used in most adaptations of King Arthur/ Merlin/ etc I understand that Albion is often used because the story of King Arthur was set in Great Britain, but a lot of the adaptations are nothing like actual Britain/ Albion

[@WASD20]

Well, when a city called Bowerstone also appears in this map of Albion, I think it’s pretty clear that it’s a Fable reference.

[@epileum67]

WASD20 I’ve never played Fable, (and I’m a huge fan of BBC’s Merlin) so I just had to give my opinion XD

[@WASD20]

Yeah, Albion is definitely very commonly used in history and fiction. One of my favorite book series is the Albion Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead.

[@stephenmichaud6317]

Sick he about to bust up some paper nations and drop them critique bombs like the god of tetonics.

[@baitposter]

8:40 This just looks like North and Central America to me, plus some greebly parts added to the bottom

[@darien011]

Where do i send my maps?

[@RedWizardFox]

How do I submit my map

[@GanoGaming]

Ahh too bad. I was hoping for my map to show up. But yea I send it a few months ago. or it is just bad lol :D

[@Hwelhos]

It's never to bad

[@GanoGaming]

@@Hwelhos Is it never to bad that my map wasnt shown :P

[@Hwelhos]

It can't be so bad that he didn't show it

[@Hwelhos]

But I probably didn't see it

[@Hwelhos]

I'm now about a month in the discord

[@SamGaleFilms]

The Patreon link isn't working for me.

[@HeyRowanEllis]

it looks like the discord link has expired? :(

[@WASD20]

Yep! Sorry. Old link, but now fixed. Try this one: bit.ly/wasd20discord

[@laucedwards983]

I acutally drawed one of youre maps

[@BoWhitten]

No link for the pen set... and your Amazon Shop is a 404.

[@WASD20]

Ooh. Thanks for the heads up! No good. Here's a link to the pens: ‌amzn.to/2XT1qB8

[@DaxRaider]

as a gm who cant even draw stickman i sadly need to steal all my maps from others xD

[@draugrhart121]

Excuse my brutal honesty... A lot of these cartographers and mappers make far more complex and beautiful maps than yours. But still, good video.

[@WASD20]

Oh definitely! I’m consistently amazed. :)

[@taiyowest9495]

hey nate just one thiing, did you know that wearing a hatst make your hare grow a lot faster. just saiyng because in lots of your videos you use hats. ps:ime half spnish and my seling is not perfect, sorry :(

[@brandonjameson1]

Those aren't rocks... it's pretty obvious to me that it is a logging area.

[@funkierbenchchaos2927]

Its weird bcs I've seen these myself.

[@futurelink1359]

You got a like and a comment for that "her/their" inclusion. You rock.

[@Hwelhos]

Hello

[@vytizen]

I didnt make it third time :D

[@WASD20]

You and about 100 others. Sorry. :)

[@vytizen]

@@WASD20 not everyone wouldve made 3rd time in a row 😀

[@SHAURYALAITPHLANG]

samarkand is from india

[@eavannickolas4571]

Oh, yeah, first.

[@Hwelhos]

Nope

[@Hwelhos]

Rip

[@jonnyallen4727]

Second

[@jonnyallen4727]

You were second

[@bananathunderbreadcucumber2175]

Ey hello, I think you played Loraine in my country rpg //Monkee from discord

[@imdrum6881]

Can we appreciate the "they" pronouns inclusion? Yeah. Way to go, Nate!!!