Worldbuilding with Hex Grid Maps!

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[@mitsuramanuj3894]

Remember, Hexagons are the Bestagons😂

[@lloydryan76]

Love your illustrations and maps. Your style has a charm that reminds me of warm childhood feelings. I'm not sure how something new can make me feel nostalgia, but it does. Thank you for that!

[@JPCoovert]

Best compliment!

[@Aminuts2009]

This is exactly what we did in the 70s. Big sheet of hex paper and draw the durn thing. Then run the Temple of Elemental Evil module and run your characters from level 1 to 8 for a great campaign start. Yes that's how old i am.

[@PastaLuke]

+1 for the "FSG's Making Maps" book recommendation! I've already spent so much time in it. World building is so rewarding and memorable, even if it's just for fun!

[@bcalluy]

I love this! Instant sub and bookmarked your store! Fantastic content! :D

[@No1ze3]

I just recently discovered your channel, and I must confess it is the best thing ever. I just drew my first map as a gift for my boyfriend who is a DM and he just loved it! Thank you for everything you do

[@Maximaltenor]

Thank you for your videos! They are extremely fun to watch and calming. But more importantly, they are so encouraging. Thanks to you and Map Crow, I started drawing and I discovered that I really like it. Today, I made my first hex map that I plan to use in my current Pathfinder campaign. That final inking gave me so much satisfaction and I am just looking forward to using it. Again, thank you!

[@katiekofemug]

Received my Flik Silverpen's Guide to making maps -- totally love it. Just what you need to know to practice & place things on your map without the discouraging "first become an artist, then maybe you can draw a map." That it goes so well with your vid library is another plus. Thanks so much for putting this out here for the layperson who wants to have Fun and Make Maps!

[@mike9139]

YOU ARE AWESOME! ❤❤❤

[@ForTheGoldenOak]

Love your content. Also, your voice is so nice! :)

[@Ciri_of_Cintra]

This video, together with some other top-down map videos of you, inspired me to try drawing maps aswell... I made a map for a escape room project, and it turned out so pretty with Tolkien style icons. And btw, this video's map has such a nostalgic platform game feeling, i like it, might try that aswell... :)

[@morgangleave8518]

Now I want to finish writing my RPG! Think I'll try and finish it next week!

[@Joshuazx]

I have been looking at hexes a lot lately. Hexes are cool.

[@DeathCatInHat]

Map looks cool. The pixal art stuff sounds super fun as well. I am looking forward to seeing what its all like.

[@vickitikkitavi]

your videos have been beyond helpful for a baby dm working on my first homebrew!!! thank you so much for all the resources you provide!!!

[@blacky_Ninja]

That book is amazing. Those little lines underneath the drawings really help one to decipher the more complicated looking drawings into the simple shapes they actually are.

[@SoFishtry]

I really enjoy the pixel art medium and have been mulling over how to style the art for my current project. Pixel art seems like a great choice, but I'm not sure it fits the tone I'm going for. Will be very interested to see how this new book works out!~

[@mariadevries416]

This video was so inspiring! I love all of your videos, but often I'm thinking "wow, this is so cool I wonder how he comes up with this stuff", this time I felt really inspired and like I could definitely create! love from California :)

[@Marsh1563]

This is so inspiring! I never thought I'd be able to draw but your repeating, icon style art is amazing! Its attainable for someone like me with no drawing ability and it also somehow looks better than more detailed and difficult drawings. I love this. I think using the right pen is also key here to really make the black pop. I picked up a dip pen and some ink because I though that looked like it could be fun (and also challenging.) Thank you for inspiring me to start a new hobby. Excited to try out drawing a map like yours.

[@guinguaggiomishima6821]

You're a master, a great lord of painting, continue to make these videos, they're wonderful. Unfortunately there's no way I can do those geat maps, I'm terrible with painting, but looking at someone else doing works like that is awesome

[@JPCoovert]

I don’t know how to paint either. If you can write the alphabet, I promise you can make a map like this! Look at the trees. They are just circles and triangles with a little line. You can do it!

[@Syngeman]

Unicorns ? Hmmm .. Gear Gnomes who have created an underground railway .... all rickety and dark and precarious. But fast 😀 ... with a plus of side adventures and loot and an entire campaign actually ... 😆

[@Shu_BLN]

I really like your stuff man. Just started supporting you on Patreon and want to get into drawing maps and simple little cute fantasy characters :) Challenge myself to practice 30 min every day!

[@klonekreations2822]

Hey man, mapster myself. I love this product, it's a great, out of the box way to sell more than just a map, or even a map pack. I truly hope it pays off. Btw, you'd make a killing on roll20 token packs if you're not already riding that money train. Your art is awesome, dude.

[@andreojuegosyestrategia1266]

Thank you for your videos, I’ve find you last month and you have been a refreshing inspiration! Is this guide going to be in your Patreon?

[@JPCoovert]

The Making Maps guide was already released on patreon. You can get the digital version by signing up. The physical version is available in my shop.

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

Been using this zine to build my upcoming campaign’s map and am loving it!! Thanks for the great zines 😊

[@stephenmanak6024]

I get so inspired every time I watch your videos!!!

[@Dtgray12]

I was seriously trying to figure this out this week.

[@akik619]

You draw with a pencil or a fineliner ?

[@lafleched]

I’ve found it difficult with maps to figure out where to stop. For example, I don’t want to draw an entire planet’s worth of map, but I also don’t want the players to feel they are confined to a small island in the middle of an infinite ocean. Any advise on how to visually suggest other far off realms without having to necessarily depict them with perfect scale or detail?

[@JPCoovert]

I love writing a mysterious title and using an arrow to point off the edge of the map

[@jdfleblanc]

So cool. Totally doing this with my kids.

[@augustbanana8650]

I Love your style and your videos!

[@Fnorder23]

You've really inspired me to start drawing maps and it turns out that was what I needed to get me out of GM-burnout! I am very grateful. Would you ever consider offering digital-only versions of your zines for sale? I know there's a digital version added to physical purchases, and honestly I would love to have them physically... but international shipping prices being what they are, I'm afraid that won't be an option for me for a while :(

[@JPCoovert]

So glad you're back from burnout! Sign up for the patreon and you can get all of the guides digitally!

[@irunatbullets]

What dimension of hex do you recommend? I have been looking at notebooks but it seems like there are three different sizes 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch, 1 inch.

[@JPCoovert]

Definitely depends on how detailed you want to get. These were 1” hexes.

[@aventurasnarradas]

please make a video giving tips for coloring a map like this.

[@JPCoovert]

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[@circuithijacker]

I love your work!

[@Nicholas-lf4wh]

Is there way to buy a digital version of the book?

[@JPCoovert]

Join that patreon! It gives access to all the digital books!

[@grimmtales503]

Thank you for pumping your swag - paper-format TOTALLY ROCKS ('PDF ain't really... real'). This walk-through is brilliant. Please link the video somewhere where i can learn how you design-develop your map icons (cartoony-symbolic style). To this day i guess a 'Zene' is a magazine (??). Thanks JP, you da bomb.

[@jessikarochas]

Is there a digital version of the making maps guide?

[@JPCoovert]

Yep! Sign up for patreon and you get it and all the other zines digitally as well!

[@pandodragon]

I am a teacher in France and I would like to use your work to propose a project to my students. Do you send to France ? Anyway, thank you for your inspiring videos!

[@JPCoovert]

Yes!

[@pandodragon]

@@JPCoovert Done !! Merci :)

[@jriggan]

Dope!

[@regval124]

You have weird very high pitched background noise while you are speaking (probably around 16-50 hz)

[@regval124]

Really cool video though

[@JPCoovert]

Shoot! I’ve gotten this comment from a few other people. Are you watching with headphones? What kind? On desktop or mobile. I’d really like to figure this out!!!

[@fernandoherranz4095]

I'm not hearing it, but I do notice some slight hsss as you're speaking. Maybe try a different mic? It could also be some frequency noise from your power source. Make sure all your electronics are 3-prong grounded with surge protectors. You probably are already doing this. Love your vids!

[@kampfret]

do you have the digital version of the book??

[@JPCoovert]

It’s on Patreon, plus a whole bunch of others!

[@kampfret]

@@JPCoovert okay thanks.. 👍

[@dungeonsofkards]

ok, where we can buy it?

[@JPCoovert]

link in the description

[@lucassateles8196]

Hey, dude, I want to buy some stuff from your website. Are you shipping to Brazil? Btw, I'm really enjoying your content. Your character, portraits and maps videos made me come back to drawing again! Thanks!

[@JPCoovert]

Yep!

[@hambinger]

I love the simplicity of you maps. One set of icons I wish that was simpler is a way to indicate hills or mountains IN a forest. I live in a mountainous region, but many of the slopes are forested, while others are rocky cliffs and rocks like slopes. If you have any ideas on making something simple I'd love to see it in your style. Thanks for all your videos either way.

[@JPCoovert]

Yeah, that is tricky. I think it’s a scale thing. We indicate individual trees to show a forest, but mountains are so much bigger and zoomed out. Don’t have an immediate solution but will think on it!

[@Raznag]

At first I was sure you were drawing hills with eye!!!! :D

[@JPCoovert]

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