4 Tips for Adding Place Names to Fantasy Maps
Adding place names is an important step in making a fantasy map, but it can also be one of the trickiest. In this lesson, you’ll learn some simple techniques for making labels easier to read without covering up the artwork you’ve worked so hard to create.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you four simple techniques I use to make place names easier to read. We’ll cover curving text across mountain ranges, cleaning up labels over rivers and oceans, and adding subtle texture to titles so they feel like they belong on the map rather than floating above it.
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to:
Curve labels across mountain ranges
Improve readability over rivers and oceans
Use layer masks to clean up overlapping artwork
Add texture to fantasy map titles
-
Legendarus Font
Fantasy Map Builder
Viking Effects Icons
_____Ipad Pro 11
Apple Pencil - 2nd Generation
Procreate App
