Student created Fantasy Map Photo by Mary Vee Last week I drove 40 hours on a book tour. While on my book tour, I was invited to speak to 6 classes. Rather than lecture the students, I chose to engage them in an activity. A map making activity. Most fantasy novels have a map in the beginning pages of the book. The purpose is to acquaint the reader with the fictional land where the story takes place. After hours of studying the fantasy mapmakers on Instagram and practicing the techniques, I had a good grasp of the concept and made the map found in the beginning pages of my new fantasy book, Fire and Thorn . Here is the how to Make a Medieval/Fantasy map in a nutshell. Photo by Mary - Fantasy Maps 1. Make a border along the four edges of your paper. Many old maps, like treasure maps, end up with torn or yellowed edges. To protect the vital parts of the map, the border is drawn. Make it about 1/2" thick. Photo by Mary Vee Students creating F...
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