When you read a story, you’re taking the reader by the hand and showing them your world. Give them a map and they are free to go wherever they want.
To quote our fourth guest, Rodney Elliot of @wyrmwoodmaps — a master storyteller, who spent over 30 years building his fantastic world of Ithia. We dive into his creative process and explore the ways to tell stories through maps. Leander & Filip get inaugurated into the Guild of Free Cartographers and talk about the life devoted to storytelling through the art of a map.
Where to find Rodney
🔗 Rodney’s Instagram
Chapters EP!
- Guest introduction and a bit of back story
- Wyrmwood’s lifetime worldbuilding project — World of Ithia & its lore
- Stories for your map and how a map tells a story
- A good map guides your imagination without putting blinders on it
(Finding stories in a map by looking)
- Fantasy Map as a blueprint for your own story/imagination
- The map as an artefact/lore-piece of the world it represents
- Taking a look at the map from the Hobbit
- Prydain Chronicles Bookseries Map
- Illustrating landmarks with details and insights
- Looking at Treepainter’s current map serpentus (ouroboros)
- Rodney’s map borders w/ meaning, more on the world of Ithia and the story of Wyrmwood
- A lot more talk about Ithia and Rodneys life long worldbuilding efforts
- Rodney’s city commissions map Circle City
- Way of steel game of the guy Rodney’s commission work for (you can find it on Reddit)
- Rodney’s gigantic city map and talking story hooks
- Rodney’s Guild of Free Cartographers
- Tips for aspiring map makers on commission work
- Our guest’s favorite cartographers and guest wishes
- Ending words
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