Drawing Forests On Maps

You want to begin by drawing a simple shape to indicate where your forest will go. Whether you see them as a place or foreboding or sanctuary, they are a great feature to include on your fantasy map. I free hand draw my maps with pencil/pen and paper and have struggled with forests many times.

Draw some basic circles of various sizes to get a sketch of the location and size of the trees. Style 1 this first style uses repeated tree shapes to create a forest. You can use shapes shown in the first example to create a traditional forest style and use the second, rectangular style of tree, to create evergreen forests on your fantasy map.

Be sure to use a more organic shape because anything too symmetrical will end up looking unnatural.

Do i draw a big wavy shape and extra lines in the middle or a bunch of small trees stood near each other? Switch to the paths panel. How to draw a forest bounds marker select all the pixels in your forest by holding and clicking on the preview icon for the forest layer in the layers panel. You want to begin by drawing a simple shape to indicate where your forest will go.