Fantasy Map Podcast

Episode #11: Dr. John Wyatt a.k.a. Surprised Eel Maps

John is a full-time cartographer and an academic historian who, as the name suggest, not-so-surprisingly devoted his career to eels and their influence on the old world. This time we take a bit on a scholarly coat to discuss John’s career as a cartographer-of-choice for the publishing house at the university gnawing through 50+ maps per year. Where to find John: * Website [https://surprisedeelmaps.com/] * Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/SurprisedEel] * X [https://x.com/greenleejw?lang=en] Maps & Shared Artwork from this episode: * Download link [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/x96u4vt0vnk6ya39a51yl/AE1a4RD_WEYmD-ObMgxFzhw?rlkey=pwf13d24nssd9il34w6ts05mj&dl=0]

Episode #10: Arturo a.k.a. @nerdymaps

In this episode with Arturo we talk through his overnight leap to the forefront of Instagram fantasy cartography scene, growing his map business from a side hustle to full-time job as well as forever unfinished, garanguatan, personal projects. We mention some business side of cartography and pricing, Filip's and Leander's big projects in the making and of course the ever-present, risinf influences of AI on our niche field of fantasy cartography. * Fil's castle map [https://www.filip.wtf/maps/kratochvile] * Leander's logo pitch for a client [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1250325250453798925/1382799508479672431/image.png?ex=6860e725&is=685f95a5&hm=d322df70796894654b7f9259a5f6367c176c58d240055620a9cf50e41f272d73&] * Arturo's new logo [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1250325250453798925/1382799954439049317/Nerdy_Maps_logo_V2_BLACK.png?ex=6860e790&is=685f9610&hm=dca58016fc0370b835c3c8cffd7d6c79f4d8a2edcfcceff92c208990847ad4ca&] * Arturo's old vs. new maps

Episode #9: Dominique Strange a.k.a. @domino44maps

In this battle of the timezones, Leander and Dominique dive directly into project pricing, client work, dragons and compass roses and work through Dominique's history and current set up as an artist, her process, cartographic journey and recommendations on drawing maps on MS Paint using decommissioned trackpad. Follow Dominique: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/domino44maps?igsh=MWxwaXNpemdkNzZwbg==] | X [https://x.com/domino44maps] | Patreon

Episode #8: Leander & Filip vs. 2025

In this episode we discuss the plans for 2025 as well as our personal projects and a bit of some behind-the-scenes of our mundane existences. Enjoy!

Episode #7: Tom Brossard a.k.a. @mapsbyowen

Our unplanned Christmas special featuring Tom — cartographer well-known for his distinct style featuring magic mushroom villages and googly-eyed seamonsters. He supports the community greatly and we’ve all stumbled across as well as learned from his mountain tutorial (or any other) on YouTube. Besides map-making, Owen is also a YouTuber, talented photographer, father and an overall life balance superhero and we were incredibly happy he accepted our invite to join our show as the last guest of 2024.