Pen in the bricks in the wall, as well as the flagstones of the tower floor Step 6 – stone texture Use the same pen – but less pressure – to draw flagstones in the tower floor (unless you prefer a wooden floor, that is). Use a 0.1 pen to draw bricks in the wall visible in the crenels (the area between the merlons). See the pencil outlines? Remove them carefully with an eraser – but make sure the ink has dried first! Step 5 – draw bricks and flagstones
If you damage the ink outline, just fix it with a smaller pen – no biggie. I also outlined a hatch in the tower floor.Īt the end of this step, wait for the ink to dry (give it a couple of minutes) and then carefully erase any visible guides you drew with pencil. I added some supporting poles for the wooden walkway, as well as a ladder and a few barrels and crates for flavor. Step 4 – rest of outlinesĭraw the rest of the outlines with a 0.2 pen. Don’t use a ruler – some imperfection makes it look more organic. This is a quite straightforward step, but it requires some concentration. Use a 0.2 pen to draw the ink outlines, start with the merlons to avoid any mistakes.
There’s room for creativity here, so feel free to play around with different designs! Drawing crenellations Step 3 – ink outline of merlons I’ve decided to go with triangular shaped “ merlons” to give defending archers an advantage (more room to aim, while harder for attackers to hit the gap from the outside). Draw the type of crenellation you want for the wall and towers. Basic castle layout Step 2 – add crenellation to the battlements Make sure you leave enough room within the walls should you want to add structures there, like houses or a fortified tower. Combine walls and towers to create the design you want. Don’t push too hard, you will need to erase some of these lines later on. The tools of the trade Step 1 – draw the basic castle layoutĭraw you basic castle layout with a pencil. Copic Multiliner (most brands of fineliners such as Pigma Micron or Staedtler will do just as well) of sizes 0.2, 0.1 and 0.05.
Example of a full castle drawn with this technique, and with buildings from the fantasy village map tutorial.īut let’s start with the basics, shall we? Tools for map makingįor this tutorial, I’m working with the following tools: The walls and towers you are about to learn to draw works very well with the buildings in my fantasy village map tutorial. By learning to draw walls and towers, you will be able to combine these two basic structures into many different castle, keep and stronghold designs.
I will be focusing on the two most obvious defensive elements of the castle walls and towers.
This tutorial will teach you how to draw a basic fantasy medieval castle.