Fictional maps

Discover the definition of fantasy maps in creative writing and learn how you can use them to build believable worlds.

These maps are out of this world.

I’ve realised I have a particular workflow for drawing coastlines in my maps. Here’s a quick walkthrough. Each step is done on a new layer in photoshop, and I use a 5px hard round brush in each case with size set to pressure. However, all of these steps can be done in Gimp – or … Continue reading "How to Draw Coastlines on a Fantasy Map"

The Land Between The Mountains, from Carol Kendall's The Gammage Cup, illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

In 1665, a German Jesuit and polymath named Athanasius Kircher published an eclectic scientific treatise called Mundus Subterraneus. It included, along with a natural history of dragons and a diagr…

Maps of Oz have been produced almost since the beginning of Oz literature. Along the way they have embodied one of the many inconsistencies that seem almost characteristic of Oz. Any map of the subject must be rooted in the description of the Land of Oz given by L. Frank Baum in the first Oz book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which details the four separate countries of Oz in the four cardinal directions, with their names and characteristic colors. (The term "Gillikin" is not introduced until…

A few years back, I came across a map that a EoTBeholder on DeviantArt made for their games. It included many fantasy tropes.

Map of fictional planet by comradeprophet27 on DeviantArt