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Map for Epic World – Cinematic Landscapes

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I made this map for Epic World – Cinematic Landscapes, a sampling album by composer Eduardo Tarilonte. The map will be used as a background on the album cover.

[Hint: If you want to see it at a bigger size, right-click on the image and open it in a new tab or window]

If you take a close look at some of the names, you’ll probably recognize quite a few. I didn’t get lazy with naming things, they’re actually relevant to the product and intentional. The rest of the names were mostly generated with the excellent Everchanging Book of Names.

The landmasses were made with CC3, which is my usual software of choice. The rest was done in PhotoShop because I decided I wanted to do some experimenting. I also got the sea monsters from CC3 symbols, but re-drew them with my new tablet in PhotoShop (that was part of the experiment – never used a tablet before).

The map was greatly inspired by some of the community members of the Cartographer’s Guild.

Unlike most of my maps, which are free to use for commercial or personal use, please only use this one for non-commercial purposes.

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  1. Pamela Gifford says

    July 13, 2010 at 9:40 am

    Thanks for the open use of the maps you create. I’m a content writer with a creative writing column on Examiner.com. I find this map appealing and am sticking it on an article about creating a fantasy world for reference in writing a fantasy novel. Just thought I’d let you know where I was using it and how much of a help this site is. Keep creatin’!

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    • Fantasy Map Maker says

      July 13, 2010 at 10:23 am

      Hi Pamela,

      I’m glad you found a good use for this map. I’ll be sure to check out your articles.

      Reply
  2. Dan says

    July 15, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    I have to say, your best work is your black & white stuff.

    Okay, so this isn’t technically just black and white, but I think you get what I’m saying.

    Reply
    • Fantasy Map Maker says

      July 15, 2010 at 5:51 pm

      Thanks Dan, I guess I’m just a monochromatic type of guy.

      Reply
  3. nick says

    December 24, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    i totally like your maps and i have used some of them occasionally for DnD campaigns and such. I was wondering, is it ok to take your Epic World map and use it as a base to create a new one (pretty much change the whole of it, along with names and areas)? Does your non-commercial-only use apply for the changed map? Either way, thanks in advance ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  4. Crispy says

    January 24, 2011 at 7:18 pm

    I love this map, what fonts did you use?

    Reply
    • Fantasy Map Maker says

      January 24, 2011 at 11:25 pm

      Thanks Crispy. The fonts are Packard Antique (small font) and EcuyerDAX (big font).

      Reply
      • Crispy says

        January 26, 2011 at 1:25 am

        Thanks. Again, great map.

        Reply
  5. Joanna says

    June 23, 2011 at 11:43 am

    Thanks! This helped me out a lot in preperation for my story. It gave me a better understanding on how to put my thoughts on paper.

    Reply
  6. Matt says

    September 6, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    Is there any chance of being able to use the country shapes, no names or anything or is it completely banned for any commercial use to all? Merely wondering because the map is stunning and perfectly suits the game that I am currently designing. Beautiful Work.

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    • Fantasy Map Maker says

      September 6, 2012 at 2:52 pm

      Hi Matt,

      Since I received compensation for this map and it was used for a commercial product, you wouldn’t be able to use the exact shapes for other commercial use. However, there is nothing preventing you from drawing inspiration from it and using very similar land forms in your own work.

      Reply
      • Matt says

        September 7, 2012 at 11:24 am

        Thanks. Shall get to it now. Check out Kickstarter relatively soon for a project named Paradox.

        Reply
  7. Rasc says

    January 5, 2013 at 7:27 am

    Thanks for the use of your map!

    It will inspire my pupils to write their own myths in my class- thank you.

    Reply
  8. Wapitawg says

    April 11, 2014 at 7:31 am

    Can you please give me the names of brushes used in this one?

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    • Fantasy Map Maker says

      April 11, 2014 at 10:47 am

      Trees and mountains came from Wag – you can find the brush set at Cartographer’s Guild.

      Reply
  9. Feliz Randol says

    April 11, 2014 at 10:18 am

    Thank you soooooooo much for this! I am currently writing a fantasy series and this map is just what i needed! I will dedicate this series partially to you for this!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

    Reply
  10. Darkstand says

    July 15, 2014 at 8:18 am

    Just wanted to drop a line, and let you know we were using this map as the campaign setting for a IRC roleplaying/storytelling group.
    The map is great stuff, full of locations that beg for stories to tell about them.

    Reply
  11. Iesha says

    July 27, 2014 at 11:10 pm

    wonderful map however I have a question I just put it in the contact thing

    Reply
  12. Steph says

    August 31, 2014 at 11:26 am

    Hi there. Ive been looking for a map example like this for a while. This map is the exact style of how I want to do my maps for my writings.
    I would really love to learn how to do this style of catography?
    Im currious, is there any particlular way I could ?

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    • Fantasy Map Maker says

      September 1, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Hi Steph,

      You’d probably just need to find some basic tutorials on layers and filters with photoshop and you’d be good to go.

      Reply
  13. Lucifer says

    November 8, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    Dear Map maker,

    I am currently trying to start up a small project, however I lack the art skills to draw such an amazing map. I have a couple of sketches what it supposed to look like, would you care to give it a try?

    Cheers,

    Lucifer

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    • Fantasy Map Maker says

      November 10, 2014 at 10:30 am

      A good place to start is the Cartographers’ Guild.

      Reply
  14. Solomon Bartholomews says

    February 15, 2015 at 12:53 am

    Just wanted to let you know, using this map (and actually a few of the sample tracks from the product you made it for (and others by the same artist)) as a huge inspiration (and probably the main campaign map) for a 5e D&D campaign. I did have a question about what you imagine the city of Tar to be like?

    Reply
  15. Varsnai says

    May 26, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    Nice map, but there is no sense in the names on the map. Its like a mixture of your typical Tolkien inspired names and some Japanese sounding names. I know the names isnt the point with the map, and it is a nice map indeed, but i find them a bit disturbing. Im a mappophile ๐Ÿ˜›

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  16. Samuel says

    February 10, 2016 at 4:04 am

    Hey, I love this map So much! I would love to use it in a DnD campaign. However I would like to change the names, would it be possible to get a copy of this map without the names? I would so appreciate it. I just do not have the photoshop skills to remove the names and rename.

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  17. spongebob yolo says

    April 13, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    I do like these maps, I think you find them a lot in fantacy books

    Reply
  18. Evan Loomis says

    May 29, 2017 at 10:13 pm

    As a cartographer, I seriously can’t get over how good your maps are. They are very high-quality maps.

    Reply
  19. Moses says

    January 5, 2018 at 4:47 pm

    Could this map be printed withOUT any names? I like it and would like to use it my campaign, but I wish to change the names.

    Reply

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