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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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’!
Hi Pamela,
I’m glad you found a good use for this map. I’ll be sure to check out your articles.
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.
Thanks Dan, I guess I’m just a monochromatic type of guy.
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
I love this map, what fonts did you use?
Thanks Crispy. The fonts are Packard Antique (small font) and EcuyerDAX (big font).
Thanks. Again, great map.
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.