Portfolio Categoy: Fantasy Maps

I arrived in Skyrim years too late, but once I did I knew immediately I had to make the map. I spent hundreds of hours exploring the mountains and valleys of this beautiful land, and this map is still one of my favorites I’ve ever made. Click on images for a larger version. Watch the… Read Article…

Another fun personal project. I grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons, and still do. I spent many hours exploring the sword coast in games like Baldur’s Gate, and wanted to recreate this childhood memory. A lot of research had to go into this one, to determine which locations to include and which to leave out, as… Read Article…

This is a map of The Princess Bride film by Rob Reiner. The original map design was made after the novel, which is quite different from the film, so I had to made changes and additions to it in order to fit it more to the movie. For example, the Pit of Despair was put in,… Read Article…

This was a personal project that is for now, the most detailed and difficult piece I’ve made. It took nearly 300 hours of work and contains details so small I had to create specialized bone tools for. The map compass alone is made of 5 different pieces of buckskin, as well as a striped maple… Read Article…

This is a map of Middle Earth, from J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Lord Of The Rings”. The map is made entirely by hand, first burned and then painted with natural pigments using only bone and wood applicators, using fluid from deer eyes as a base for the paint. The “canvas” is a full hide of traditional… Read Article…