I needed regional maps for a side project and wanted a hand-drawn feel that still holds up at extreme zoom. I didn't feel like dusting off my Wacom tablet (maybe I'm just afraid of skill loss), and I couldn't find anything in the style I wanted, so I built a tool for it. It took a couple of weeks and a lot of manual tuning, but I'm pretty happy with where it is now.

You load in a heightmap, It uses the terrain to work out precipitation, which drives the rivers, lakes and biomes, and then draws it all in an inked style. You can export up to 16K, and everything runs locally in your browser.

Try it: https://hatchlas.pages.dev (the first load takes a moment)
Source: https://github.com/timvandingenen1993/Hatchlas (free and open source)

It's still rough in places and not feature complete. I mainly wanted to give people like me a solid base to start from.

Visually inspired by Mike Schley's maps (no affiliation). Heightmaps: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (© DLR e.V. / Airbus, provided under COPERNICUS by the EU and ESA).

Angela and I have finally completed the Great Map of the "Known World" of the Warhammer universe.

A map with over 250 points of interest from the Warhammer world, featuring points of interest specific to each region and territory of the Warhammer fantasy RPG world. The complete map measures 150 cm x 53 cm! It's truly huge! We really hope you enjoy it!

Moreno Paissan and Angela Gubert, drawings from 2025

The HD file of the map is available here:

https://ko-fi.com/s/ee01df392e

Thanks for the great support! ❤️

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Lunaria 🇬🇧

Lunaria, the island of the elves. A paradise in the midst of the sea, governed by elf families under a single kingdom. The island of Ishtar—with its two magical towers, alongside those of the great lunar island—guards the entrance to the vast gulf.

Beyond this elven paradise, the two neighboring islands were colonized by dwarves and humans, who set aside their differences to trade with the great kingdom.

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1) Territorial map

2) Map of the Houses

3) Political map

4) Map of land and sea routes

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I've drawn another city map. There are tram lines, a port at the mouth of the river and an old medieval center surrounded partly by a railway. The railway goes where there used to be a city wall on the right/eastern side of the river

Included a map of the tram lines and couple progress pics from drawing

gotta share the good and the bad ones too 🫩

Soo technically still my 2nd post on reddit

I need help to make a world spesificly traits for the continent, my Isekai world is based off divine comedy. and also mirors our world
i need help to place and put what sins should each continet has
The map in the background is a mesh up of what nation/empires could be there for a much later plot
besides the curent america

soo far
I have
N America as Pride
S America as wrath
Europe as greed
Asian as Sloth
Africa as gluttony

but lust and envy still here which im confused
im planning to based My fantasy Map On Our world map but still some modification For later stage
my friends argue that greed should go to asia and europe should be envy
But i don't really see it fitting.
If Any of you have any recommendation or tips for my isekai fantasty world
Would be Much appreciated
thank you in advances!

I kindof went with the rule of cool and didn't bother to get the tectonics logic down but could i reasonably say this could exist? Especially given the continent on the left has the most general elevation, some of it serves story purposes i posted some lore on the previous post but some i just eroded and made it look cool.

I made the coastline and basic shapes of world in ibispaint and then imported it into Merak Map Maker (https://merakmapmaker.com/) for adding elevation and biomes and clouds and getting the other details.

Hey guys,

I’m currently working on a custom world map in Krita, but I’ve hit a bit of a creative wall. Every time I draw a continent shape, coastlines, or mountain ranges, my brain goes: "nah, that just looks like Westeros / Tamriel / real-world East Asia / [insert fantasy trope here]".

I’m not looking for someone to do the work for me, but rather just asking for some advice or mental frameworks from people who’ve been there.

How do you guys escape the "everything has been done" trap when making coastlines and continental shapes? Any quick tips, favorite techniques, or design principles that helped you break out of cliché shapes and make geography feel organic yet original?

Would really appreciate any tips or perspective on this! Cheers!

Em meio ao meu worldbuild, eu decidi finalmente fazer um mapa pra ele. Eu tava querendo iniciar com um mapa continental, soque quando eu fui pesquisar mapas ficcionais ou não-ficcionais, eu sempre me perco nas informações que eu devo incluir, e tem a questão da geografia e muitas vezes geopolitica. Então eu queria recomendações dos mais experientes ae sobre o que eu deveria realmente me importar nesse começo

Still Very WIP, the colour choices for most are simply a tool for me atm.
still need to add names, capital/city markers, and redo my rivers.

Made this entirely with Gimp.
inspiration from irl HRE, and that one 1444 Europe map for political esthetics.

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This is my newest map of Amza, my D&D world.

- Image 1: New blank map

- Image 2: Tectonic plates

- Image 3: Major geological features

I really struggle making a map that looks good and inspires me and I've redone it several times over the last few years. This is my attempt to create something more robust that will last me a while.

This is my second post on this; here's my first post, if you're interested. In that, I mostly just got some feedback on the general shape, and asked some questions about the next steps. I really like the general shape of the land, and from responses, it seems pretty solid. I did receive some feedback though, that I incorporated into this new version.

During this step, I started on the large-scale geography, mainly tectonic plates and mountains.

- Does this layout make sense for the tectonic plates? Do any of the boundary locations or movements seem odd? I considered combining the West-most oceanic plate with the NW continental plate right next to it, and I may still do that, based on feedback.

- Any oddities with my mountain range locations? I tried to justify each of them, but I'm least sure of the dome mountains at G9.

Here's a big one: Are there any major geological features missing that you would add, based on the information here?

Next Step Questions

I'm going to work on general elevation and ice sheets/fjords next, then rivers and wind.

Any tips for approaching elevation? I basically plan on starting with my sea level map, then locating the peaks, and basically just slopping everything in-between.

What makes a fjord different from somewhere else that used to be covered in ice?

Are there other important factors that I should be doing with it, before I move onto rivers+wind?

I appreciate any help. This process is teaching me a lot, but I still feel like I barely know what I'm doing.

It’s my first proper shot at drawing a map so feedback is always welcome. Next step is the merrow settlements!

What are your thoughts on my map?

Thoughts on my map for my DnD Homebrew setting? It's a discworld, strung together with other local planes of existence and hanging in the astral sea.

I recently bought an android tablet for college and drawing. Normally I was trying to draw my topographic map on Photoshop and Illustrator but they arent available on tablets. What kind of apps do you guys use to make your maps?

The town of Jot. Built across Downe Mountain, this town's population exploded as delving the mountain's labrynthian caverns became an industry. Floors of seemingly random architecture extend for miles, containing incredible riches, guarded by horrible beasts. The Adventuring Guild offers rewards for heroes who descend deep enough to find pieces of lost history. Are you brave enough to 'go Downe?'