r/mapmaking

I used QGIS, Blender, and Inkscape to create a "city skyline" out of scaled cities in New York State. I am very new to blender, but I think it turned out well.

Map of the great flying city of Vintaris, a city built entirely on a meteorite fragment floating in the cosmic void. It was very interesting to create this map for Alexander Sword and his interesting role-playing game!🧭🗺️🏰

H-HB pencil, Unipin Pen 0.05-0.1 and Winsor and Newton watercolor on paper then scanned.

Moreno Paissan and Angela Gubert art 2026

Support our art on: https://ko-fi.com/morenopaissanmaps/shop

Satellite imagery was generated by the beautiful and absolutely astonishing app named Gleba. However, the borders, lore, names, and practically everything you see was created by me.

Supperapplejuice is my Discord nickname, and I prefer to go by that rather than whatever Reddit calls me.

Years are equivalent to Earth years to make them easier to comprehend.

LORE

Basically, Azaria is the equivalent of the USA. However, in terms of power, it is closer to the EU (not the world's hegemon, but still powerful in its region).

In the year 1503, colonists settled in the eastern part of Lamalas, gradually expanding west until reaching the "Great Lakes" region, which became a sort of barrier for them. By the end of the 16th century, the colonists had expelled most of the natives into the deep forests and away from the coast, as well as farther west, which made the cultures of modern-day West Azaria mixed with those that immigrated there.

In 1752, the Republic of Azaria proclaimed independence against the colonists, unifying modern-day East and Central Azaria into one nation. The rebels were the colonists themselves, since their overlord empire had raised taxes.

Gradually, more autonomy was granted to the natives, and in 1821, Azaria was proclaimed the United States of Azaria to symbolize unity.

In 1833, the first major war of independent Azaria took place against the Empire of Otakanawa, which had conquered neighboring nations and colonies. The war ended in an Azarian victory, and all land captured by Otakanawa was transferred to Azaria. This was a major victory for the natives, who were basically liberated, but a major loss for the overlord empires and Otakanawa, which became Azaria's greatest enemy.

In 1898, the First World War started, eventually drawing Azaria into the conflict. The main sides were the Quad Pact (Tigraway, Otakanawa, and two other powerful nations not needed for Azaria's lore) and the Golden Alliance (Azaria, Zarbinland, Yukonland, and one other powerful nation not needed for Azaria's lore). The war ended in 1910 with a defeat for the Golden Alliance, though not a complete one, since both Otakanawa and Tigraway ended up in civil wars. The only nation that gained territory was the Creole Kingdom, which expanded into the modern-day regions near the cities of Astria, Sideshor, and Bornio.

In 1943, World War II started. This time, Azaria was not involved from the beginning. Instead, it joined the war in 1945 after Socialist Creole and Tigraway invaded it. This time, it was Tigraway + Creole + others versus Azaria + Zarbinland + Yukonland + Otakanawa. Otakanawa did not officially join Azaria's alliance; however, for the duration of the war, it normalized relations with Azaria to destroy their common enemy.

The war ended in 1949 with a victory for Azaria and its allies. Azaria regained all the land it had lost to Creole in 1910 and received a permanent seat in the UN.

In 1952, Azaria created its own bloc. Zarbinland and Yukonland joined immediately, followed by several other states.

Today, Azaria remains strong, producing a quarter of the world's manufacturing output and belonging to the third-strongest faction.

Fun fact about this world: Instead of having two opposing sides where you either support one superpower or the other, this world has many different options. There are five superpowers, each with its own faction.

If you want to know more, leave a comment! I hope to make more posts like this one—making this map was fun!

This is the map of my fictional world. The first two maps are of modern countries, the third of ancient kingdoms, and the last is simply the map.

I hope you like it. Initially, I tried to make the biomes semi-realistic, but I ended up adding many more landmasses and more fantastical elements.

Title essentially, lemme know how bad it looks.

Especially the part of the tapestry the last photos (6/7 and 8) what does it look like, a blob, or something more....

Apologies for any photo compression!

A map created a few years ago for the *Banners of Honour* RPG, published by Kefa Studio.

Materials used: H-HB pencil, Unipin 0.05–0.1 pens, and Winsor & Newton watercolors on 300g Fabriano smooth-finish paper; subsequently scanned.

Moreno Paissan and Angela Gubert Art

Support our art on: https://ko-fi.com/morenopaissanmaps/shop

Entry No. 150 Min Aljazur, Crown Jewel of the Guild

Perhman Gulf, Central Selessia

Min Aljazur is the largest city in the known world. It sits on a rocky island at the mouth of the seitan river where it splits before entering the Golden Sea, occupying the narrow strip of Golden Sea coastline of House Zohran's territories. The island is connected to the mainland by two fortified bridges, both held permanently by the Guild city guard.

The city hosts the permanent council of the Guild of the Golden Sea Treaty, where envoys of the five signatory houses convene to determine policy across the Golden Sea basin. The council is presided over by the Guild Master, seconded by the Guild Archivist, the Guild Treasurer, and the Commander of the City Guard.

Min Aljazur also houses the largest open-air market in the world. It is commonly said that if something exists, it can be purchased in Min Aljazur.

A complementary saying holds that it can be purchased even if it doesn't.

— Cross-reference: entries 23 (the Guild of the Golden Sea Treaty: founding and membership), 89 (the seven ports: Guild administrative structure), 134 (Zohran hosting rights and amendment history), 178 (Guild Regulated Warehouses), 203 (the Perhman Gulf: navigational records)

I drew a map of a city and a transit map of tram lines

full world map - https://www.reddit.com/r/mapmaking/comments/1uf5f3w/re_did_the_world_map/

https://www.tile.today/

Built this as a side project and now I genuinely can't tell if it's a brilliant idea or an elaborate way to get people to go outside for no reason.

Your first claim each day is free; €1 after that claims a real 50x50m square of land, permanently, but only if your GPS proves you're standing in it. You decide which category this falls into.

Edit: Global stats at https://www.tile.today/stats !

So I'm building a Map Editor in my game and i thought who better to ask about the quality of the auto-generated landmasses than a community about drawn landmasses.... Jokes aside, i know its not hyper realistic but is this somewhat believable?

I'm super duper happy with the map. Looking for feedback on anything that feels off. Thoughts on the names of continents and bodies of water etc. If you wanna ask questions about things feel free. I've had so much fun revamping my old world map. I used Inkarnate for the map. The Adriana Ocean is larger than the map shows, just reached the canvas size limit lmao. Okay thanks xoxo

The final image is heavily edited in contrast and such so that it looks more fantasy-esque, but I included other images of my process.

I screenshot the cloud and mapped it in GIMP and cleaned up the text and roads and such. Next I projected it on my tablet and traced it onto a thin A3 sketching paper.

I ran into some issues since I decided to use ink, as I haven't tried this paper, and even after several hours of drying it still smeared like a B.

Anyway I included some minor details and unimaginative names to make it feel more filled out.

Anyway, I enjoyed it and would definitely do it again in the future. Highly recommend.

Interactive map: https://demoose.vercel.app/dougymander/view-map/28

Make your own: https://demoose.vercel.app/dougymander

The United States of America, Happy 250th anniversary.

The states, commonwealths, inhabited territories, and federal district of the United States of America.

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out, 8000x5000 seemed to be the right size to display everything. Feedback is welcome.

Full resolution images, extras, and related files can be found in the Github linked in my bio.

Full Resolution Map