Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: Searching for Original Sources of Fantasy Maps

  1. #1

    Help Searching for Original Sources of Fantasy Maps

    Hello! So some time ago, I had saved an Etsy store that sold digital prints of fantasy world maps. That store disappeared some time ago, and having found a few of their designs on here I believe that they were selling other people's work. However I loved the maps I saw there, and had wanted to buy them to print for my own map wall. It's a good thing I didn't patronize someone that was selling stolen art, but I have not been able to find the original source for most of these maps anywhere. I still have some lo-res thumbnails, but none of them are print quality.

    So I ask my fellow members of the Cartographers Guild, do you recognize any of the following maps, and if so who is the original artist that I could contact about getting a copy, or where could I find prints of it to purchase or a high-res version of the image to print for myself?

    Thank you in advance!

    Wheel of Time
    Ebou Dar
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Ebou Dar WOT Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	30 
Size:	22.3 KB 
ID:	134453

    Merrilor
    Name:  Merrilor WOT Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 291
Size:  12.7 KB

    Tanchico
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Tanchico WOT Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	9 
Size:	68.0 KB 
ID:	134452

    Caemlyn
    Name:  Ceamlyn WOT Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 298
Size:  12.9 KB

    Bandar Eban
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Bandar Eban WOT Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	8 
Size:	109.1 KB 
ID:	134450

    Cairhein
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Cairhein WOT Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	8 
Size:	13.2 KB 
ID:	134449

    Tar Valon
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Tar Valon WOT Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	9 
Size:	14.3 KB 
ID:	134448

    Lord of the Rings
    Moria
    Name:  Moria Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 303
Size:  13.3 KB

    Rohan
    Name:  Rohan Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 313
Size:  13.6 KB

    Isengard
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Isengard Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	10 
Size:	21.1 KB 
ID:	134444

    Helms Deep
    Name:  Helms Deep Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 295
Size:  12.1 KB

    Mordor
    Name:  Mordor Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 302
Size:  13.4 KB

    Minas Tirith
    Name:  Minas Tirith Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 308
Size:  12.3 KB

    Rivendell
    Name:  Rivendell Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 309
Size:  12.2 KB

    Gondor
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Gondor Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	10 
Size:	101.5 KB 
ID:	134439

    Edoras
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	Edoras Thumbnail.jpg 
Views:	11 
Size:	46.8 KB 
ID:	134438

    Misc.
    Grishaverse
    Name:  Grishaverse Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 296
Size:  10.4 KB

    Neverland
    Name:  Neverland Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 289
Size:  9.7 KB

    Oz
    Name:  Oz Thumbnail.jpg
Views: 297
Size:  9.8 KB

  2. #2
    Administrator Facebook Connected Diamond's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Stafford, VA, USA
    Posts
    7,454

    Default

    Hmm. Several of the WOT maps look to be by Ellisa Mitchell, who was one of the original cartographers for the series.

  3. #3
    Community Leader Kellerica's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    South Scotland (originally Finland)
    Posts
    2,802

    Default

    I'm pretty sure the Grishaverse map is just the one from the books (I believe the artist is called Keith Thompson), and the Oz map looks to be the official tie-in for the Oz The Great and Powerful film. Could be the Etsy store was just selling illegal copies of official licenced merch?
    Last edited by Kellerica; 10-06-2022 at 05:52 AM.
    Homepage | Instagram | Facebook | Artstation
    Just give me liquorice and nobody gets hurt.

  4. #4

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Kellerica View Post
    I'm pretty sure the Grishaverse map is just the one from the books (I believe the artist is called Keith Thompson), and the Oz map looks to be the official tie-in for the Oz The Great and Powerful film. Could be the Etsy store was just selling illegal copies of official licenced merch?
    I didn't think so, because there are other shops selling these maps as physical scrolls that have been up for just as long or longer. And there are a few I didn't include here because I actually found their works on the guild already.

    Such as this map of The Shire, by Maxime Plasse.
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	The Shire (Maxime Plasse).jpg 
Views:	32 
Size:	2.40 MB 
ID:	134459

    I want to find the original sources of those LOTR maps the most, and I can't find those anywhere outside of broken links to that now gone store.

  5. #5
    Professional Artist ThomasR's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2015
    Location
    Angers, France
    Posts
    4,149

    Default

    I'm pretty sure most of them are from Daniel Reeve. For those not appearing on his website, the calligraphy is pretty close (and if you want the good stuff it is here).

  6. #6

    Default

    Okay, I've actually managed to find out the artist of all of the LOTR maps. Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor are all by Giuseppe De Iure. All the other LOTRs are by Daniel Reeve. Now it's a matter of finding prints/files that arent being sold by a bot shop.

  7. #7

    Default 幾張WOT地圖看起來是由Ellisa Mitchell繪製的,他是該系列的原始製圖師之一

    幾張WOT地圖看起來是由Ellisa Mitchell繪製的,他是該系列的原始製圖師之一

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •