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Cartographer Jim

@cartographer_jim

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Intermittent maker of fantasy maps; expect general nerdery!

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Update of a work in progress as it’s been a while (hush); mucking about with a different map style, this for a game I‘ve been vaguely building the world for over the past few months 🧐 #fantasymap #dnd #worldbuilding #fantasycartography #dungeonsanddragons #wonderdraft #dndmaps by @cartographer_jim

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And with this I step back and declare the Discworld map finished (and in three varieties of palette for the spice of it all) - having said that, maybe one day I’ll commission someone to add in the elephants and Great A’Tuin for good measure 🤔 #fantasymap #discworld #fantasybooks #fantasycartography #fantasyseries by @cartographer_jim

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Revisiting the map of Ulthuan - home of the ten high elven kingdoms in the Warhammer Fantasy setting; some lovely details in this and as a fan of the lore it was a joy to research the work of GW and some (very talented) fans on fleshing out the locations/details within it #fantasymap #wonderdraft #ulthuan #fantasycartography #highelf #warhammer #warhammerfantasy #warhammeroldworld by @cartographer_jim

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Impromptu photoshoot with my wonderful friend @tabletopjess at Fantasy Forest 2026. She did incredible work on every aspect of her outfit and it was a joy to help capture it 👏✨#fanforest taken in Fantasy Forest, Sudeley Castle by @cartographer_jim

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So @fanforfest was a flipping blast as ever, and I’m knackered, hoarse, sunburnt and full to the brim with nothing but good vibes and wonderful memories.

Bumped into a few of your good selves along the way and it was a pleasure truly (very appreciative of the high fives, hugs and my feeble attempt at a Viking salute), and for those that I ✨might✨ have recognised and shared vague nods of uncertain familiarity with; next time we dance and have a mead together 🫶✨ #fanforest #fantasyforest by @cartographer_jim

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Embrace your weird insta friends ✨🙌

(and thanks again to @samparksbooks for making me this excellent hat 🤌) by @cartographer_jim

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An effort at the Westlands region of the Wheel of Times setting; there’s so many versions of this knocking about that are far superior, but a series close to my heart (young Jim read the first 8 novels in the space of a couple of weeks and was Keen) and one that I wanted to at least have a go at #fantasymap #fantasybook #thewheeloftime #wheeloftime #wot by @cartographer_jim

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Revisiting the Middle Earth map over the next week - the colouring is not what I’d like as things stand (need to play with the lettering, coastline and wind roses for sure), but it’s a gorgeous setting to drift back in to #fantasymap #middleearth #lotr #wonderdraft by @cartographer_jim

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Revisiting my series of Middle Earth maps; this is another version with additional tweaks and shifts in shading - also with some of the primary locations highlighted more vibrantly #fantasymap #lotr #middleearth #lordoftherings #wonderdraft by @cartographer_jim

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Playing around with a vintage take on a sci-fi map - the Tarshiim System, trying to give it an archaic aesthetic whilst retaining the sci-fi signifiers. Possibly good for a Battlefleet Gothic game or similar ✨👏#fantasymap #scifimap #wonderdraft #scifi #ttrpg by @cartographer_jim

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Spending a lazy Sunday workshopping game ideas, utilising some of these insanely detailed maps I’ve made over the years; current thoughts are a strategy, diplomacy, roleplay mix with both an in-world resource/troop management phase and a separate ‘court’ phase where players can engage in some dynastic skullduggery 🤌✨#fantasymap #worldbuilding #gameideas #wonderdraft by @cartographer_jim

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Updates and tweaks and belatedly noticing spelling errors - the Continent from the Witcher series, once more made by my inter-universe cartography company ‘Greaves, Greaves & Greaves’. Tempted to leave it be for the time being and then swing back round for a last pass in a few weeks with fresh eyes 👀✨#fantasymap #fantasybooks #thewitcher #thewitcher3 #wonderdraft by @cartographer_jim

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