So I just found these again...
Ever since I was 12 I wanted to make a handwritten illustrated edition of the Red Book of Westmarch and I did start making one a few years ago but the halved A4 pages are just too small for binding and margin so I stopped.
But the urge is strong to get me some larger nicely marbled paper and start over.
I made a set of Tolkien inspired fantasy maps of real-world locations including Scotland, the UK and Ireland, Europe, New England and North America for fun but turns out people like using them in their games so, here's how you can find them!
You can download copies of all these maps for free with or without labels for printing or use in your TTRPGs over on my Tumblr page here:
Fantasy Maps in a Tolkien Style
You can also buy prints of these maps on my Redbubble page :
If you would like to use these in a commercial project, drop me a DM and I'd love to chat!
One does not simply draw mordor (it wasn’t simple those mountains were a pain in the ass)
Some things are slightly out of proportion due to some “technical difficulties” when i drew the top left corner and also problems came from lining it all up since i did them on four separate sheets but overall i think it came out good :)
“That map is sitting there in ‘Fellowship of the Ring’, which we had no idea that we needed it there. But then 12-13 years later it provided us a perfect opportunity for a final shot. We couldn’t pick up a better spot for it”.
“Actually, I wrote it in there. Yes, I did! I do remember writing in the map, and you liked the idea”.
“You must’ve known then. Have you got a crystal ball or secret powers?”
- Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens (‘Battle of the Five Armies’ Audio commentary)
about 100 pages into the silmarillion rn and i'm starting to grasp where things are located now
one thing i don't get is where tf is thingols place ?? because i swear it said he settled with melian in the forests of beleriand somewhere but also the way menegroth is being described it sounds a whole lot like thranduils place in mirkwood?? also i can't find thranduil anywhere in the family trees in the back which is a lil suspicious to me,, considering like every other elf is on there
where is he !! where's my only reasonable adult man with his cunty movie adaptation
On Boxing Day 1991, I had my very first encounter with The Lord of the Rings (via the Bakshi film). Shortly afterwards, I started reading the book. The rest is history ... So what’s better than to celebrate the day with a new Tolkien watercolour?
the map of middle earth on my sketchbook cover – finished! I think next time I'll go larger scale because this was a squeeze 🤧 still can't believe how much I managed to fit on there, and in hobbit lettering no less lmao 💀