Daniels Maps

I make high-quality maps for writers, game developers and personal use. Website: danielsmaps.com - Contact: [email protected]
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My name is Daniel Hasenbos, I am a freelance cartographer and illustrator specialized in hand-drawn fantasy maps. I want to share my creativity, to bring life to your ideas and map a world that wasn’t there before.

12/05/2026

The town of Daica is now live on Patreon: 🔗https://www.patreon.com/posts/155749384

Daica is a town situated upon an island in the Bay of Roica. Over time it has fulfilled many roles, from a temple island to a place of pilgrimage, a military harbor, and later a trading town. Adventurers will always find work here, or a means to escape the burdens of the mainland, or the law, should that be their concern.

Download this map and 300+ for free from my Patreon: 🔗https://www.patreon.com/posts/155749384

11/05/2026

I'd love to live in a cozy village like this. How about you?

You can download this map, along with 300+ others, on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielsmaps

09/05/2026

This is one of my favourite maps from last year and I'm still very excited about how this looks.

You can download this map, along with 300+ others, on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielsmaps

07/05/2026

Desert maps are sometimes hard to come by. Here's are a couple that you can use for your arid campaigns :)

You can download this map, along with 300+ others, on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielsmaps

05/05/2026

The map of Estentia - The Southern Colonies is now live on Patreon: 🔗https://www.patreon.com/posts/155748961

When Elmaran scouts first explored the southern cape of the Jungles of Araboatora, they named these lands Estentia, after the dynasty of their king: Estente. These lands were open, uninhabited, and safe, unlike the fertile bay further to the north. The sea route around the jungles soon proved to be a profitable connection between the Kingdom of Elmara and the Kingdom of Tarnen. The southern cape could not remain absent as a stop along this route for long, and the first settlements arose within the very first years of its use

Download this map and 300+ for free from my Patreon: 🔗https://www.patreon.com/posts/155748961

04/05/2026

How can you make the borders of your kingdoms and empires make sense? Here are some tips!

1.⁠ ⁠Rivers are great as natural borders! They are very defensible, and require bridges to cross, meaning the points that need to be defended are minimalized!
2.⁠ ⁠⁠Mountains are another great natural feature to use as borders. It’s essentially a big, giant wall around your kingdom, and anyone trying to enter, will have to cross treacherous mountain paths first. No way that anyone is ever going to successfully march an army of elephants through there!
3.⁠ ⁠⁠But don’t forget that every kingdom needs to trade. Sometimes access to sea, or major trade routes can cause kingdoms to break these rules, and expand there borders into less defensible areas, to ensure access to vital supply lines and trade

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02/05/2026

These types of castles are really fun to sketch out, and tricky to refine in more detail. How do you like this one?

You can download this map, along with 300+ others, on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielsmaps

30/04/2026

Players always manage to sneak out at night. These maps should come in handy when yours eventually go out at night!

You can download this map, along with 300+ others, on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielsmaps

28/04/2026

The Town of Sezo is now live on Patreon: 🔗https://www.patreon.com/posts/153334023

Along a long and wind-swept peninsula where the mountains fall sharply into the sea lies the small domain of Sezo. The land here is narrow and rugged, its cliffs rising steeply above restless waters, and its soil too rocky to sustain large fields. Few would consider such a place a prize worth conquering. Yet for generations this harsh coastline has remained an independent han, ruled by a modest but determined line of daimyō who learned to survive by turning the peninsula’s difficult geography to their advantage. Isolated between forested ridges, sheer cliffs, and the open sea, Sezo grew into a quiet but resilient maritime lordship, often overlooked by larger powers.

Download this map and 300+ for free from my Patreon: 🔗https://www.patreon.com/posts/153334023

27/04/2026

Fantasy Towns often feel invented, and not like they evolved over time. Here are three ways to make your towns feel like real places!

1.⁠ ⁠Have the settlement follow the shapes of its surroundings. Roads circle around hills, or wind up them in a zig-zag shape. Depressions and elevations in the land will dictate where people walk and build
2.⁠ ⁠⁠Include industries! Every settlement needs to sustain itself. They need to produce goods to survive. Watermills, farming fields, cattle, workshops, mines and lumbercamps are great examples of industries that you can incorporate!
3.⁠ ⁠⁠Every place has a history, long or short. Including local ruins, abandoned buildings, or collapsed walls immediately makes your settlement feel rich and lived in!

Those are just 3 things that I do, but there are way more! What did I miss?

Interested in hiring me? You can contact me at danielsmaps.com/contact

25/04/2026

This place is built among the ruins of an old, old place. Would you live here?

You can download this map, along with 300+ others, on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielsmaps

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