Maps Are Where
Stories Begin
Map Effects gives you the tools to create hand drawn fantasy maps inspired by history and mythology. Helping you create worlds that feel rich, lived in, and ready for stories.
Phase I
World & Regional Map
Create beautiful hand drawn fantasy worlds in minutes. The Fantasy Map Builder gives you over 300 professionally illustrated brushes to build continents, mountains, forests, rivers, and kingdoms. No artistic experience required.
From here, zoom in on a bustling city to uncover its secrets...
Phase II
City & Settlement Maps
Dive deeper into your world by focusing on a single city with The City Map Builder. Create an intricate urban setting, complete with winding roads, central marketplaces, residential blocks, defensive walls, and hidden alleys, all using over 300 hand-drawn features.
But as you wander the streets, a shadowy inn comes in sight…what rumors and secrets will you find?
Phase III
Inns & Tavern Maps
Step inside with the Inn & Tavern Map Builder, where gathering places burst with life and story potential. Design detailed interiors featuring roaring fireplaces, cluttered bars, sleeping quarters, stables, and mysterious nooks, all with over 450 illustrated brushes for tables laden with tankards, secret doors, and bard stages. It's the ultimate hub for assembling your adventuring crew, sharing quests, and forging alliances.
But as you explore, you discover a hidden cellar door, whispering of darker secrets below.
Phase IV
Dungeon Maps
Descend into the unknown with the Dungeon Map Builder, revealing an elaborate underground realm hidden beneath the inn's facade. Craft shadowy chambers, twisting caverns, treacherous traps, torture rooms, and forgotten treasures using over 450 hand-drawn brushes for walls, floors, artifacts, and perils like spike pits and lurking creatures. This final phase expands your world into immersive danger zones, perfect for epic explorations and loot-filled adventures.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
“The brushes are robust—more terrain and plant variations than other map kits I’ve tried—and gloriously easy to use. Well organized, excellent style, and wonderfully adaptable. In just one afternoon I put together a unique map I was proud to share.”
Kristy Gilbert
“I love these brushes, and how they allowed me to step up my maps. With all the brushes and textures, you really get great value for the investment in his tools!
Gordon Currie
“These brushes really helped me to make the line work in my maps stand out. They’re incredibly versatile and every brush has it’s own unique style.”
Gerralt Landman
New Tutorials
Do you want to learn how to draw a map of your own from scratch? Check out some of the tutorials in our learning center to level up your cartography skills.
