Creating Fantasy Maps from Photos of Sandstone Rocks

final version of fantasy map made from rock textures

Every year when I make the trip to the southwest, I take a photo of the sandstone rock texture. I then use that texture to inform the design of a fantasy map. I’ve done this for a few years now. Below are the images and videos of some of these maps. The videos show the transition from rock to map.

Transition between photo and map: Kystfjell North fantasy map.
The 2022 Rock-to-Fantasy map. You can read more about it here.