About
I’m Matt Pivots. I write fantasy, and I draw maps for other people’s books.
I’ve written several series, which means years of building worlds and then trying to explain them to other people. I know what it’s like to have a place perfectly clear in your head and no good way to show it, and I know which questions get it out of there and onto paper.
When I ask why the river runs where it does, or which of your forty place names matter, those are the same questions I ask about my own books.
“I especially appreciated the care and respect he showed for my world as he brought it to life visually.”
How the maps are made
Every map is composed by hand in Inkarnate, coastline by coastline, range by range. No generative AI, ever. No presets, no reused templates.
The tool is the vocabulary. The craft is everything else. Where the mountains go and why the pass matters. How a river behaves. Which twelve of your forty place names earn a label. Whether the whole thing still reads when it’s printed small. That part I learned writing my own books.
Why one week
Most cartographers worth hiring are booked months out, or closed to new work. I finish yours in seven days, at the normal price.
The booking slots on this site are real, too. When they’re gone, the page says so.
I say that plainly because you should know what you’re buying. And the question of who owns the map has a short answer: you do. It’s spelled out here, and that’s all there is to it.
50+
maps drawn, for authors, worlds, and a few people who just wanted a map of somewhere that doesn’t exist.
Come and find me
I’m on Discord as @mattpivots. That’s the easiest way to reach me. Send a rough idea, a sketch, or just a question, and I’ll answer inside a day.
Based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, working with authors anywhere.
Tell me about your world
Three short steps, and you can send a sketch. No obligation.
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