100 hand-drawn cartography brushes for creating historical‑style settlement icons for D&D and worldbuilding
A view of a fantasy map with very shallow depth of field, illustrating the settlement brushes by Aesoterik
A warning to users explaining these brushes are also included in the worldcrafter kit
A grid of icons, showing the village and town brushes contained in the Settlements brush pack
A grid of icons, showing the churches and temples contained in the Settlements brush pack
A series of icons showing cities and forts contained in Aesoterik's settlements icons brush pack
Aged parchment background with point of interest map icons drawn in a sepia coloured ink
A fantasy map drawn on old paper contains various towns and villages all labelled with Aesoterik's settlement icon brushes, to create a medieval aesthetic
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Fantasy Map Settlement Icons

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You are allowed to use this product for personal and commercial use. (Terms apply, please visit link below).

You may not however resell the product, or any of its components as a stand alone product, or as part of a bundle or collection. Nor can you redistribute the product, in whole or in part and claim it to be yours, for free, or for financial gain. 

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As this is a digital product, returns and exchanges can not be made. We understand mistakes can however happen, so if you experience any issues, please contact us at merchant@aesoterik.com and we will do our best to help. 

You are allowed to use this product for personal and commercial use. (Terms apply, please visit link below).

You may not however resell the product, or any of its components as a stand alone product, or as part of a bundle or collection. Nor can you redistribute the product, in whole or in part and claim it to be yours, for free, or for financial gain. 

For more licensing details Click Here

As this is a digital product, returns and exchanges can not be made. We understand mistakes can however happen, so if you experience any issues, please contact us at merchant@aesoterik.com and we will do our best to help. 

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Product details

A set of over one hundred hand‑drawn settlement icon brushes designed to help Dungeon Masters, authors, and artists depict villages, towns, cities, forts, and other key locations on their fantasy maps. These icons are crafted in the style of historical cartography, giving your maps the charm, clarity, and authenticity of old‑world maps.

Alongside settlement markers, the set includes brushes for points of interest such as battlefields, mines, churches, harbours, and more. Whether you are mapping a frontier region, charting a kingdom, or building a world for your TTRPG campaign, these icons help you communicate structure, story, and geography with ease.

Each icon is provided in two variants; a clean standalone symbol, and a version enclosed within a circular location marker. This gives you flexibility when designing map keys, legends, or stylistic systems across your worldbuilding projects.

Please note: this brush set is included in the latest update of the Worldcrafter Map Making Kit. If you already own Worldcrafter, you do not need to purchase this pack separately.

Compatible with Procreate, Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, and Affinity Photo. For those without these programs, all icons are also supplied in SVG and transparent PNG formats.

What's included?

  • 100+ Regional Map Brushes: Hand-drawn historical icons fully optimized for Procreate, Photoshop, Affinity Photo, and Clip Studio Paint (CSP).
    • 20 Village Icon Brushes
    • 20 Town Icon Brushes
    • 16 City Icon Brushes
    • 20 Fort and Castle Icon Brushes
    • 20 Church & Temple Icon Brushes
    • 6 Wizard's Tower Icon Brushes
    • 2 Mill Icon Brushes
    • 10 Points of Interest Symbol Brushes (Battlefields, mines, harbors, etc.)
  • Vector & Transparent Graphics: All assets provided as standalone, high-resolution SVG and transparent PNG files for absolute software cross-compatibility.
  • Dual-Design Variants: Every asset includes a clean standalone symbol and a version enclosed within a circular location marker.
  • Commercial & Personal License: Fully authorized for home campaign printouts, paid cartography commissions, and indie RPG module layouts.

How to Use This Fantasy Cartography Asset


This toolkit is engineered to bring structure and narrative depth to broad regional map icons and macro world atlases, or create fantasy map legends and keys. Because the icons are supplied in vector SVG format alongside digital brushes, you can effortlessly scale them to match any resolution, whether you are printing a massive poster handout for your gaming table or formatting an indie TTRPG book layout in InDesign or Canva.

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Product FAQ's

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Absolutely not! Aesoterik is proudly in the 'fuck AI' and will not use generative AI in the creation of any artwork. Not now. Not ever.

Yes they are. If you've already purchased the Worldcrafter map making kit, these brushes are already included, you do not need to purchase them again.

Yes. You can use the brushes via Procreate; and the .png or .svg files in any other app that supports those formats.
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Etsy customer

Fantásticos pinceles y herramientas para el desarrollo de mapas de mis partidas de rol.

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Nancy Nikko

Easy to download and use and images are charming.

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Jenny Eras

Straight forward, perfect for what I need

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Etsy customer

Love it, I would recommend.

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Etsy customer

Danke. jeder zeit wieder. C.

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Etsy customer

It an upgrade to my homebrew maps.

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Etsy customer

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Etsy customer

I'm so happy! My maps have never looked better!

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