Wow that is a really interesting map. Very inspiring. I love the water and waves in the vignette.
Hello fellow cartographers! Hope you are all doing fine.
I haven't been very active on the Guild lately, mostly due to work.
Anyway, here is the latest map I've worked on.
CH_map.jpg
It was a commission by Cape Horn, an outdoors clothing brand, of a celebratory map for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of CAPE HORN.
The idea was to create something of a blend of cartography, illustration and a bit of infographic, along the lines of some of the beautiful National Geographic Magazine supplements.
My main inspiration was Richard Edes Harrison, so I worked from there following the client's brief.
The work hasn't been 100% approved yet so there might be some minor changes.
Sorry if the type is a bit small but it is a huge map which is supposed to be printed as large as possible.
Also, I might add some wips and extra information later.
Done in pencil, Photoshop, and a tiny bit of QGIS.
Comments and critique are most welcome!
Wow that is a really interesting map. Very inspiring. I love the water and waves in the vignette.
Quite beautiful. I particularly like the way you have depicted South America. How on Earth did you do that?
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You take inspiration from one of the greatest cartographer of the last century and the result is awesome!
Beautiful! you have serious drawing skills!!
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Thank you.
If you are talking about the proportions and "globe" angle of it, I used Google Earth to get the right composition, screencaptured, printed, and traced for the gross shape/proportions of the land masses.
I then worked my way with pencils, so some geographical accuracy was lost.
Then Tom is right. You have an extraordinary drawing skill
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WOW! the is absolutely beautiful, National Geography could have a new team member. The combo illustration/map/infographic is spot on Your the next Fernando Baptista.
The sailboat rounding the horn captures that nasty area incredibly well, so scary, can't say enough of how good this is.
This is fantastic! I love the illustrative quality of it. The sailing boat on the waves illustration is stunning. Absolutely gorgeous work. Repped.
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Gorgeous map, mate. The attention to even the little details is spot-on, it balances the concept of "art" and "mapping" quite wonderfully.