A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
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A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
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Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#2I really like this article but I don't know why!
> Melbourne-based Anton Thomas drew North America by hand
Why North America instead of Australia, m8? Potential market size? That's so American :-)
> a freelance cartographer
What the hell is a freelance cartographer, what does he do, and who are his colleagues? Buster Bluth and a bunch of Earth observation satellites? That's one competitive market.
> I was working as a cook in the old port of Montreal. And in classic Montreal fashion, we had littered the apartment with things we found on the side of the road. And one was this big fridge. It had all these rusty, brown stains on it. My housemate Douglas, from Zimbabwe, had been urging me to draw him something as a memento, since he knew I was going to go back to New Zealand. He had painted the fridge with white house paint to cover up the stains and I thought, “What about the fridge?”
That's it, I'm moving to Australia.
I only collect maps that predate the steam engine but I would love to buy a huge wall size print!
Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#3I really like this article but I don't know why! > Melbourne-based Anton Thomas drew North America by hand Why North America instead of Australia, m8? Potential market size? That's so American :-) > a freelance cartographer What the hell is a freelance cartographer, what does he do, and who are his colleagues? Buster Bluth and a bunch of Earth observation satellites? That's one competitive market. > I was working as…
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Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#4I really like this article but I don't know why! > Melbourne-based Anton Thomas drew North America by hand Why North America instead of Australia, m8? Potential market size? That's so American :-) > a freelance cartographer What the hell is a freelance cartographer, what does he do, and who are his colleagues? Buster Bluth and a bunch of Earth observation satellites? That's one competitive market. > I was working as…
> Why North America instead of Australia, m8?
* He'd already just completed an Australiasian map,
* There's 23 countries in North America Vs. just the one in Australia (especially now that Prince Leonard of the Principality of Hutt River and Princess Shirley have passed on) .. borders are catnip to some cartographers.
Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#5The cartographer's website has a bunch more stuff from him and some better photos of the map itself:
https://www.antonthomasart.com/the-north-american-continent....
Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#6Here's his website: https://www.antonthomasart.com/
South Asia and Australasia: https://www.antonthomasart.com/south-asia.html
North America: https://www.antonthomasart.com/the-north-american-continent....
Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#7Very cool piece of work. Little bit weird that Springfield gets to be the other illustrated city in Massachusetts when Worcester is the second biggest city in the entire region after Boston.
Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#8I really like this article but I don't know why! > Melbourne-based Anton Thomas drew North America by hand Why North America instead of Australia, m8? Potential market size? That's so American :-) > a freelance cartographer What the hell is a freelance cartographer, what does he do, and who are his colleagues? Buster Bluth and a bunch of Earth observation satellites? That's one competitive market. > I was working as…
Montreal is in Canada, you know.
Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#9Very cool piece of work. Little bit weird that Springfield gets to be the other illustrated city in Massachusetts when Worcester is the second biggest city in the entire region after Boston.
The Simpsons is culturally more relevant for an Aussie, and I would assume a Kiwi, than whatever is not Boston.
Re: A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)
#10Very cool piece of work. Little bit weird that Springfield gets to be the other illustrated city in Massachusetts when Worcester is the second biggest city in the entire region after Boston.
The Simpsons is culturally more relevant for an Aussie, and I would assume a Kiwi, than whatever is not Boston.
There must be at least 40 Springfields in the USA. Given Massachusetts's early statehood, I wouldn't be surprised if Springfield, MA was the "first" Springfield in USA, but are you thinking the artist illustrated all the Springfields because of the Simpsons?