Sketch Map

An unfinished map illustrating a portion of Lynne Cox's Arctic swim in relation to the expedition of Roald Amundsen. This is meant to accompany an article about the 3 legs of Cox's journey and its historical ties to other water voyages.

Game Day in Illustrated Maps

For the last day of class we spent the time playing the finished board games and having a short crit at the end. Here are some photos of Sack Lunch! Our class blog is now public, you can check out more photos of game day as well as a thorough collection of maps made over the semester: http://micamaps.blogspot.com/

Neverland

I did this map a couple months ago but was just recently able to get a decent scan of it. The actual size is about 20"x24", ink and watercolor.

Top Ten UFO Sighting Spots in New Mexico

For my maps class we threw darts at a wall to select a state to make an infograph about. I hit New Mexico, wanting to do some sort of chart about Roswell. The result after some hours of research was this graph, which shows the Top Ten UFO Sighting Spots of New Mexico. I learned a lot about UFO sightings and the Roswell Incident in the process--this website especially was amazing: http://www.ufoinfo.com/contents.shtml Unfortunately the colors are showing up a lot more desaturated--that pink should be neon!

Map of a Subculture

This week we had the critique for our "map of a subculture" with guest critic Josh Cochran, who assigned the project. I did a map of Bodybuilding using ink and 80s-inspired photoshop color.

Thirteen Nights of Dreaming: Edit

After the feedback in crit today I decided to change the colors and placement of the title for this piece. I still enjoy the sepia of the earlier piece but a lot of people felt it was reading as dirt or underground and not dream-like patterning. I do enjoy the blue of the cups in the new edit--it has a cooler feel to it.

Thirteen Nights of Dreaming

Here's a piece I did for my Illustrated Maps class--we did a map inspired by "a place we feel we belong." The projects are being submitted to make-maps.blogspot.com , a blog started by artist Adam Hayes that features maps drawn by various artists. He will take a look at our class's maps and post some of them on his blog. We are supposed to submit a short description along with our personal map. Here's mine:

My nightstand is covered in glasses filled with varying levels of water. I always need a glass of water next to my bed when I am going to sleep, and many of my dreams involve being submerged underwater or take place near large bodies of water. I chose to map a collection of my water-themed dreams because I feel a sense of identity and belonging in these surreal spaces. I think my affinity for water may have something to do with growing up in the Great Lakes State, but it is also connected to my interest in the concealing and revealing of reality, motion within structure, and the nature of the subconscious.