Tag: map

Hispanoamérica

In the Spanish section of the Sofia City Library

(this one)
(this place)

there is, as you may be able to see in the left side of the picture above, a map of Hispanoamérica – what we know as Latin America, or, if you prefer, the Americas minus everything to the north of Mexico (or maybe even farther to the North, if we consider the numbers).

I wanted to do my sketch of the day and, inspired by the above  (barely depicted) map, decided to make my own version, together with labels unveiling all of my own assumptions, prejudices and the romantic fantasies I have about that continent, that alien, exotic world. To be honest, it wouldn’t be much different in my head if Cortes, Pizarro et al. had conquered Mars or something instead of the other side of the Atlantic; that’s how far away it feels.

This little sketch says a lot more about me than it does about the countries in the map itself, and some of that information I now know is wrong, but if you’re feeling deconstructive enough, maybe I wanted to represent what I thought was true 10 days ago.

Hispanoamérica

Map of Metal

This looks like it could be the world map off Brütal Legend. This gives a heavy clue of what to expect right from the start. What we’ve got here is a very interesting example of cultural representation, this time on the history of heavy metal and all the different music genres it spawned, complete with music playlists you can just leave playing and go on doing your thing. It’s an excellent, excellent job. Very cool.

Map of Metal

Also, allow me to do the map dance. I do it whenever I see unique, strange, accurate or just plain well-made maps! What might the map dance look like, you ask?

*does map headbanging*