Anthony Despalins: “I feel this energy when creating impossible landscapes, spaces, configurations.”
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Lisbon cartographer and artist Anthony Despalins on using the visual language of French 1:50k topos to create imagined landscapes, a toolkit of pencils, poems, markers, memories and ink, drawing inspiration from the Gironde estuary and Matthew 6:9, sketching entire layouts in reverse on tracing paper, chasing altered states while creating worlds, and “living in every inch of the maps” he draws. See his work at https://instagram.com/the_inland_sea 1:50k 1950s French topo example Add them to QGIS as a WMS layer Em Todos os Jardins, inspired by a Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen poem Kishkindha Zelenskyy Comme Au Ciel Matthew 6:9 Christus statue Boire Gilles Baudry Mon Âme A-T-Elle Porque Portolan chart Mikael Asikainen Helen Cann Need maps for your org’s reports, decks, walls and events? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Map Consultancy makes real nice maps, real fast.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See what good maps can do for you at themapconsultancy.com I have three words for you: Big. Glowing. Maps. Depending on how that makes you feel, you might like two more words: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Radiant Maps⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. See ultra-detailed backlit maps at radiantmaps.co Time for some map gifts: get 15% off woven map blankets and backlit map decor with code 15OFF, everything ships free –https://www.etsy.com/shop/RadiantMaps?coupon=15OFF
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