This map is of the Atari 2600 game, Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was drawn circa 1983 by Justin and his brother on computer paper of the time period, green and white striped on one side with perforation holes down the edge. Justin says, “I was in the first grade at the time, and […]
Marjolein, an artist from the Netherlands, sent us two maps of fictional worlds. The first map depicts a mountainous mainland with smaller islands. Marjolein explains that because many of the destinations in this region are on the peaks, the inhabitants have constructed huge sky bridges to cross the water. The red lines represent traffic. The […]
Brian sent us this map he drew for a series of role-playing games. The imaginary world exists in a Renaissance-inspired era.
Will recently shared with us this map he found while looking through an old sketchbook. He drew the map of an island as a way to pass time in some of his less-than-exciting college classes and later added color to it using gouache.
Ben sent us this map along with the following description: “My name is Ben Pham, I am in year 10 and currently attending Emmanuel College in Altona North. I am 14 years old and am turning 15 in April. I was born in Australia. My background is Vietnamese. The reason I drew this is because […]
A second map sent to us by Claudia Priori’s Visual Communications class at Emmanuel College in Melbourne, Australia. “My name is Terry Huynh and I am 14 years old. I am from a Vietnamese background but I was born in Melbourne, Australia. I am passionate about drawing and have chosen to draw this map which […]
Claudia Priori, a Visual Communications teacher at Emmanuel College in Melbourne, Australia sent us a collection of maps that she had her students draw. The students are in year 10 which makes them around 14-16 years old. On this site, we’re sharing three of the maps her class sent us. We found all of the […]
Ross sent us this diagram documenting his site, Machinebook. Machinebook was started by Ross and his partner, Lotte Rubbish, in 2007. Ross writes, “we had expressed our feelings for each other but still lived a significant distance away. Because we could not share physical space, we created a shared world in Machinebook. It is a […]
This map was drawn by Ross’s friend, Sergeant Slapnuts, during a planning session for a high school project. The project involved creating a text-based Role Pg Game called Carbon 14. “The Beachfront” is where the main character started out after washing up on the shore in a coffin. One of the first steps after reaching […]
Scott sent this map to the HDMA with the following note: “Been meaning to send you a map for awhile…I saw handmaps.org posted on Coudal again – so here it is…not sure if this fits your parameters as it is completely fictional but I have been making these for awhile as cards for people.” Thanks […]
Grzegorz, an amateur cartographer from Szczecin, Poland, sent this collection of fictional maps depicting imagined islands and continents, each rendered with the care and detail of a serious world-builder. His maps feature invented place names such as Ocean of Dreams [Ocean Snu], Blue Mountains [Niebieskie Góry], and Dragon Mountains [Góry Smoków].
Marilyn sent this wonderful drawing along with the following email: “This is somewhat of a self portrait. When my grandparents immigrated to the United States from Ireland, the term ‘murphies’ was slang for potatoes, a common Irish name as well as a staple in the immigrants diet. If I had ancestors who were artists, I […]