Ocean of Dreams

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].

College Life

Emily drew this lovely map to document some of her experiences in the city while attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. We see some mundane experiences such as “always trip here,” a number of favorite places to eat, quite a few references to nice people being helpful, AND my personal favorite, “perfect […]

Here Be the Kitchen

Drawn on a rainy afternoon with her eight-year-old daughter, Lux creates a fanciful world in her home’s kitchen. Everyday appliances transform into potentially treacherous points of interest. The refrigerator houses the Icy Lair of Evil Troutus [top right], the stove transforms into an island of fire [middle left], and her precariously overstuffed bookshelf morphs into […]