Cape Horn, South America and Antarctica

[onez]

Hello fellow cartographers! Hope you are all doing fine.

I haven't been very active on the Guild lately, mostly due to work.
Anyway, here is the latest map I've worked on.

CH_map.jpg

It was a commission by Cape Horn, an outdoors clothing brand, of a celebratory map for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of CAPE HORN.
The idea was to create something of a blend of cartography, illustration and a bit of infographic, along the lines of some of the beautiful National Geographic Magazine supplements.

My main inspiration was Richard Edes Harrison, so I worked from there following the client's brief.

The work hasn't been 100% approved yet so there might be some minor changes.

Sorry if the type is a bit small but it is a huge map which is supposed to be printed as large as possible.
Also, I might add some wips and extra information later.

Done in pencil, Photoshop, and a tiny bit of QGIS.


Comments and critique are most welcome!

[Falconius]

Wow that is a really interesting map. Very inspiring. I love the water and waves in the vignette.

[Mouse]

Quite beautiful. I particularly like the way you have depicted South America. How on Earth did you do that?

[onez]

Quite beautiful. I particularly like the way you have depicted South America. How on Earth did you do that?

Thank you.
If you are talking about the proportions and "globe" angle of it, I used Google Earth to get the right composition, screencaptured, printed, and traced for the gross shape/proportions of the land masses.
I then worked my way with pencils, so some geographical accuracy was lost.

[Gentleastronaut]

Thank you.
If you are talking about the proportions and "globe" angle of it, I used Google Earth to get the right composition, screencaptured, printed, and traced for the gross shape/proportions of the land masses.
I then worked my way with pencils, so some geographical accuracy was lost.

Can you walk thru the 'used google earth' steps? How did you get the panoramic-bird's eye-perspective to 'bend' the sAmerica land mass to your preference? The globe isn't shaped like that. I am attempting the very same thing. Thank you for any direction (smile).

Very best.

[onez]

Can you walk thru the 'used google earth' steps? How did you get the panoramic-bird's eye-perspective to 'bend' the sAmerica land mass to your preference? The globe isn't shaped like that. I am attempting the very same thing. Thank you for any direction (smile).

Very best.

@Gentleastronaut here's an early WIP with the screencap I took from Google Earth pasted into the file.

CH_map_00.jpg

I had to play around with it (Google Earth) a lot before getting the desired angle.

[Tom]

You take inspiration from one of the greatest cartographer of the last century and the result is awesome!
Beautiful! you have serious drawing skills!!

[Mouse]

Then Tom is right. You have an extraordinary drawing skill

[snodsy]

WOW! the is absolutely beautiful, National Geography could have a new team member. The combo illustration/map/infographic is spot on Your the next Fernando Baptista.

The sailboat rounding the horn captures that nasty area incredibly well, so scary, can't say enough of how good this is.

[ChickPea]

This is fantastic! I love the illustrative quality of it. The sailing boat on the waves illustration is stunning. Absolutely gorgeous work. Repped.