World building--the Junk Archipelago

#WorldBuilding #SpeculativeCartography

Rome Retrofuture...

66m of sea level rise on top of Nolli’s 1748 map of Rome, from David Rumsey Maps.

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This semester, I'm a guest lecturer for a worldbuilding class at USC School of Dramatic Arts.

I use real-world places to create fictional geographies. In this case, I've cobbled together a few Venezuelan #tepuis to create an archipelago...these are a couple of test renders based on the map.

Remember--Islands are mountains.

#speculativecartography #fictionalmaps #gamemaps #regionmap #creativecarto #worldbuilding #maps #cartography #3dterrain #3denvironment #uscsda #conspiracyofcartographers

This semester, I'm collaborating teaching a worldbuilding class at the USC School of Dramatic Arts.

I'll be showing the class techniques for creating fictional places from real geographies. I've cobbled together a few Venezuelan #tepuis to create an archipelago...this is the draft map.

Remember--Islands are mountains.

#speculativecartography #fictionalmaps #gamemaps #regionmap #creativecarto #worldbuilding #maps #cartography #3dterrain #3denvironment #uscsda #conspiracyofcartographers

I've been here during a monsoon, but nothing like #TropicalStormHilary

Here's the 1941 retrofuture #USGS #Coachella quad with 66m of sea level rise—if all the world’s ice caps melted.

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It seems like an opportune time to repost this one. Here's a retrofuture sea level rise map for #CoachellaValley and #SaltonSea with 66m of sea level rise—if all the world’s ice caps melted.

#TropicalStormHilary #Coachella #PalmDesert #IndioCA #CahuillaLand #vintageMap #oldMaps #JoshuaTreeNP #slabCity #MapArt #mapsAsArt #solarpunk #shadedRelief #seaRiseMaps #seaLevelRise #seaLevelRiseMaps #climateChange #climateChangeMaps #maps #cartography #speculativeCartography #conspiracyOfCartographers

Petrofuture Maui…First fires, then floods.

#petrofuture #maui #mauiFires #climatearson #solarpunk #searise #searisemaps #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #speculativecartography #speculativemaps #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers

The Texas Petrofuture….66m sea level rise on a 1956 #Shell gas station map.

Base map from David Rumsey Maps

#portaransas #corpuschristie #padreisland #mustangisland #texas #houston #brownsville #matamoros #galveston #gulfofmexico #mapsasart #mapart #vintagemaps #retrofuture #petrofuture #climatearson #solarpunk #oilandgasindustry #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #speculativecartography #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers

The Retrofuture map of Ouahu.
This is a 1952 #USGS map base with 66m sea level rise...the highest level of sea rise estimated by the IPCC.

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#Hawaii #HawaiianIslands #Oahu #Honolulu #Kailua #Lanikai #PearlHarbor #DiamondHead #WaimeaBay #mapsAsArt #vintagemaps #retrofuture #climatearson #solarpunk #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #speculativecartography #speculativemaps #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers

Retrofuture map of Hawaii.
This is a 1975 #USGS map base with 66m sea level rise...the highest level of sea rise estimated by the IPCC.

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#Hawaii #HawaiianIslands #Kona #Honolulu #Hilo #kilauea #MaunaLoa #MaunaKea #mapsAsArt #vintagemaps #retrofuture #petrofuture #climatearson #solarpunk #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #speculativecartography #speculativemaps #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers