Texas
The waiter was one of my first Ideas, I redrew it a couple of times. Straight lines are always challenging, but here they worked pretty well.
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France
I did several Versions of France, but the rhino with the newspaper is by far my favorite. It was an idea by my community.
Kosovo
A lot of people asked me to draw a map of Kosovo, but it took me quite a while to get a good idea.
Ireland
When I started drawing this image, I intentionally wanted do draw a monster. But soon it turned out to be an old man and later I realised it could be a Leprechaun.
Laos
The Rainbow-Bear was my third version of Laos (I drew a palmtree and a dinosaur before) but this version is my favorite.
Sicily
Although it is not a traditional sicilian pizza, Italy an pizza belong together.
Guatemala
I knew a native warrior would fit, but I had to do some researches to create the headdress.
Iceland
Still suprised on how much the western part of Iceland looks like a reindeer.
About
My name is Max Schöm, born in Heidelberg, Germany, and now working as a journalist for the public broadcaster
MDR in Magdeburg. During my work for the Instagram channel #MDRklärt, I often used maps for illustrating news.
So, I learned a lot about the shapes of the different German federal states, especially Saxony-Anhalt –
and I discovered, that Saxony-Anhalt looks like an old man. One day, I drew this old man in the shape of
Saxony-Anhalt and shared it with the users of MDR. The feedback was huge, as other people also saw faces,
animals e.g. and I drew their ideas, too. As the world bears much more shapes, the idea of Map Art was
born with thousands of fans in the whole world.
Media
German
Interview with 7auf1Strich
English
Artikel published in Maproom
Kazakh
Interview with Tengrin News
Interview with Channel 7
Article published in Paryz
Polish
Article published in Repostuj Blog
Get In Touch
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Email: info@the-map-art.com