This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
Whist working for start-up company Maptia, I illustrated 11 of these wonderful, elusive, words - which have no single word within the English language that could be considered a direct translation.
'The relationship between words and their meaning is a fascinating one, and linguists have spent countless years deconstructing it, taking it apart letter by letter, and trying to figure out why there are so many feelings and ideas that we cannot even put words to, and that our languages cannot identify.'
They went down rather well with the Internets, and have been reposted in far too many places, including:
The reaction to this post was (and still is) wild.
This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
A set of illustrations created for the launch of Maptia, who I was working closely with for over half a year, helping to breathe some life (and colour) into their vision.
They officially launched in September 2013, and you can see the illustrations in context as part of their launch post on Medium.
This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
Illustrations for the launch of Maptia's new public homepage, which went live in mid-September 2013.
The screenshots below show them in context, or follow the link below to view the current homepage in its entirety.
This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
A set of 10 illustrations depicting people who 'do good when they travel.'
The idea stemmed from a post by Mark Joseph Deutsch on Medium, where this post also proved mighty popular. It was also (perhaps unsurprisingly given the title) republished on GOOD.is.
This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
Originally published within an interview over on the Maptia blog with author of Vagabonding, a certain Rolf Potts.
This is: Personal
The beginning of a series of drawings that will take a disproportionately long time to complete.
First drawing was introduced to the world within a blog post entitled 'These Are Not Pyramids.'
This was: Personal
A handful of confessions, or simply thoughts that have crossed my mind at one point or another.
This was: Personal
I translated 14 casual acquaintances onto paper, and have often wondered how long it would take to draw every vaguely significant person in my life this way.
This was: Personal
I was shamelessly 'commissioned' by Maptia's CEO to illustrate this delightful message, which now hangs in the office of Francis Pedraza, CEO of Everest.
From one CEO to another. On a side note, Everest is a truly stunning app.
This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
Small illustrations done for the storytelling themes on Maptia, which contain stories submitted by the people in their community.
These were fun.
This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
A selection of quotes spanning across three different posts, this was a format that worked extremely well in terms of visual impact and sharing. Below are links to the original posts in which they appeared.
This was: Professional
Client: Jodi Ettenberg of Legal Nomads
The beginning of a longterm project, Vietnam is the first in what will hopefully be a series of typographic food maps of around 10 countries.
Jodi launched a successful TeeSpring campaign with a beautifully honest post, recalling some of her earliest memories of Vietnam. Soon there will also prints/posters... and all of this excitement is in sort-of-conjunction with her Food Walks in Saigon.
This was: Personal
I have a theory involving pointless productivity, which seemingly allows me to spend hours on end creating something which to many would hardly seem worth the effort.
It's brilliant.
This was: Personal
I cannot really explain how much I love these two, and it's just marvellous how one thin straight line can turn into anything.
Yes, I need glasses now.
This was: Professional
Client: Maptia
Because nobody could ever resist the combination of inspirational quotes and photos that play with focus.
In fact, you can download the files below.
