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Our planet is far more miraculous than any fantasy world. From tundra to the tropics, it is overflowing with incredible complexity. One need not draw dragons roaming the wilderness when Earth’s fauna are so bizarre and beautiful. Thus, The North American Continent is a tribute to reality. By vividly illustrating geographic data, I hope to bring attention to the dynamism and mystique of our world. Even in a continent tamed by the Interstate and the Internet, there is a grand frontier alive and well.

An ongoing pictorial map, The North American Continent is drawn completely by hand with colour pencil and pen. It is a 59 x 47 inch (150 x 120 cm) cylindrical projection of the entire region, spanning from Alaska to Panama; Greenland to the Caribbean. There are tens of thousands of features.

​As of September 2018 the map is 99.9% complete, and I'm working on getting prints released ASAP. Most likely between December 2018 and Feb 2019. Stay tuned.

I've been working on The North American Continent since mid-2014, and I'm excited to have it finished and to be working on releasing prints. To stay up-to-date with the progress and release schedule, be sure to check in with the blog, Facebook, Instagram, or join the mailing list.

When clicked, each image in the gallery below will open a high-resolution zoomable version in a new tab on Flickr - essential for appreciating the detail.

Enjoy having a look around. If you have any questions about the content, what remains of the map, release schedule and more, don't hesitate to get in touch.

Parts of Central America and the Yucatan. Most of the ocean bathymetry is done on the map, just a few more sea creatures to go (September 2018).

Inset map of Hawaii, completing all 50 United States.

The US heartland. Click for detail.

I chose to re-draw a vast region of the map - the early stuff - which took me a year and a half. It ended up being half of the contiguous USA. Here's a sample of the before/after redraw.

Mountain West. Click for detail!

Northwest Mexico.

Cuba, Jamaica, The Bahamas. The ocean will completely transform the map, especially in island countries. It will be one of the last things I draw, however. For now, the blue aura around the coastlines is all I have! Stay tuned.

Another region with my hand for scale. Things are getting very, very minute around the Caribbean and Central America.

More re-draw in progress shots.

Southeast United States (before The Bahamas were drawn).

To put the real-life size of the artwork in perspective, here are my fingers for scale. Drawing at this scale is the only way I can actually have the entire continent on a 59x57inch piece of paper.

Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The fifth-largest island in the world, but only the second-largest island on the map after Greenland.

Québec, Newfoundland/Labrador, the Maritimes.