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Drawing on map Ed Fairburn, Western Front, Piece Of Paper, Artist Models, Gcse Art, Drawing Projects, Identity Art, A Level Art, Ap Art

above: Windermere, Pencil on a cropped map of the English Lakes – specifically Lake Windermere. Cardiff-based illustrator Ed Fairburn sees things in maps most of us do not. His map-based portraits combine the art of cartography with the drawing of the human face. Making the curves and lines of the two dimensional terrain (or the heavens as is the case with his celestial drawings) blend with the curves and lines of human features brings a dimensionality to both the maps and the portraits. The…

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Map Portraits by Ed Fairburn - IGNANT Ed Fairburn, Art Carte, Art Et Illustration, A Level Art, Ap Art, Portrait Drawing, Map Art, 그림 그리기, Artist Art

Artist Ed Fairburn uses the chaotic patchwork of roads, trains, and rivers printed on maps as the framework for his large-scale portraits. Almost like a sculptor carving a subject from a block of stone Fairburn uses meticulous ink or pencil crosshatching to create portraits hidden amongst the topographical features. You can see more of his […]

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Ed Fairburn, Unique Portraits, Traditional Ink, English Artists, New Works, Gcse Art, Illustrated Map, Vintage Portraits, School Art

With the invent of GPS technology and map applications, paper maps are waning in use - but they are an essential material to English artist Ed Fairburn, who uses them as the canvas of his detailed portraits. Fairburn's work is an imaginative incorporation of the human form and topography. He's used maps of places from all over the world. The winding layouts of streets and rivers are enhanced to form wrinkles, veins, and other features of his subjects' faces.

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Map Portraits by Ed Fairburn - IGNANT Ed Fairburn, Story Maps, Celestial Map, Urban Culture, Art Carte, A Level Art, Illustrated Map, Wassily Kandinsky, Vintage Maps

Artist Ed Fairburn uses the chaotic patchwork of roads, trains, and rivers printed on maps as the framework for his large-scale portraits. Almost like a sculptor carving a subject from a block of stone Fairburn uses meticulous ink or pencil crosshatching to create portraits hidden amongst the topographical features. You can see more of his […]

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