<div class="page traditional" style=" background-color: #fff; "> <article> <header> <h1 style=" font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: #000;">Maps </h1> <p class="byline">Sam Fischer </p> </header> <div class="main"> <p class="summary" style=" color: #000;">A Cartograph Essay </p> <p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I remember when the <em>Lord of the Rings</em> trilogy came out. The first thing I did after exiting the movie theater was to ask my mom if we could go to the book store, so I could buy the books and proudly read them all. Unfortunately, I was never much of a reader, and after getting through of page of Tolkien prose it was everything I could do to keep myself awake. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And yet, it wasn’t all a waste. The map of middle-earth was something that I found endlessly fascinating. Here I was, not only looking at a new world, but looking at little mountains, hills, rivers, and forests. Beyond being a clear, accurate representation of Tolkien’s world, it was everything a map should be; it was a work of art. Every so often, I still pull out those unread books, just so I can look at the maps. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Real-world maps will seldom be escapist works of art, and that’s why I decided to get into map-making myself. So far, I’ve drawn Britain, Australia, and Iceland, trying to capture the same wonder that a map of Middle-Earth or Westeros might inspir</span>e</span>.</p><p><img src="/uploads/551aaea41dcc4.jpg"></p><p><img src="/uploads/551aaebac5170.jpg"></p><p><img src="/uploads/551aaeca530c6.jpg"></p> </div> </article> </div><!-- /page-->