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[2008-06-10 00:58:23 +0000 UTC]
"Jordan"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 447; Deviations: 112; Watchers: 469
Watching: 69; Pageviews: 100536; Comments Made: 335; Friends: 69
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Edward GoreyFavorite movies: Memento
Favorite bands / musical artists: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favorite writers: Stephen King
Favorite games: Final Fantasy Tactics
Favorite gaming platform: PC, PSP
Tools of the Trade: Photoshop
Other Interests: History, art, Ju-Jiutsu, writing, welding/metalwork
# About me
I do mostly alternate history related artwork. If you're interested in a commission or just a general question, contact me: jordan13242001@yahoo.com
# Comments
Comments: 127
Hello alt reality, I made some time ago a map of how american maybe would have looked if the CSA had won in Settling accounts, the main problem is that I'm not all that good with maps, so can you make a better version of it for me?
Check it please gukpard.deviantart.com/art/New…
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Nothing concerning Hawaii in any alt history? Wasteful.
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Your work is AMAZING!!! One of the best I've ever seen, really!
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Read about you in io9.com's recent article, and share your fondness for history and cartography. The work you do allows me to imagine alternate histories fantastically! Keep doing this work, please!
\m/
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Thanks for adding some of my steampunk themed pendant sets to your favourites.
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They are gorgeous pieces of work, and highly inspirational.
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I have to say, your alternate history maps are something amazing. By any chance have you read "Lost States" or "How the States Got Their Shapes"?
Just curious because I havent met many people who know about places like Deseret and Sequoyah.
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I have - "How the States Got Their Shapes" is quite interesting.
I mostly learned about different suggested states through my own research, however.
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Hey, I founded a group to gather fellow micronationalists together
I was wondering if you wanted to join up. If you joined as a contributor, I'd make you your own folder for your Micronation related stuff
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Welcome to the group, you've got a great collection of maps.
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Thanks for the fave on the Chris Cornell painting. That's one a lot of people seem to appreciate.
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Really great gallery here! I was captivated by your maps. I love the details and imagination.
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These maps of yours are a real find! You've managed to turn something that fourth graders everywhere shudder to learn about into something that historians, literary buffs, and anthropologists alike would become starstruck at for hours. Great job!
I'm curious: do you occasionally have viewers get incensed over your choices of where to redraw or rename the boundaries even though you remind viewers that it's all speculative fiction? ex. I about laughed myself silly whenever I saw you whittle "important" states like Texas or California into tiny slices of land. Considering how uptight folks can get about their own homelands (because we're each born and raised in the greatest state of the greatest nation on Earth, right?), it struck me that some people without any sense of humor or interest in alternate histories would get lippy with you for daring to insult their home state/nation/culture.
I mention this partly because it struck me that your gallery alone would make for a controversial yet non-violent non-racist non-religious non-sexual art museum exhibit. Usually when museums try and draw in the crowds via shocking them, the results end up being offensive instead of thought-provoking. Your maps don't do that. I'm impressed!
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First, thanks a lot for the wonderful comment! It's good to see that other people can take an interest in cartography, with all the lies within. I admit it would be neat to be featured in an art museum!
I get what you described occasionally, mostly in the rather innocent form of "Aww, my home state/country is split up!". The only serious deriding I got was actually from a Polish user who disagreed with how I place Poland on a fan map.
Once again thanks for the comments!
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Great, great gallery. I really love your maps - very inspiring. I've just added two images, that have been hugely inspired by your work, to my gallery.
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Cheers, and keep up the nice work.
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Many thanks for adding "Steam car" to your favourites
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Dig on your gallery!
Thanks for the of Hive City (Ink) !
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Ta muchly for the fave. In awe of your stuff :]
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wow! Mindblowing! Very interesting, I will have to sit down and just gaze! Beautiful!!! And now, some worx to be done. But yes, I´ll watch you NOT to miss out on this, it´s fabulous! Thanx
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Thanks for the fav! Glad you like my new shot. More from that set up soon. But damn... I should really try for some more AH or Steampunk themes shouldn't I?
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