Cartography Pillows

Illustrated map of the island of Cuba and surrounding islands.

Cuc Phuong National Park Vietnam map in a wonderful vintage style.

South America vintage style travel poster.

Alhambra is a suburb of Los Angeles County's San Gabriel Valley. It was one of the first neighborhoods that I explored for my series, "California Fool's Gold," back in 2007. In fact, I didn't even have a name for the series yet -- and I drew the map (rather quickly) a couple of years later. https://ericbrightwell.com/2007/11/05/alhambra-the-gateway-to-the-san-gabriel-valley/

Ivanhoe was a community located just north of Los Angeles, so named by Scottish-born Mexican Hugo Reid (although it was also known as "Ivanhoe Town." Reid died in 1852. Ivanhoe was surveyed and mapped in 1887. Many of the street names were taken from Sir Walter Scott's novel or simply referenced Scotland. Ivanhoe remained on most maps until the 1920s when it was largely subsumed into the 20th century community of Silver Lake.

A silhouette of a WWII bomber plane cut from a vintage map of Europe

In 2014, I led a walking tour of Lincoln Heights for CAFAM (Craft and Folk Art Museum -- now known as Craft Contemporary). Maybe you went on that walk. Maybe you just like the map.

Lake Chapala Mexico map

Kelleys Island Ohio beautiful vintage style map.

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I painted this map of Elysian Heights for a show I called "Taste of the Mideast Side" in which I exhibited maps of various neighborhoods in the Mideast Los Angeles region. The gray cat in the compass rose is "Room 8" -- an internet celebrity cat who was world-famous before there was an internet.

San Gabriel is a suburban city in the San Gabriel Valley. The majority of its populace are foreign-born -- mostly in Vietnam and China -- lead to it's affectionately being nicknamed "Chan Gabriel." Its official name is derived from Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, a Spanish mission built in 1776. I explored it for my series, "California Fool's Gold," in 2011. https://ericbrightwell.com/2011/11/10/california-fools-gold-exploring-san-gabriel-a-city-with-a-mission/

Filicudi Sicily italian island map

I made this watercolor map of Monterey Hills, in Northeast Los Angeles, in 2013. I was accompanied by a now-deceased dog, Dooley, with whom I was charged with going on walks. The map and piece were included in my series, "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2013/12/12/running-up-that-hill-exploring-monterey-hills-at-the-amoeblog/

Diamond Bar is a community in the San Gabriel Valley. I drew this map of it around 2010.

hoi an Vietnam travel poster.

County Clare The Burren Ireland travel poster

Connemara National Park Ireland beautiful old vintage style travel poster.

An oil paint map of Miracle Mile that I did on commission. It was actually my first map pointed with oils -- in honor of the tar beneath the region.

Cypress Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles's Eastside. It's the birthplace of King Taco and El Atacor. I explored for my series, "California Fool's Gold," in 2009. https://ericbrightwell.com/2009/07/07/california-fools-gold-exploring-cypress-park/

Garvanza is a neighborhood in Northeast Los Angeles. It was this third community to be annexed by Los Angeles, following Sycamore Grove and Highland Park. I explored it, with a dog named Dooley, for my series, "California Fool's Gold," in 2014. https://ericbrightwell.com/2014/01/16/garbanzo-ramble-exploring-the-garvanza-neighborhood/

An ink and correctional fluid map that I made of Hollywood's Little Armenia neighborhood in 2008 for "California Fool's Gold." https://ericbrightwell.com/2008/10/07/california-fools-gold-exploring-little-armenia/

Sherman Oaks is a mostly-suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. In the 1980s, it was widely associated with the Valley Girl subculture thanks in large part to the Sherman Oaks Galleria -- which figured into the films "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Valley Girl," the song "Valley Girl," and "Val" culture. I explored it for my series, "California Fool's Gold" in 2010. https://ericbrightwell.com/2010/07/16/california-fools-gold-exploring-sherman-oaks/

Estonia national map landscape travel poster.

El Monte is a suburban city located in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley. It's something of a transit hub, with that valley's only private airport and the largest bus station in the west. I explored it for my series, "California Fool's Gold," in 2013. https://ericbrightwell.com/2013/01/23/california-fools-gold-exploring-el-monte-the-end-of-the-santa-fe-trail-or-at-least-some-trails/

Holland cartoon map

Awesome design for those who love Map Making. Thank you.

My watercolor and oil paint map of the Hawaiʻian islands, with their indigenous names (sorry "Midway"!) From my series, "Where Fool's Fear to Tread." https://ericbrightwell.com/2021/06/19/where-fools-fear-to-tread-a-snapshot-of-hawai%ca%bbi-o%ca%bbahu-and-kaua%ca%bbi/

An ink map of Koreatown I made for "California Fool's Gold" in 2010. For Los Angeles's most densely-populated neighborhood, I decided to go more minimal in a nod to Korean graphic design. https://ericbrightwell.com/2010/05/17/california-fools-gold-exploring-koreatown-%EC%BD%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%ED%83%80%EC%9A%B4/

Botswana map retro style travel poster

I drew this map for a ramble along a relatively short stretch of San Fernando Road in 2013. It appeared in my series, "Urban Rambles." https://ericbrightwell.com/2013/05/16/from-confluence-to-atwater-exploring-along-san-fernando-road-block-by-block-land-of-sunshine-kcet/

Hoover Dam Nevada Arizona retro map.

Togo Africa map.

Walnut is a small suburb in the eastern part of the San Gabriel Valley. It is named, I expect, after the Black Walnut, a tree indigenous to Los Angeles. I explored it for my series, "California Fool's Gold," in 2009.

The theme song to the West Covina-set television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend described West Covina is "the pride of the Inland Empire." It coule be said that that show put West Covina "on the map." Unfortunately, that map is not at all accurate. West Covina is in an altogether different county, Los Angeles, to be precise -- not the Inland Empire (i.e. Riverside and San Bernardino counties). I put it on the map in the correct place -- in the San Gabriel Valley.

Illustrated map of the Alps travel poster.