Guadalajara Bird
January 23, 2013 at 6:00 pm 2 comments
I was drawing a map of Guadalajara the other day, for no particular reason, and discovered a bird walking in the streets. Do you see it?
He reminds me of a fella who took a long walk on the beach with me in Puerto Vallarta.
My sketch was just a small section of the city. I checked google maps and, sure enough, there are more streets that look like tail feathers. This can’t be a coincidence! Is it my imagination or were the city planners having some fun? I added the “tail” streets to my sketch and colored the map to highlight the bird, a creature I’ve named Birdalajara.
The areas in green are actual parks, the rest of the colors were inspired by the Mexican ceramics and tiles that I love so much.
Entry filed under: Illustration, Maps, Travel. Tags: IF: Myth.
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henniemavis | February 24, 2013 at 10:00 am
This is lovely! I love birds of any kind & this one is particularly wonderful :-)
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peggy fussell | February 27, 2013 at 9:16 am
Thanks, Heidi! Next I’ll need to look for chickens in a map of New Hampshire!