But his map series began fairly traditionally. “The whole series started with the Portland map,” he explained once in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “Portland is a pretty geniusly designed city with very simple radial divisions. There were a few unclear things in my mind, so I made a map to help me explain the city as a whole. Just a few lines and some circles.”

According to the designer, his maps’ minimalist aesthetic draws from his experience as a letterpress printer, relying upon type and lines. “I actually have no formal graphic design training which shows when I try to do things like make a catalog or design a webpage,” he notes, incredibly. “I would never get hired as a designer. Everything I learned is from type-setting in letterpress printing, which is a totally antiquated (went out of style in the 1950’s), and in hindsight, was probably a waste of time.”

With a cult following online, Archambault’s maps prove that even when there’s no place to travel to, we can always rely on our creative spirit and imagination.

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Designer Amber Share was surprised to discover that some people actually left snarky and negative reviews online after visiting some of America’s most beloved National Parks. That’s when she came up with the idea to create hilarious travel posters for all 61 National parks, and each poster features some of these cynical comments that she found on the Internet.

“I wanted to draw all 61 parks, but wanted to add a twist to the project that would incorporate hand lettering. I found one star reviews of every park, and every Wednesday I post a new one,” says Shares, adding that she only wants to “put a positive, fun spin on such a negative mindset.”

Her retro-style posters feature some of America’s most beautiful mountains, lakes, and forests matched with funny comments such as “There are bugs and they will bite you on your face,” or “Trees block view and there are too many gray rocks.”

The post Artist Creates Posters For National Parks Based on Their Worst Reviews appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“In Italy life becomes epic,” she relays on her website. “Even a simple espresso in the piazza becomes an event.” Her paintings portray this epicness in vibrant color, allowing the viewer to travel to Italy without actually having to travel.

Part of what makes Cammerata’s creations so vivid is her understanding of light, and the way it can change a setting dramatically. “Light and its effect on color is the essence of my work,” she writes. “The sunshine of Italy saturates and energizes everything it touches, making colors sing.”

According to Cammerata, each and every moment, our senses are flooded with light. “I want to capture that radiance, that aliveness, and create a painting that makes you want to immerse yourself in it,” she notes.

Her understanding of light and color became an important part of her artistic journey, beginning with studying impressionist color theory and continuing in her formal studies, having graduated with a degree in fine arts, with a strong grounding in art history.

Take a look at some of her creations in the gallery below.

The post Kimberly Cammerata Invites You to Step Into Her Italian Landscapes appeared first on MobiSpirit.

She says she likes to draw with colored pencils in a warm space and that her work is mostly inspired by travels.

“I draw reference to the picture I took. And if it was my daily life, I remember or take notes of the moment that I want to draw and then draw with colored pencils. But colors don’t paint in real colors. I change the colors based on my feelings. And I also change the colors to make the artwork looks more harmonious,” the artist told Ballpit in an interview and added that she later scans her image and uses Photoshop to edit the drawings.

You can find Park’s creations on Instagram, and although, she has reached only 4,000 followers we really enjoyed browsing through her feed and we believe that you will enjoy it too.

The post Stella Park Takes Pictures Of Her Travels and Turns Them Into Drawings appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I tell stories through my illustrations,” said Cheepsatayakorn in an interview with The Smoke Detector. “I love capturing real-time moments so if I wish I could elongate the moments I want to capture and see every movement in slow motion. I want to see every second in a more detailed way.”

With degrees in both Strategic Communications and Architecture, her illustrated observations include both people and environments. So it makes sense that her main inspiration comes from her travels around the world. “Traveling inspires me,” she said. “First off, it does the heart good! I love to slowly indulge and fully appreciate the atmosphere. I always carry a sketchbook with me to capture the moment I love with my drawing.”

A visual storyteller, the more Cheepsatayakorn sees the world, the more stories she has to share. “Especially when I travel alone, I get to date the city and I get to see it from a different angle,” she reflects. “Every time I change environment, new ideas spark into life.”

Follow her visual journeys.

The post Travel Around the World Through Pearada Cheepsatayakorn’s Illustrations appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Zhifang Shi, also known as zhifangs on social media is a watercolor artist who travels a lot, and everything that captures his sight he passes onto a paper.

“The Shanghai-based artist works en plein air, painting atop a portable palette to document storefronts, architectural features, boats, and trolley cars,” according to Colossal. “Washes of color add depth and movement to Shi’s loose, gestural contour lines, and his focus on points of entry and modes of transit invites the viewer into the artist’s world.”

Shi shares his remarkable sketches on his Instagram profile where he has over 50.8 thousand followers.

Scroll down and take a look at his work below.

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Dekker started sailing alone at the age of 6 and as she got older, she sailed in competitive dinghy races and offshore later on. She has owned several boats, all named “Guppy.” In May 2009 she sailed Hurley 700, a 7 meters seaworthy boat, alone across to England. After that journey, she wanted to achieve one of her biggest dreams, to sail around the world.

In 2010, at a tender age of 15, she set off on a journey to sail solo around the world, with the consent of her parents and Dutch government. After one year and five months of almost non-stop sailing, she successfully completed her solo circumnavigation in her 38ft Ketch sailboat.

Today, Dekker serves as a motivational speaker, professional captain, author and world traveler, sharing her passions and life lessons to everyone and inspiring young people to follow their dreams.

The post This Teenager is The Youngest Person to Sail Around The World Solo appeared first on MobiSpirit.

These pictures show very beautiful places with amazing panoramic views. Taking a closer look at each of these pictures, you would notice that there are no structures erected here. They contain natural landscapes like plains, rocks, trees, nicely-coloured flowers and waterfalls. All of this, with their amazing scenery, make moments spent here to become memorable ones.

Their locations are also perfect for photo shoots and make great wallpapers too. The photographers responsible for the shots also did an amazing job to capture the beauty of the locations, making them look dreamlike.

Would you visit these places if given a chance? See the stunning pictures below.

The post These Places Are So Dreamy, You Won’t Believe They’re Real appeared first on MobiSpirit.

This traveling couple, for whom life is a journey, has visited over seventy-five countries in the course of the last ten years. They had first started backpacking and hitchhiking through South America and Southeast Asia, until, in 2011, while in India, they decided to continue traveling on a motorcycle. With a 70s Royal Enfield, they began with a full tour of India, and went on to travel through five continents, on their trip around Gaia.

Their largest expedition spanned between 2013 and 2017, when they crossed the globe on their motorbike, visiting sixty-nine countries, while continuously traveling through the points connecting all the continents – from the deserts of Atacama or Namibia, to the Amazon rainforest, to the Arctic seashore, and the Pamir mountains. After tasting the freedom of the open road, Ivana and Manu couldn’t stop traveling, so they embarked upon a new expedition – this time with a van – in 2018.

For any traveling, motorcycle, or photography lovers, scroll down to view their journey.

The post A Trip Around Gaia on a Motorcycle appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Although most of us are aware of the standardization on Instagram, these montages show the extent of all these photographic replicas. They testify to the lack of originality displayed by a large number of “travel” instagrams.

Behind the account is 27-year-old filmmaker living in Alaska, who became fed up with seeing these self-proclaimed “adventurers” and “explorers” flood the social network. Subjective views from an open tent showing an impressive landscape, portraits of backs on mountaintops, in canoes, on bridges that make you dizzy, in front of a turquoise lake and in front of waterfalls, blonde hair in the wind in front of a landscape impressive (again!), aurora borealis and small red cabins near to a lake… This account doesn’t seem to run out of material for samey photo mosaics.

The post Instagram Account Makes Fun of Photos on Instagram appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But his map series began fairly traditionally. “The whole series started with the Portland map,” he explained once in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “Portland is a pretty geniusly designed city with very simple radial divisions. There were a few unclear things in my mind, so I made a map to help me explain the city as a whole. Just a few lines and some circles.”

According to the designer, his maps’ minimalist aesthetic draws from his experience as a letterpress printer, relying upon type and lines. “I actually have no formal graphic design training which shows when I try to do things like make a catalog or design a webpage,” he notes, incredibly. “I would never get hired as a designer. Everything I learned is from type-setting in letterpress printing, which is a totally antiquated (went out of style in the 1950’s), and in hindsight, was probably a waste of time.”

With a cult following online, Archambault’s maps prove that even when there’s no place to travel to, we can always rely on our creative spirit and imagination.

The post These Original Maps Will Help You Make Sense of the World appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Designer Amber Share was surprised to discover that some people actually left snarky and negative reviews online after visiting some of America’s most beloved National Parks. That’s when she came up with the idea to create hilarious travel posters for all 61 National parks, and each poster features some of these cynical comments that she found on the Internet.

“I wanted to draw all 61 parks, but wanted to add a twist to the project that would incorporate hand lettering. I found one star reviews of every park, and every Wednesday I post a new one,” says Shares, adding that she only wants to “put a positive, fun spin on such a negative mindset.”

Her retro-style posters feature some of America’s most beautiful mountains, lakes, and forests matched with funny comments such as “There are bugs and they will bite you on your face,” or “Trees block view and there are too many gray rocks.”

The post Artist Creates Posters For National Parks Based on Their Worst Reviews appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“In Italy life becomes epic,” she relays on her website. “Even a simple espresso in the piazza becomes an event.” Her paintings portray this epicness in vibrant color, allowing the viewer to travel to Italy without actually having to travel.

Part of what makes Cammerata’s creations so vivid is her understanding of light, and the way it can change a setting dramatically. “Light and its effect on color is the essence of my work,” she writes. “The sunshine of Italy saturates and energizes everything it touches, making colors sing.”

According to Cammerata, each and every moment, our senses are flooded with light. “I want to capture that radiance, that aliveness, and create a painting that makes you want to immerse yourself in it,” she notes.

Her understanding of light and color became an important part of her artistic journey, beginning with studying impressionist color theory and continuing in her formal studies, having graduated with a degree in fine arts, with a strong grounding in art history.

Take a look at some of her creations in the gallery below.

The post Kimberly Cammerata Invites You to Step Into Her Italian Landscapes appeared first on MobiSpirit.

She says she likes to draw with colored pencils in a warm space and that her work is mostly inspired by travels.

“I draw reference to the picture I took. And if it was my daily life, I remember or take notes of the moment that I want to draw and then draw with colored pencils. But colors don’t paint in real colors. I change the colors based on my feelings. And I also change the colors to make the artwork looks more harmonious,” the artist told Ballpit in an interview and added that she later scans her image and uses Photoshop to edit the drawings.

You can find Park’s creations on Instagram, and although, she has reached only 4,000 followers we really enjoyed browsing through her feed and we believe that you will enjoy it too.

The post Stella Park Takes Pictures Of Her Travels and Turns Them Into Drawings appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I tell stories through my illustrations,” said Cheepsatayakorn in an interview with The Smoke Detector. “I love capturing real-time moments so if I wish I could elongate the moments I want to capture and see every movement in slow motion. I want to see every second in a more detailed way.”

With degrees in both Strategic Communications and Architecture, her illustrated observations include both people and environments. So it makes sense that her main inspiration comes from her travels around the world. “Traveling inspires me,” she said. “First off, it does the heart good! I love to slowly indulge and fully appreciate the atmosphere. I always carry a sketchbook with me to capture the moment I love with my drawing.”

A visual storyteller, the more Cheepsatayakorn sees the world, the more stories she has to share. “Especially when I travel alone, I get to date the city and I get to see it from a different angle,” she reflects. “Every time I change environment, new ideas spark into life.”

Follow her visual journeys.

The post Travel Around the World Through Pearada Cheepsatayakorn’s Illustrations appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Zhifang Shi, also known as zhifangs on social media is a watercolor artist who travels a lot, and everything that captures his sight he passes onto a paper.

“The Shanghai-based artist works en plein air, painting atop a portable palette to document storefronts, architectural features, boats, and trolley cars,” according to Colossal. “Washes of color add depth and movement to Shi’s loose, gestural contour lines, and his focus on points of entry and modes of transit invites the viewer into the artist’s world.”

Shi shares his remarkable sketches on his Instagram profile where he has over 50.8 thousand followers.

Scroll down and take a look at his work below.

The post Watercolor Artist Travels And Paints Sights That Capture His Eyes appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Dekker started sailing alone at the age of 6 and as she got older, she sailed in competitive dinghy races and offshore later on. She has owned several boats, all named “Guppy.” In May 2009 she sailed Hurley 700, a 7 meters seaworthy boat, alone across to England. After that journey, she wanted to achieve one of her biggest dreams, to sail around the world.

In 2010, at a tender age of 15, she set off on a journey to sail solo around the world, with the consent of her parents and Dutch government. After one year and five months of almost non-stop sailing, she successfully completed her solo circumnavigation in her 38ft Ketch sailboat.

Today, Dekker serves as a motivational speaker, professional captain, author and world traveler, sharing her passions and life lessons to everyone and inspiring young people to follow their dreams.

The post This Teenager is The Youngest Person to Sail Around The World Solo appeared first on MobiSpirit.

These pictures show very beautiful places with amazing panoramic views. Taking a closer look at each of these pictures, you would notice that there are no structures erected here. They contain natural landscapes like plains, rocks, trees, nicely-coloured flowers and waterfalls. All of this, with their amazing scenery, make moments spent here to become memorable ones.

Their locations are also perfect for photo shoots and make great wallpapers too. The photographers responsible for the shots also did an amazing job to capture the beauty of the locations, making them look dreamlike.

Would you visit these places if given a chance? See the stunning pictures below.

The post These Places Are So Dreamy, You Won’t Believe They’re Real appeared first on MobiSpirit.

This traveling couple, for whom life is a journey, has visited over seventy-five countries in the course of the last ten years. They had first started backpacking and hitchhiking through South America and Southeast Asia, until, in 2011, while in India, they decided to continue traveling on a motorcycle. With a 70s Royal Enfield, they began with a full tour of India, and went on to travel through five continents, on their trip around Gaia.

Their largest expedition spanned between 2013 and 2017, when they crossed the globe on their motorbike, visiting sixty-nine countries, while continuously traveling through the points connecting all the continents – from the deserts of Atacama or Namibia, to the Amazon rainforest, to the Arctic seashore, and the Pamir mountains. After tasting the freedom of the open road, Ivana and Manu couldn’t stop traveling, so they embarked upon a new expedition – this time with a van – in 2018.

For any traveling, motorcycle, or photography lovers, scroll down to view their journey.

The post A Trip Around Gaia on a Motorcycle appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Although most of us are aware of the standardization on Instagram, these montages show the extent of all these photographic replicas. They testify to the lack of originality displayed by a large number of “travel” instagrams.

Behind the account is 27-year-old filmmaker living in Alaska, who became fed up with seeing these self-proclaimed “adventurers” and “explorers” flood the social network. Subjective views from an open tent showing an impressive landscape, portraits of backs on mountaintops, in canoes, on bridges that make you dizzy, in front of a turquoise lake and in front of waterfalls, blonde hair in the wind in front of a landscape impressive (again!), aurora borealis and small red cabins near to a lake… This account doesn’t seem to run out of material for samey photo mosaics.

The post Instagram Account Makes Fun of Photos on Instagram appeared first on MobiSpirit.