The end product

I finally got a chance to go to the print shop, to get good copies made of the maps, and a digital copy made for future (as the original of the New Zealand map is going to my brother). The copies are on lovely, stiff 300gsm card, and it was even sunny enough today that I got to take photos of them in proper light!

So, if you're crying out for a map of New Zealand or the UK, filled with animals and filigree, here ya go!

Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland...

All those bits that make up Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Britlandshire...after many, many hours of intensive doodling to fill in the sketched outline of the country, this is the completed map, yay! Large enough to show the details of the filling.

There are 16 animals hidden in the map (or not-so-hidden: I deliberately darkened them to make them slightly easier to spot, in among the swirls and twirls):

Badger
Hare
Deer
Hedgehog
Swan
Snail
Mouse
Heron
Frog
Butterfly
Snake
Dragonfly
Fox
Squirrel
Robin
Highland Cow

And here's some closeups, also enlargeable:

New Zealand - both islands

And here's the finished piece:

18 birds, 8 lizards, and half my mind are buried in there! I'm thinking of taking this along to a print shop before I send it off, maybe see if I can make some high quality copies of it. Whaddya think?

New Zealand - North Island

And here's North Island - 9 birds and 4 lizards are hidden within the outline of the island :)

And a closeup of the middle:

New Zealand - South Island doodles

I'm making a gift for my brother and his girlfriend, who've just bought their first home in New Zealand. I thought a doodle-filled version of the islands of New Zealand would be fun, then @laurajwilkinson suggested  that I should sneak in a Kiwi into the doodles, and it snowballed from there! I've completed South Island, and I've hidden 7 stylised birds (kiwi and pukeko being the two most recognisable) and 4 lizards in this. Can you spot them?

Next up: North Island!