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I’m a graphic artist living in Aarhus, Denmark and I work under the name DAU-DAW. I grew up in the countryside where I developed a great love for both nature and animals – all of which are reflected in my work below. I spend between a few days and several weeks creating each of these little worlds.

The “maps” are all divided into different countries and every mountain, every lake, every city and every ocean in these pieces are named after everything relevant to the title of each piece. Take for example Felidae – Land of the Lion. Everything in this “map” is named after both fictional and actual lion species that are either extinct or still around today. 

No actual geographical locations are presented in any of these pieces. Everything has been drawn from scratch by me using mostly Illustrator. I hope you like it!

More info: Instagram | icanvas.com

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Ursidae - Land Of The Panda

Ursidae - Land Of The Panda

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously the capital city in 'Land of the Panda' is named after the big, fluffy and bamboo eating Giant Panda (ailuropoda melanoleuca) we all know and love 🐼🐼🐼 And if you look closely you can see tiny crosses in front of some of the names in the close-up picture to the right. Those crosses mean that the spieces they are infront of have gone extinct (don't worry - in most cases it happened a looong time ago!).

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    Felidae - Land Of The Lion

    Felidae - Land Of The Lion

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This map is made in the image of the Lion. Mountains, seas, lakes, cities etc. are all named after spieces belonging to the family of Felidae. The Felidae comprises two subfamilies, the Pantherinae and the Felinae. The former includes the Panthera species: lion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard and the sunda clouded leopard. All the non-pantherine cats are part of the Felinae, which includes several genera and the majority of cat species - aswell as the domestic cat.

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    Strigiformes - Land Of The Owl

    Strigiformes - Land Of The Owl

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strigiformes (owls) consists of six families, where two of them (Strigidae and Tytonidae) includes all extant owl spieces - Some 220 to 225 in total. Fitting 220+ owl names into one map was quite a challenge!

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    Land Of Monstera

    Land Of Monstera

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For those who havn't noticed, this map was made in the image of a plant (monstera) and not an animal :) Monstera is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants.

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    Ailuridae - Land Of The Red Panda

    Ailuridae - Land Of The Red Panda

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    Giraffoidea - Land Of The Giraffe

    Giraffoidea - Land Of The Giraffe

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Giraffoidea is a superfamily that includes many spieces where most have been extinct for a very long time. The only extant members in this superfamily are the pronghorn, okapi, and ofcourse the giraffe.

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    Mustelidae - Land Of The Otter

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    Accipitridae - Land Of The Eagle

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Land of the Eagle is made in the image of the bald eagle and mountains, seas, lakes, cities etc. are all named after bird spieces belonging to the family of Accipitridae (hawks, true eagles, seaeagles and snake-eagles) approx. 60 in total :)

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    Anatidae - Land Of The Swan

    Anatidae - Land Of The Swan

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    Vulpini - Land Of The Fox

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    Leporidae - Land Of The Rabbit

    Leporidae - Land Of The Rabbit

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all. This map was made in the image of the rabbit - but i will do the hare aswell at some point :)

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    Alcidae - Land Of The Puffin

    Alcidae - Land Of The Puffin

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    Felidae - Land Of The Cheetah

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    Psittacoidea - Land Of The Parrot

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    Trochilidae - Land Of The Hummingbird

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine it full of beautiful flowers and lots of jeweled birds flitting around.

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    Panthera - Land Of The Jaguar

    Panthera - Land Of The Jaguar

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    Macaca - Land Of The Macaque

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    Ursidae - Land Of The Bear

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A cold wooded place with lots of berries, salmon and honey. Up north there are polar bears.

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    Vombatiformes - Land Of The Koala

    Vombatiformes - Land Of The Koala

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is the koala separate from the bear? I mean, it has all of the koalafications

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    Caprinae - Land Of The Bighorn Sheep

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    Cervidae - Land Of The Deer

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    Phoenicopteriformes - Land Of The Flamingo

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    Elephantidae - Land Of The Elephant

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    Cacatuidae - Land Of The Cockatoo

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    Vespertilionidae – Land Of The Long-Eared Bat

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