So speaketh Spawn:
I was messing around with Illustrator on some map-making the other day using the map in the Moldvay Basic book for the East Tower of the Haunted Keep (p. B57) as a base. At one point I had this image in front of me:
I sat there looking at it for a while, feeling pleased, and thought it reminded me of ... who's that guy? Mondrian? Google told me, Yes, you're thinking of Mondrian. So I screwed around with it more and came up with these variations.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZkeXBl5QA-DgIwli5gKQu1oSM2LgHegKrLaPBOFQqXlol4cYKAI_UIJsTmwfchyphenhyphenhGyLKigOsejW3MtjciussL4lOOVHatcLTGUWd1YHTIIgISRqkAeJ0y88BHJX_8QUQb0GdfAFcmmI/s320/Moldvay+Mondrian+Comp+Gray+Lt+Brn.png) |
After Composition with Gray and Light Brown, 1918 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTI70blhmoxdDwN7Ozd_JJooLJijUnIehi8C8T7kxrtY7WzpUvU6QvqSecuqHYXYqlHh7s7HDOAo7K7-DJ4qYguQa5zcJwh_QNF5qCc836d0AZdo-f1P2_-PW3SUvOYKnEONNEX9IPbNA/s320/Moldvay+Mondrian+Comp+Bl+Y.png) |
After Composition with Blue and Yellow, 1932 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbBxOcUz4F53l5Tl2v4uamtqmrgB-DA_6E5Wj6kPf4lOnJ0PVpQdih2KVVXWyqOnypMxN-pgm9yxyrQI0KBjooEnWCMMbBsDnjsIQ4iC_g-j-m56UyvTX1uorDryudPWAGdvCMEg5Lwo/s320/Moldvay+Mondrian+Tableau+2.png) |
After Tableau #2, 1922 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaY5pi9oxB9L-4Dcz5ev_IaH8YrhbEeh0WfRhaXOd53mD6aGotfq2WKibCaP9iyL9LVdL-sBqrUYwg4zMHnDxvhhAS5KwRyZGcgrNDjohCMhyphenhyphenNPJsJPgEO91libLRm6NA3JMcRnIjZIM/s320/Moldvay+Mondrian+Composition+2.png) |
After Composition #2, 1922 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3AjzYNw8pC03ERqHJrykUDHnHmLA6wuqEX-1TpZxtjJWrPfZe0zFdNEQnEXk6EBGHfxh8JohzUUlXeFS_RLKFJNucKyf9VKOXd61FyoQimiccNO0cnyAR-vKeiKIqZmishVdSi-VqbU/s320/Moldvay+Mondrian+Lozenge+Comp+1921.png) |
After Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red and Gray, 1921 |
Update: Following John L's comment about making a Mondrian image into a dungeon map, I'd suggest something like this one to be a good candidate,
Composition No. 2, Composition in Line and Color, 1913. Found
here (scroll sideways a bit)
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I think I saw one of your maps in the Getty. Good stuff, sir.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the reverse? Take a Mondrian picture and turn it into a dungeon map.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! D&D mappage meets fine art!
ReplyDeleteYes, we try to keep it classy here.
ReplyDeleteHey Spawn. Well done and fun. Also, I like your labels for this post. Art, Maps, Nonsense.
ReplyDeleteThat last one made me laugh.
LOL!!! Great stuff - Well done!
ReplyDeleteYou didn't happen to be this painter (who lived in my home city Amersfoort) in a former life, or were you?