Hello, fellow earthling. I'm Carl-August, an Earth-science student and hobby artist based in Sweden. This site shall be my map-making portfolio.
The art you'll find here - under the aliases 'Basalt Weaver' - mainly focuses on paleo-geography: illustrative maps and photo-realistic reconstructions of the Earth's deep past.
The base of my reconstructions are interpreted from all the paleo-geographic resources I can find for each project, be they geological publications or data sources like Earthbyte. The tools I use to create my maps include: Gplates, ArcGIS, Photoshop, Illustrator and Blender. The surface of every map is digitally painted. No generative AI used whatsoever.
Full resolution files of some of my illustrative maps can be purchased on my Patreon, as well as GIS basemaps of some globe reconstructions:
https://www.patreon.com/c/basaltweaver
https://www.patreon.com/c/basaltweaver
If purchased, they can be used for personal or educational purposes; for example YT videos or scientific papers - so long as credit is provided. Example of my work featured in a paper:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2520246122
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2520246122
You can also buy prints via redbubble:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/CarlAugustW/explore?page=1&sortOrder=recent
https://www.redbubble.com/people/CarlAugustW/explore?page=1&sortOrder=recent
I sometimes take on map-making commissions.