When it comes to GPS doodling, anything’s possible!
I used my Cannondale and my Garmin to doodle this depiction of Team Cannondale-Garmin’s Ryder Hesjedal (the Tour de Victoria’s logo graphic).
When the Tour de Victoria‘s social media coordinator asked me if I could doodle the TdV logo, which depicts pro cyclist Ryder Hesjedal on his bicycle, my first reaction was “Are you kidding me?”
But then I remembered what I usually say when people ask if there are limits to what a GPS doodler can do.
I say, “When it comes to GPS doodling, anything’s possible.” And here’s proof!
As with my recent doodle of the WordPress logo, I had to rely extensively on my ‘connecting the dots’ technique – this time on a much larger scale (approximately 10 km2 versus just 0.3 km2 for the WordPress logo). Of the 65 kilometres (40 miles) I pedalled to complete my sketch of Ryder, only 11.4 are directly represented in the final image. I logged the rest ‘behind the scenes’, cycling to the points I plotted for my dot-connecting. (This flurry of activity is shown in the two inset images.)
Ryder Hesjedal rides for Team Cannondale-Garmin and spends the off-season in Victoria, BC (his hometown). Coincidentally, I created this GPS doodle on my Cannondale using a Garmin, and I too spend the off-season in Victoria, BC!
I’ll be participating in the 2015 Tour de Victoria on August 23. Perhaps I’ll see you there!
See it on Strava *
* Note: The GPS points will render correctly only if you are logged in at Strava.com
Sketchbook of a GPS Artist 
Love this! 🙂
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Thanks, Jesska. I’m really pleased with how it turned out.
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Yup – tis a good’n. Have to say (no, scratch that, want to say) that I prefer the idea of the non-stop pictures though – the ones where you ‘just’ record where you cycle to create the picture. The join-the-dots ones are clever, and the results are amazing, but somehow it’s not quite as awesome.. Not that I am in any position to have an opinion 🙂
Which sort do you prefer to do?
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I’m with you. While a lot of work goes into planning and executing doodles like this one, there’s something a little more satisfying about the ones where I just ride from beginning to end!
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I think you’re awfully fit with all this active “artistry”. 😀
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Yes, Jean – that’s the beauty of it. The rides are a ton of fun, and I’m fitter than I’ve ever been!
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You and I are on same wavelength: cycling inspires artistry and vice versa. I blogged about this..
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Here’s the post..https://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/cycling-fires-my-five-senses-inspiration/
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