Well before dawn on the first day of 2015, I snuck out of the house with my bike and my Garmin and “painted” a New Year’s message on the streets of Victoria, BC. Failed exclamation point notwithstanding, my Strava handiwork got enthusiastic kudos from many members of my cycling club. And since I like kudos and praise almost as much as I like cycling and creative pursuits, I decided to embrace Strava artwork as a way both to spend some of my free time and recharge my creative batteries.
Happy 2015! • My first foray into Strava artistry on the streets of Victoria, BC, Canada
Sketchbook of a GPS Artist 
Pingback: The Strava art process • Part 1 | Sketchbook of a Strava Artist
Pingback: Strava selfie, laden with lessons | Sketchbook of a Strava Artist
Be inspired!
LikeLike
Pingback: A tribute to BC’s Best Cycling Club | Sketchbook of a Strava Artist
Steve;
You’re passion and artistry are an inspiration and it is a pleasure to watch your artistic process and marvel at your ability to combine that with your obvious cycling prowess…good on ya compadre!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Alan. Very kind words. I appreciate your enthusiasm and encouragement.
LikeLike
Pingback: Six months. Two wheels. 50 GPS doodles. | Sketchbook of a GPS Artist
Art, Athleticism, Success. Your Journal a One of a Kind. A Purpose to motivate and inspire, yeah!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Cynthia. If my efforts inspire people to embrace and explore the convergence of fitness and creativity, I’ll consider them a success indeed!
LikeLike
You are very creative. I am most impressed.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks for the kind compliment, Neil. What excites me about GPS art is that it opens up “creativity” to anyone with a GPS device and a means of getting around – a bike, a scooter, a pair of running shoes… My “art” evolved rapidly through a willingness to experiment, explore, blunder, go back to the drawing board, persist and, above all, get over the notion that I’m not very good at drawing things. (I’m actually a writer. Illustration has never been my strong suit.)
LikeLike
Keep cycling! Victoria is a great place. And leave a doodle all over town is a great way to keep fit.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It really is a great way to keep fit…and to keep my cycling fresh and interesting.
LikeLike
OH this is incredibly create! Huzzah to you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
My first huzzah! How exciting. Your repute may be questionable, but your interjections are awesome.
LikeLiked by 2 people
These are terrific Stephen! Congrats on being invited to speak at TEDx. I created a discussion about you on my Strava club https://www.strava.com/clubs/77152/discussion. I’m looking at my map of North Vancouver and pondering what I can do with it
LikeLike
Hey, Ric – thanks for your kind and enthusiastic words here and on Strava! Let me know how your map-pondering goes. The technique I describe here might be helpful: https://gpsdoodles.com/2015/02/22/the-art-of-giraffe-spotting/
LikeLike
LOVE that I’ve stumbled across your blog. Such fun!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Quan!
LikeLike
Most impressive!! You are motivating me to try to find my creative side, that I struggle to find. And to do it through fitness! Genius!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks for saying so, Kerri. Glad you’re feeling motivated…now get out there and create!
LikeLike
“Penguin”
LikeLike
I like penguins, so I’ll take that as a compliment.
LikeLike
Pingback: Kesin Aklınıza Gelmişti: Küresel Konumlama Sistemi ya da GPS Sanatından 17 Örnek! | Pazar Miskinleri
Pingback: Biker's Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Exercises To Disgrace | Ten Sports Club
Pingback: Biker’s Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To ShamePhenomenica | Phenomenica
Pingback: Biker’s Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To Shame | BusinessMediaguide.Com
Pingback: Biker’s Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To Shame | TravelKinds.Com
Pingback: Biker’s Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To Shame – 13news.co
Pingback: Biker's Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To Shame | Beautiful Travel Destinations
Pingback: Biker’s Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To Shame | TimeOutPk
Pingback: Biker's Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To Shame - Democratsnewz
Pingback: Edgy Social » Biker’s Wild Routes Will Put Your SoulCycle Workouts To Shame
As a student in Geography I’m interested,
May I ask about how do you track the route you went through? Is it using GPS receiver or GPS applications?
LikeLiked by 1 person
I track my rides using a Garmin Edge 800 – a GPS receiver designed for cyclists.
LikeLike
Pingback: C'è chi i doodle li disegna con ... la bicicletta! | Viagginbici
I have posted my walking and recently my cycling paths on google map to my facebook timeline a couple of times, today one of my dearest friends send me a link to your gps arts, just wow ! I liked it a lot, and I shared it with this note: “I found one of my dream jobs ! or hobbies or job-hobby (yes, one of … they are not only one”
I wonder if you think to make it a social hobby for your followers or not ? as an example, I will be happy to learn how to do it in Milano, and I will be more than happy to share the result with you ! I think this could be a good idea to inspire more cycling and physical activity 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Ali – I totally agree. Because it disguises “exercise” as creative expression and urban exploration, it has a lot of potential as a way to inspire people to get physically active.
LikeLike
Pingback: Fietser fietst GPS Da Vinci Doodle op de kaart - Bizar.nl
This is the most creative thing I have ever seen. You the man!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks so much, Hari!
LikeLike
Pingback: Back at it in 2018! | Sketchbook of a GPS Artist