Map Art

Map art is the process of placing blocks of certain colors and shades in a large area (most commonly 128x128) and then using a map to render that area from above, creating artwork. Most map arts reference elements of pop culture (television, music, movies, etc.), politics, memes, or famous logos and symbols. There are also map arts of SimPvP-related content, and map arts containing original creations or designs.

Map art truly began to gain popularity in 2018 after clipchip created the piece "Asuka", the first widely-popular map art. However, map art had existed before then, although there were only two documented pieces: the original iteration of "MisterStrawman's Eye" by MisterStrawman and a Nazi Germany swastika created by Infam0us2. Unfortunately, both map arts are either damaged or lost, and it is also unknown what year they were created. Nevertheless, since 2018, map art has been a common fixture on SimPvP, with many players creating their own original work.

SimPvP player Azdin also created a specially-made tool specifically designed to assist players in the map art-making process. The program can be found here: [1]

Map Art	Title	Year	Creator	Other Information
	The Dark Side of the Moon	2020	Zepheron	The album The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
PLACEHOLDER	Elon Musk	2020	dariepearjuicy	A meme of Elon Musk smoking on Joe Rogan's podcast
	La Creme de Garayalde	2020	Dylan_TheMartian	An image of a nude, furry female kangaroo
	Best Team in Baseball	2020	Korijenkins	Logo for the Houston Astros
	Quasimoto	2020	jaffdhi	Rapper Quasimoto (alter ego of Madlib)
	BC Speed Limit Sign (Two Words)	2020	Lord1	Speed limit sign for the base Two Words
	Praise	2020	Lord1	Poster for the Church of Francis
	Lady Ostrich's House of Delight	2020	M_BRIX	Logo for a brothel in Segoria called "Lady Ostrich's House of Delight"
	BC Speed Limit Sign (Spawn)	2020	Lord1	Speed limit sign for Bloc for Clans territory at spawn
	SFR Mafia	2020	SFR	The smaller 1x1 version of the SFR logo
	SFR Mafia	2020	SFR	The larger 6x6 version of the SFR logo
	Kill Pig	2019	Lord1	Propaganda piece used by the Church of Francis during The Holy Wilbur-Francis War
	Bloc for Smaller Clans Territory	2019	Lord1	Poster claiming Bloc for Smaller Clans territory
	Two Wolves	2019	Azdin	The "Two Wolves" entry of Azdin's coat of arms series
	Phoenix	2019	Azdin	The "Phoenix" entry of Azdin's coat of arms series
	Stag	2019	Azdin	The "Stag" entry of Azdin's coat of arms series
	Francis Almighty	2019	Lord1	A Church of Francis image of Francis
	Praise Da Lord	2019	Lord1	An image of Lord1 as a religious figure
	Control Screen	2019	DakkaDok	A computer's control screen
	Zero Two	2019	clipchip	A 3x2 of Darling in the Franxx character Zero Two
	Key to a Memeworld	2019	Chris_cord	A QR code that links you to random articles on Wikipedia
	Seize the Means of Crafting	2019	nddragoon	A hammer and sickle symbol
	Swastika	2019	Phrasings	A Nazi Germany swastika
	Atac's Om	2019	AtacFauxpas	An Om symbol
	Madvillain	2019	jaffdhi	The album Madvillainy by Madvillain
	Satsuki Kiryuin & Ryuko Matoi	2019	clipchip	A 1x2 of Kill La Kill characters Satsuki Kiryuin and Ryuko Matoi (first map art was completed in 2018, second in 2019)
	Maltese Cross	2018	Azdin	The first map art in Azdin's coat of arms series
	Pardi Gratia	2018	Sengorn_Leopard	A 2x2 of miscellaneous meaningful symbols and designs
	Mandala	2018	AjahnMara	A 2x2 mandala art piece
	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	2018	ostrich1414	The album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
	MisterStrawman's Eye	2018	MisterStrawman	An image of MisterStrawman's player head (also a replica of an earlier map art)
	Donald Trump	2018	MisterStrawman	President of the United States of America, Donald Trump
	Ainz Ooal Gown	2018	clipchip	The skull of Overlord character Ainz Ooal Gown
	Asuka	2018	clipchip	Asuka Langley Soryu from Neon Genesis Evangelion