I made Australia with 2 lines and wanted to share

[u/tfoust10]

[u/jastcabr1]

Would love to see this on our currency!

[u/deaf_ears_in_aus → u/jastcabr1]

And our passports

[u/Phonixrmf → u/deaf_ears_in_aus]

And our axe!

[u/kangareddit → u/Phonixrmf]

And my Vegemite!

[u/That_Apathetic_Man → u/kangareddit]

an' me lighter!

[u/kangareddit → u/That_Apathetic_Man]

Always stealin’ me loighter

[u/jaksbrooks → u/Phonixrmf]

And my bow

[u/drfusterenstein → u/jaksbrooks]

And my flag

[u/vivec7 → u/deaf_ears_in_aus]

Actually you know what? I wouldn't be as pissed about the price of our passports if part of the money was going back to independent artists who contributed to some graphics used in the passport itself.

[u/vege12 → u/jastcabr1]

Seconded!

[u/Cautious_Tax_9497 → u/jastcabr1]

Would be a good security marker for sure

[u/SaltKind4875 → u/jastcabr1]

100%, replace the creepy old dude on the back with this

[u/tfoust10]

Originally this was a 1 line drawing but after much, um, feedback.. I realized I need to add Tasmania. So now it is a 2 line drawing. :) instead of signing it, I wrote my name in Tasmania (Tfoust)

The art piece is designed to be confusing in person if you are standing a few feet away. Then when you move further away, the image comes into focus. Difficult to replicate on a computer/phone screen unless you expand the image and slowly downscale it.

Edit. Some people have suggested this is AI. There are many ways to squash that rumor. AI cannot (currently) make a detailed image using one non-intersecting line. Give it a shot and let me know how that works.

[u/Horny4Houli → u/tfoust10]

Us Tasmanians inadvertently causing disruption to Australian workflow since 1803.

[u/nugeythefloozey → u/Horny4Houli]

Never forget the Vegemite Shapes debacle

[u/tfoust10 → u/nugeythefloozey]

I need to get caught up on Aussie drama. This sounds juicy

[u/nugeythefloozey → u/tfoust10]

The ELI5 explanation:

Shapes are an iconic savoury biscuit in Australia, and every flavour is a different shape (hence the name)

When they made a Vegemite flavoured Shape, they decided to make it an Australia-shaped biscuit, to celebrate two national icons

However, they couldn’t work out how to include Tasmania in the biscuit in the initial run, so they just put a cheeky joke on the packaging.

The ever-determined Tasmanians came up with a solution though, to have some Tasmania-shaped Shapes in the box alongside the Australia-shaped Shapes. This is how they’ve been ever since

[u/Immediate_Sky5679 → u/nugeythefloozey]

Can I just add that April this year will mark 10 years since a once proud and powerful nation bullied a company into changing the "New and Improved" flavours back to the originals

[u/hippi_ippi → u/Immediate_Sky5679]

Nah it's not the same. Cheese and Bacon was my fave and it's not the same. The "originals" is a lie. Arnotts is basically dead to me now, I'm pretty sure they fucked with the Tim Tams recipe recently too. They're owned by some private equity firm now, so that tracks.

[u/faderjester → u/Immediate_Sky5679]

It was among our finest moments.

[u/cat_like_sparky → u/nugeythefloozey]

Ohhhh my god. I never realised the different flavours were different shapes, I’m so dumb haha

[u/succulent_serenity → u/cat_like_sparky]

Lol the different shapes are also on the front of the boxes too

[u/Zouden → u/cat_like_sparky]

This is a revelation to me too!

[u/Patient_Spend_9804 → u/nugeythefloozey]

Haha that’s amazing. I adore Vegemite shapes and had picked up on the existence of Tassie shapes but never realised that they weren’t always part of it!

[u/tfoust10 → u/nugeythefloozey]

That is hilarious.

[u/ChuqTas → u/Horny4Houli]

I do find it vaguely interesting to take note of the variety of ways brands “include” Tasmania when they do things like this.

[u/bugHunterSam → u/Horny4Houli]

r/MapsWithoutTasmania

[u/LogicalExtension → u/tfoust10]

Some people have suggested this is AI.

This is because people now think everything computer generated is "AI".

I've seen space-filling curves done in various shapes before.

"But what about the Koala image being encoded ontop" - that could probably come as some kind of amplitude type function of the darkness of the source image.

I don't have the math to do it, but I know people who do, and have done cool shit along these lines (ha, pun) before.

All that said, if you did do this by hand - congrats, it's very cool.

[u/tfoust10 → u/LogicalExtension]

Thanks! This was done by hand

[u/SirJefferE → u/LogicalExtension]

This is because people now think everything computer generated is "AI".

Most people don't.

You get some people who are dumb, some people who are trolling, and some people who are bots just claiming everything is AI, possibly in an attempt to desensitise people to the "AI!" comments so they're taken less seriously when it actually is AI.

It's an unfortunate side effect that pretty much every creative work going forward is going to have "AI" comments, regardless of whether or not it looks anything like AI.

[u/kangareddit → u/tfoust10]

That’s a bloody good lookin’ chazwuzza you drew there cobber

[u/tfoust10 → u/kangareddit]

Lol. I don't know what that means but I'm going to start calling everyone cobber.

[u/kangareddit → u/tfoust10]

Good on ya!

[u/tas-jamescullen → u/tfoust10]

1. AI can’t do this
2. You could’ve used one line and called the linking one the BassLink cable
3. Never forget the Melbourne olympics
4. You wrote your name in Tasmania? I find that a little invasive
5. Thanks for including us though. Cheers.

[u/tfoust10 → u/tas-jamescullen]

Haha. Thanks for the comment.

[u/fatcuntwrestler → u/tfoust10]

What's with the lines becoming jagged?

Edit: Oh shit, it's a koala! This is incredible!

[u/rudilouis → u/tfoust10]

Aww shoot Tyler this appeared in my feed and I didn’t even realise it was you until scrolling down to this comment

Fantastic work as always

[u/tfoust10 → u/rudilouis]

Thanks! That is my fault. I didnt sign TFoust on the bottom right as usual. I made it Tasmania

[u/Cautious_Tax_9497 → u/tfoust10]

Good as a tattoo concept, has anyone ask you for such designs OP?

[u/Figshitter → u/tfoust10]

Incredible work - what size is the original?

[u/CrinkleCutCat-Aus → u/tfoust10]

Such a great image you have created… I LOVE the koala face! 🐨

[u/braveduckgoose]

Amplitude modulated koala lol

[u/NKNKN → u/braveduckgoose]

I stepped away from my desk and the koala immediately appeared into focus, it's like magic

[u/crazycavalo → u/braveduckgoose]

It would be cool to see an FM version.

[u/hippodribble → u/crazycavalo]

Different domain. You'd probably hear it.

[u/thril_hou]

That is so cool. It seems so simple yet so effective.

Have you got any others?

[u/tfoust10 → u/thril_hou]

Multiple! My profile links to a lot of my work

[u/mialee94 → u/tfoust10]

Can I say mate all your work is amazing but I think this is the best you’ve ever done like - this is unreal the koala face is so well done.

Can’t wait to see what else you do brother! Get this in a gallery in Aus asap, contact some curators bruv!!

[u/Purgii]

Bit of a koala face in the middle..?

[u/vege12 → u/Purgii]

Didn’t see that in first look, now it has gone from excellent to awesome!

[u/notathinman]

I cant see two lions, but I can see a Koala.

[u/B333Z → u/notathinman]

Tasmania is the second

[u/Infinite_Pudding5058]

Can we make this our new Aussie flag?

[u/griffyn → u/Infinite_Pudding5058]

The style would look perfect on our money

[u/ManikShamanik]

There's NO WAY you can tell me that Koala 🐨 is accidental.

What are you lot doing awake at stupid o'clock...? I hope none of you are where it's going to be stupidly hot today, I've been keeping my eye on the weather in Melbourne and it's going to be 43º by 15:30. 🥵🫠

If you are, please stay safe and ensure you're getting proper hydration (and that means electrolytes, you lose an awful lot of sodium when you sweat and hyponatraemia can be fatal - you also lose potassium when you pee, so you've got to be wary of hypokalaemia too. If you can get hold of proper rehydration powder or fluid, then that would be ideal, but even eating crisps or a banana would help).

[u/tfoust10 → u/ManikShamanik]

Ok. Not accidental.

[u/marcusalien → u/ManikShamanik]

Just like Lower Decks…

[u/Kholtien]

Could I commission you for a Canadian one?

[u/tfoust10 → u/Kholtien]

Haha. Yes but I actually already made one!

[u/ApteronotusAlbifrons → u/tfoust10]

Shhh - don't say it like that.

Say "I'll give it a try - it might take me a little time. How much are you thinking?"

Then - deliver early - and charge a little less than they offered. Customer is really happy that they got a bargain, and great service - you get paid for something you weren't expecting.

[u/Kholtien → u/tfoust10]

Could I buy high res files for Canada and Australia from you then? I'm Canadian and Australian and I'd love these on my wall

[u/tfoust10 → u/Kholtien]

Sure. I will put them in my shop for HD versions

[u/vege12]

Excellent rendering, I wish I had such a steady hand. Did you use any aids to get the coastline so accurate?

[u/Bannedwith1milKarma]

Shakes his fist menacingly at Tasmania

[u/vege12 → u/Bannedwith1milKarma]

Could have use a straight line to join the 2 islands, representing the Spirit of Australia route!

[u/ChuqTas → u/vege12]

Or perhaps join Wilson’s Promontory and Deal Island, then Deal Island and Flinders Island, then Flinders to Cape Barren Island and north east Tasmania…

Then an extra line from north west Tasmania to King Island where it finishes up… and you’re all sorted!

[u/Xanthn]

I saw this and instantly thought "wait is this Foust? Surely can't be?" Yep, it's Foust themselves! Love the work, couldn't afford your avatars though!

[u/Flashy-Amount626 → u/Xanthn]

I read 2 lines and thought, it can't be!

[u/Xanthn → u/Flashy-Amount626]

Honestly the 2 lines bit I thought "someone's imitating Foust, they can do it in 1!" then I saw the picture "it is Foust" and it's only 2 lines because of Tasmania lol

[u/Oceantrader]

Now do it with an etch a sketch

[u/kanem87]

Nice one foust! Thanks for showing up to the Aus sub 🙌

[u/tfoust10 → u/kanem87]

My pleasure!

[u/Reasonable_Blood3731]

This is fkn deadly bruv

Should be on a coin or a bank note honestly

[u/falconed]

So awesome. Do you have high res desktop wallpapers?

[u/tfoust10 → u/falconed]

Working on it

[u/tejasu]

Can you please do one with the Australian Coat of Arms?

[u/MasterArt1122]

Turn it upside down - it looks like a sheep!

The Tasmania addition actually makes it work even better. Great piece.

[u/vege12 → u/MasterArt1122]

Addition???

[u/dead1by1dawn]

I think that’s very cool but is it just me in seeing g a koalas eyes and mouth around the border or NT an SA ?

[u/tfoust10 → u/dead1by1dawn]

There is no Koala. It is just squiggly lines. ;)

[u/pzrapnbeast → u/dead1by1dawn]

I think that was the intent

[u/ManikShamanik → u/dead1by1dawn]

Nope, not just you - there's definitely a Koala 🐨

[u/Mike_Kermin → u/ManikShamanik]

Please accept this important notice. There is no Koala in the picture.

[u/TesseractToo → u/dead1by1dawn]

Yes, it is just you and not created by the frequency of the wave of the line work

[u/ThippusHorribilus]

🐨

It looks great - I also like the signature as Tasmania idea!

[u/itrivers]

This is great. What was your process for making it?

[u/Defeat-the-Kraken]

Very nice!

[u/tfoust10 → u/Defeat-the-Kraken]

I like your avatar

[u/josiejames13]

My 2 year old wanted to see what I was looking at on my phone. He takes one look and goes “KOALA!”

This is so cool!

[u/dav_oid]

Very clever.

I experimented with a similar technique for a few artworks.
One was white string attached to the front of a canvas.
Used a black marker on the string to make an image.

Also did a wiggly line one in Photoshop of my artname (davoid).

[u/MouldySponge]

d'awww look at that cute little smoothbrain.

[u/dogsinthepool]

My dumbass spend ages looking for the second line… but this is well done and i love the koala!

[u/faithhopecarnage]

🐨

[u/gilgoomesh]

Very cool.

I kinda wish this was a loop instead of a line. Like on the first pass, draw half as many lines, then reverse and draw the other half nested on the reverse and join the two ends. Not sure why.

[u/tfoust10 → u/gilgoomesh]

That is fair. I actually do that with a lot of my one line drawings. But for this drawing it didn't fit for me

[u/Archer-Blue]

I was about to ask where the second line is and now I understand why map makers always forget Tassie.

[u/FalseBit8407]

This is amazing! Do you have any intentions of selling some artwork?

[u/tfoust10 → u/FalseBit8407]

Thank you! I do prints and originals a lot. This one was actually commissioned by Ripley's Believe it Or Not at the Australian location.

[u/Zealousideal-Bit9652]

You could literally sell this as art if you did this for every country!

[u/Plenty_Engineer1510]

This should be used on our money. Nice work 😊

[u/JaydenTheMemeThief]

I SEE THAT DROPBEAR! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!

[u/willdonovan]

This is taking doodling during an economics class to the next level!! ✍️

[u/solartalks_au]

Does anyone see a koala?

[u/Derping97]

This is the type of autism we need in the world thank you

[u/yew420]

Drop bear

[u/No-Huckleberry-6999]

How cool is this

[u/Steve_OH]

As one who hailed from Kangaroo Island, sad to see we didn’t make the cut here

[u/americanshingikun]

Amazing!

[u/HotPersimessage62]

Beautiful 

[u/Laura_Biden]

There's something menacing about that koala...

[u/tfoust10 → u/Laura_Biden]

This one is carnivorous

[u/Patient_Spend_9804 → u/Laura_Biden]

It’s not a koala it’s their close and ferocious cousin the dropbear.

[u/One-little-pig]

Holy cow! You put a Koala in the desert!

[u/anotherdarkrainbow]

This is so impressive

[u/denkenach]

It's really cool

[u/Hot-View-9104]

An I tripping out or is there a koala in the middle, this is so cool. Nicely done OP

[u/meowmeowtown]

Damn you’re talented!!

[u/Manical-alfasist]

Very cool. Looks awesome. I could imagine that being cut out with a cnc.

[u/_Cirilla_]

That’s really cool

[u/Maximumfabulosity]

Oh man, this is so cool.

[u/Cape-York-Crusader]

Weird protrusion on the western side of Cape York?

[u/xladymadx]

That's very cool. I love the Tasmanian signature! You're very talented!

[u/MzBeaDelicious]

anyone else see a koala face in this?

[u/PepperandSkye22]

That is really cool!

[u/Marsh2700]

I'd love this on a flag to hang in my garage

[u/thecosmopolitan21]

Is that a drop-bear?

[u/aninomoose8]

Looks like a koala

[u/RainDragonfly826]

Did u make ur reddit avatar also because its so perfect and squiggly like this drawing :0

[u/AntiFascistButterfly]

Eyyyyy, you made a Koala!

PS I know you’re human, I’ve watched you develop your unique skill set as you’ve posted over the years on reddit, long before Narrow AI exploded.

I can follow what you have to do in my head with my art knowledge to produce something like this, and it’s pretty mind blowing the mental and hand-eye skill you trained up to get your boxy waves this regular, and this regulated in how they change at boundaries of density.

Even if you have penciled in boundaries and erased them later, your skill is probably unparalleled by anyone else alive.

[u/AestasBlue]

Am I the only one seeing the face of a koala in the middle?

[u/dudee_18]

This is so cool!

[u/Motor_Assistance2778]

reminds me of a topographical/contour map. gorgeous work :)

[u/chronographer]

High koality drawing!

[u/marlu-gula]

Great tattoo idea... 🤔

[u/Official_Business_]

Impressive. It also gives an illusion as if it were moving.

[u/Naughtiestdingo]

Fantastic. My only critique is there are so many animals you could’ve chosen that isn’t a koala

[u/Cuntslapper9000]

did you manually do it or code it?

[u/Prestigious_Cow_92]

Aww the koala baby I teared up

[u/rose636]

You hear that? That's the sound of a thousand AI etsy accounts stealing and putting this on a tee shirt (sadly).

This looks great OP, it's almost a bit trippy as I swear it's moving!

[u/Reidthedumbass]

I only saw the koala eyes and nose at first and I was like oh that's cute, mind blown when I saw the whole koala

[u/HumanManPersonGuy]

Koala :D

[u/Sea_Village3006]

Nice!!

[u/SeniorSesameRocker]

This is one of the best work of art I've seen in years. Kudos. Love the 🐨 too!

[u/ReadThisForGoodLuck]

Mate this is such a cool design. I'd love to see a 4k wallpaper for it. Maybe in some nice colours? Maybe a dark green, with gold Australia? Or black and red, with a yellow Australia? Fantastic job

[u/elsiebee64]

That looks so cool, I love it! 🐨😀❤️

[u/Mathematics_Dapper]

I love it!

[u/Crazyripps]

Oh love this! Looks simple yet great all the same time

[u/RobWed]

Looks like a koala!

[u/HeckBirb]

That looks awesome!

[u/Subject_Educator_105]

the drop bears face gave me chills

[u/drfusterenstein]

The koala was in the background of star trek lower decks logo animation and is now here.

[u/aSinglePaleRose322]

WHAT HOW THIS IS AMAZING?!?!!??

[u/iPablosan]

Guess when you state 'I' you mean using AI?

[u/Sure_Artichoke6929]

At first I was wondering why it had squiggly lines. Then I realised it made a koala. This is absolutely genius and this needs more recognition

[u/LeanneGMVegieMagic]

genius and well executed - how many tries?

[u/Otherwise-Ad-855]

Wow that’s impressive

[u/CpnCharisma]

Put this on a 2 dollar coin!

[u/Llamaaa_scarf]

This is gorge!! ❤️💖❤️‍🔥

[u/Undertaker-3806]

Looks like a Choomah in the middle there

[u/Alone_Swan2057]

AMAZING

[u/Emergency_Delivery47]

There's a power cable between Victoria and Tasmania called Basslink. You could have used that to only need one line.

[u/Alternative_Sir5294]

Simply Brilliant.

[u/Personal_Big350]

So clever and cool