Strava / GPS Art (Chicago)

Curious if anyone has done any cool Chicago-area art? It's near impossible to find much on Google for our city streets, especially cycling art. I did create this Strava club for local "artists" to post to:

https://www.strava.com/clubs/strava-art-chicago

Please share any ideas or routes you've created! :)

I did recently make a horse and am planning another route.

https://www.strava.com/activities/3982923036

There are a number of Chicago area running examples (you may need a Strava login to view some):

Elephant: https://www.strava.com/activities/1478953417

Whale: https://www.strava.com/activities/2272744856

Bunny: https://www.strava.com/routes/24780401

Camel: https://www.strava.com/activities/2137482012

Cactus: https://www.strava.com/activities/2020425202

Rhino: https://www.strava.com/activities/1653930558

Sailboat: https://www.strava.com/activities/261218435

Beer: https://www.strava.com/activities/268076205

Finger: https://www.strava.com/activities/258054579

Giraffe: https://www.strava.com/activities/1533967496

Heart: https://www.strava.com/activities/2429818205

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Permalink Reply by DerferMark on June 9, 2021 at 3:56am

Thanks Bob, funny you mention that. Made Impossible Stairs a couple weeks ago! :)
see below...

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Permalink Reply by DerferMark on June 9, 2021 at 3:56am

Impossible Stairs, ~23 miles...
https://www.strava.com/activities/5363717052

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Permalink Reply by bobweiser on June 12, 2021 at 8:06am

too cool. can you do these as animations / show them being "drawn" (by bike)?

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Permalink Reply by DerferMark on June 18, 2021 at 6:59am

Thanks. I'm sure there's an app, like https://www.relive.cc that can do that but not in my current capabilities...

This particular design was pretty complicated with lots of "trickery," pausing and unpausing GPS to get the diagonal lines. Actual route ridden: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/67984433