# How a hit-and-run led to a labour of love for maps artist

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-a-hit-and-run-led-to-a-labour-of-love-for-maps-artist/
- Published: 2026-11-08T09:18:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T10:27:11+00:00
- Original publisher: feeds.bbci.co.uk (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39wz4pl5xgxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, Sheffield

## Key points

- A hit-and-run injury led Joshua Tabti to pursue mapmaking.
- Tolkien’s maps inspired his detailed pictorial style.
- His latest work depicts Yorkshire and Lancashire.

## Summary

After being injured in a hit-and-run in 2019, Joshua Tabti could no longer work as a climbing instructor and began making maps while recovering at home. Inspired by JRR Tolkien’s maps of Middle-earth, the hobby grew into a career that brings together his interests in art, geography, language and history.

His latest hand-drawn map covers Yorkshire and Lancashire and took two months of research, including gathering suggestions from local residents, before he began the detailed inkwork. The 32-year-old estimates he has made about 30 pictorial maps, depicting places including Ireland, Malaysia and Virginia. He says the work has also helped him discover landscapes and histories through drawing.

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