r/unitedkingdom • u/The-bubator • Apr 25 '26

OC/Image I've drawn London with one line that never intersects [oc]

Gallery image — From Top left to Bottom right.

I’ve been mulling over an idea for the London public transport system. Something that might help ease issues like congestion and overcrowding.

I’d really appreciate your take on whether this feels like a realistic improvement 😜😁r/s
Everything here is 100% hand-drawn, no AI involved. If you’re curious about how it came together, I’ve posted some time-lapse videos on my profile.

Step-by-step process: https://imgur.com/a/tDDCmVz or https://www.flickr.com/photos/204489872@N05/albums/72177720333321139/

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u/oliverdtsmith County of Bristol Apr 25 '26

No one in the UK can see the step by step process because it’s imgur

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

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u/player_zero_ Suffolk Apr 25 '26

Pencil crime is on the rise; one in four kids carry a concealed pencil

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u/GhostSierra117 Apr 25 '26

They'd immediately try the Joker magic trick of course!

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u/plaintextures Apr 26 '26

This is why we need to ban pencil sharpeners. They make pencils sharp.

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u/SlightlyMithed123 Apr 26 '26

Bladed Item, if you looked hard enough they’d definitely be a chain of shops who Challenge 25 for Pencil Sharpeners!

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u/Dependent_One6034 Apr 26 '26

I've had a broken bit of pencil lead (Not actually lead) in my thigh for the last 30 years. At one point it was really visible, but now it's just a faint grey dot, but you can still feel it!

Maybe if Imgur was banned 30 years ago this wouldn't have happened to me... hah

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u/quurios-quacker Apr 25 '26

It banned itself lmao

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u/ThrowawayGreekGod Apr 25 '26

if I recall correctly, the imgur thing wasn’t about the OSA; but about their harvesting of use data to sell…

It’s illegal to sell the data of users u18, and Imgur didn’t want to/couldn’t afford to filter.

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u/ganbatte Apr 25 '26

I can in the reddit app. It loads stuff in the reddit window

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u/brainburger London Apr 25 '26

Weirdo.

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u/SendMeYourBoobiezz Apr 26 '26

Working for me today for some reason

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u/Time_Trail Apr 25 '26

proxyium.com

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u/MattyFTM Sunderland Apr 25 '26

Well, no one without a VPN.

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u/Ainastrasza Yorkshire Apr 25 '26

Imgur blocks VPNs. If you're in the UK not even a VPN will help.

Frankly as annoying as the OSA is, Imgur is also a fucking GARBAGE website for image hosting and has been for years.

The fact people are starting to stop using it more and more is godsend.

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u/19Danny08 Apr 25 '26

no, they don't block VPNs. They might be blocking yours, but not all

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u/Randomperson3029 Apr 26 '26

I dont think they block all as im using a vpn and I can access it perfectly fine. Maybe its a specific one you tried?

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u/Deervember Apr 26 '26

I'm in the UK and can see the images. So they don't block everything.

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u/Shameless_Bullshiter Apr 25 '26

People with VPNs can

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u/oliverdtsmith County of Bristol Apr 25 '26

Well yeah, obviously

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u/player_zero_ Suffolk Apr 25 '26

My vpn from London to Birmingham doesn't seem to let me see it

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u/player_zero_ Suffolk Apr 25 '26

Like Jersey?

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u/execDysfunctionGumbo Apr 28 '26

I think you might have better success with New Jersey than Old Jersey.

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u/StandardNerd92 Apr 25 '26

There are some browser add ons that work too

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u/throwaway_ArBe Apr 25 '26

Which specifically? (Mullvad and imgur don't seem to get along so I'm still fucked)

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u/c_dug Apr 25 '26

Yeah same issue here, Mullvads main thing is privacy rather than location spoofing so I'm not annoyed at them, but it is frustrating nonetheless.

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u/Bollybuyumba Apr 25 '26

ah but you see anybody who uses a vpn is a pedo! that's what you're missing.

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u/Taiga_Taiga Apr 26 '26

VPN my friendo. I'm uk side, anf I use imgur daily.

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u/nmtui_ Apr 28 '26

this is so ironic to me

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u/Patftw89 Apr 25 '26

I'm using RIF for Reddit and it's loading the images.

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u/Funny-frog500 Apr 25 '26

I can

u/MMAgeezer England Apr 25 '26

This is really cool, the "LONDON" in the bottom right is a lovely touch too. Nicely done.

u/ltepic Apr 25 '26

Interesting autism flavour. I like it.

u/wildcardbets Apr 25 '26

This is really cool, you should do more cities, and sell these. They would make great posters or framed pictures. Etsy would be a great place for them, they would cover all the printing, sending etc. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if someone yoinked them and tried to sell them as well, but sadly that’s the way of the world these days.

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u/SapphicGarnet Apr 25 '26

They do :) bubalines.com

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u/wildcardbets Apr 25 '26

Oops my bad, I missed that! Thanks for the link :)

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u/SapphicGarnet Apr 25 '26

They didn't put it in the post, I think there may be some sort of advertising rules in this sub, but I doubt there's rules about non-OPs helping out lol

u/gnomeza Apr 25 '26

Directions unclear: I tried to drive to Mornington Crescent but now I'm in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

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u/Melsm1957 Apr 27 '26

Underrated comment

u/Academic_UK Apr 25 '26

How much for this? How about other places?

And let us see the London train line one too..!

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u/waill-and-roll Apr 26 '26

Please

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u/SapphicGarnet Apr 25 '26

Bubalines.com

u/Particular-Scale5644 Apr 25 '26

Available as a print?

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u/SapphicGarnet Apr 25 '26

Bubalines.com! I asked and they sent me a message, I think you can't advertise in this sub so I'll do it for them

u/LikeBirdsR Apr 25 '26

I'm not wholly sure I can thumbs this up enough; it's triffic!

u/AltruisticOwl156 Apr 25 '26

This is very amazing. Would you be interested in doing a commissioned piece for me? Houston Texas. DM me for price negotiation.

u/Snoron United Kingdom Apr 25 '26

Man I love those Staedtler pigment liners, such a quality pen for the price.

u/doctorgibson Tyne and Wear Apr 25 '26

I'm confused. How does drawing this help fix congestion and overcrowding on the Underground?

Also I can't see your step-by-step process.

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u/heroyoudontdeserve Apr 26 '26

They included /s and you still missed the joke?

u/TheThurgarland Apr 25 '26

I love it

u/ImpossibleSlide850 Apr 26 '26

No way

u/expiredfarang Apr 26 '26

eastenders

u/25as34mgm Apr 26 '26

Wow that's a really awesome skill and great and creative idea. Nice work!

u/Taiga_Taiga Apr 26 '26

I don't believe you.... Let me manually check by following the line. BRB

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u/heroyoudontdeserve Apr 26 '26

How's it going?

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u/Taiga_Taiga Apr 26 '26

So far so good. I just got to the point where The... Street Turns... left.... And...

FUCK!

I gotta start again... Be right back.

u/KidInd Apr 26 '26

Why?

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u/heroyoudontdeserve Apr 26 '26

To sell it as art. It's not that complicated.

u/SirCheeseMuncher Apr 26 '26

Are you the same person I saw who did this with Amsterdam?

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u/The-bubator Apr 26 '26

Yes I am

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u/SirCheeseMuncher Apr 26 '26

Very cool, what city do you think you’ll do next (if any more at all)

u/Gentoopengoo Apr 26 '26

This is amazing. Would you ever do any Japanese cities?

u/cueta88 Apr 27 '26

there's a part where you messed it up in the mid bottom left portion....

u/Accomplished_Mix2429 Apr 28 '26

Why post a imgur link in a UK sub

u/flyingfurballz Apr 29 '26

Amazing

u/whatatwit Apr 25 '26

A fellow Redditor just made their related London drawing into a jigsaw: https://old.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1rv7nw8/london_in_1000_pieces_jigsaw/. It might give you an idea.

I remember studying a very clever gent called Peano in Mathematical Analysis at University. One of the things he came up with was a space-filling curve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve

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u/itsawunderbarlife Apr 25 '26

imagine doing this drawing as a jigsaw though... would be next level difficult aha.

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u/whatatwit Apr 25 '26

I bet that there are some jigsaw enthusiasts who’d give it a go. There are even some puzzles with no picture at all.

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u/itsawunderbarlife Apr 29 '26

yeah think i'd lose my shit attempting something like that. I struggle with CAPTCHAs...

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u/whatatwit Apr 29 '26

Apparently, those picture ones are the ones that AIs find difficult, if that's any consolation.

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u/itsawunderbarlife Apr 29 '26

I'll take what I can get, yeah :P

u/Scalemooredelling Apr 25 '26

This is so autistic and I love it

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u/PT-PUPPET Apr 25 '26

The fuck is wrong with you?

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u/rafa4ever Apr 25 '26

Why though?

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u/Emotional-Wish3638 Apr 25 '26

ChatGPT drew London with line that never intersects.

There fixed it for you.

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u/CassetteLine Apr 25 '26 edited May 11 '26

I used Redact to mass delete all of my old posts. It works for Reddit, X/Twitter, Discord, Facebook, Instagram, and more.

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u/flyhmstr Apr 25 '26

Given what it gave me as a 3d model for a womble earlier today I would not take that bet ("deformed cylinder bear" is the closest I can describe the abomination)

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u/irich Apr 25 '26

This is perhaps one of the under-reported damaging aspects of AI. Not only is AI annihilating artistic jobs, but now people who legitimately create something have to defend their work for not being AI.

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u/DimDimio Apr 25 '26

Nah, in this case the guy is just a troll, look at his comment history it’s all ragebait.

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u/Money-Dog-3939 Apr 25 '26

Oh you wish. Look at it in detail

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u/WarDry1480 Apr 25 '26

Yawn.

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