Special Features & Embellishments To finish your map, try to brainstorm little things that are unique to the area to add to your illustration—think food, wildlife, or transport, for example. These extras can be added to fill up open areas. You could draw a cup of coffee to represent a coffee shop, or apples to depict a fruit market. Making a Map There are many things to take into consideration when it comes to making a map. If the prospect seems daunting, remember that everything can be broken down into steps. And when you work just one step at a time, you’ll find that the process isn’t as challenging as it may seem. Start with the roads first, followed by buildings, trees, and any extra special features. Then consider how to label the buildings and landmarks. Learn how to create a variety of maps! Neighborhood Map by Henne Haworth When illustrating a map of a specific area, rather than a big city, you need to identify and choose landmarks and features very specific to that area. For example, this tourist map of Greenwich, one of London’s boroughs on the banks of the River Thames, features restaurants, shops, and cafes unique to the neighborhood, as well as landmarks that probably wouldn’t appear in a more general map of London. Solar System by James Gulliver Hancock What I love about this piece is that there are levels to experience. The quirky type, fun colors, and little faces draw in the viewer. Upon realizing it’s the solar system, it might almost hurt the brain a little that things aren’t the right scale—or even close—then you are drawn in again by the facts, and the learning and wonder begins. Brain Map by Sarah King The idea for this map came from this anatomical illustration I did a few years ago: a map of the body. This time I wanted to create a map of my brain, using images and words in the correct areas of the brain. I used layouts from traditional illustrated maps of the world as inspiration for the layout. Lake Garda by Stuart Hill Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. What fascinated me most about my trip here was the ferries that skirted around the towns and villages on the water’s edge. I wanted this map to be about them—these little towns and the routes the boats take, which link all these places together.
✔ Author(s): James Gulliver Hancock,Hennie Haworth,Stuart Hill,Sarah King
✔ Title: The Art of Map Illustration: A step-by-step artistic exploration of contemporary cartography and mapmaking (Artistry)
✔ Rating : 4.5 out of 5 base on (106 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1633224848
✔ ISBN-13: 9781633224841
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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