Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy

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Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy provided by Domestika is a comprehensive online course. Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy is taught by Jess Wilson. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Domestika. The course is taught in Englishand is $11.00. Visit the course page at Domestika for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Learn how to create a colourful detailed map to express the energy of a city

    • Introduction
    • Preparation for Map Making
    • Producing Your Map
    • Final Touches and Promoting Your Work
    • Final project
    Have you ever wished you could relive your favorite holiday? It’s a skill illustrator and printmaker Jess Wilson has made possible through the creation of highly-detailed isometric maps. Her work captures some of the most famous cities in the world in 3D and are designed to help you remember a place you love.

    In this course, Jess shares how to bring a city to life through illustration. Explore the tools you need to not only draw a place which is close to your heart, but to capture its personality and atmosphere in map-form through intricate shapes and energetic brush strokes.

Syllabus
    • About Me
    • Influences
    • What Is a Map?
    • Materials
    • Choosing a Location and Mapping It
    • Isometric Drawing: Creating Building Roughs 1
    • Isometric Drawing: Creating Building Roughs 2
    • Placing the Isometric Drawing on the Google Map
    • Adding Text: Creating the Roads and Underground Signs
    • Adding Space Fillers
    • Colour Palette and Tidying Up Your Work
    • How to Print the Map and Frame It
    • How to Share Your Work
    • Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy