Illustrated Map Creation: Reflecting a City's Essence
Influences
A course by Stef Maden , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now that you know more about me, in this lesson I want to tell you about some of the influences that have shaped me as a designer. I have had many different influences throughout my life since I was a child to the present day.”
In this video lesson Stef Maden addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Map Creation: Reflecting a City's Essence. Create an illustrated map to represent iconic places of a city using manual techniques and digital collage.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to talk about some of the illustrators that have influenced me as an artist. The first one that I want to show you is an influence from my childhood. This is the illustrator Raymond Briggs. He is an illustrator that is sort of ingrained in the childhood of so many people that grew up in Britain. He's best known for his work on the book, The Snowman, which is a wordless storybook for children There's been many adaptations of this, so there's also a film of it, and they've created another one called The Snowman and the Snow Dog. I remember growing up, you knew it was...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Map Creation: Reflecting a City's Essence
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Infographics, Traditional illustration

Stef Maden
A course by Stef Maden
Stef Maden is a designer and illustrator from the UK who discovered her passion for illustration as a teenager, realizing soon after that her dream job was to become an illustrator. Since obtaining her degree in illustration, Stef has worked as an in-house designer for greeting card companies and created artwork for products like gift bags, wrapping paper, packaging, and stationery
Her recent illustration projects include patterns for children’s clothing and editorial work for magazines. Stef’s prints can be found in her online shop, as well as for clients such as Sainsbury's, Hallmark, Paperchase, and Tesco.
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