Illustrated Map Creation: Reflecting a City's Essence

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you some techniques for creating textures that can be used for larger areas such as grass/background/water. I will explain why it is great to build textures you can use digitally and how to create your own library of textures to use. I will also show you how to scan your paintings and textures. ”

In this video lesson Stef Maden addresses the topic: Textures, 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 will show you how to create a library of textures to use in this project and also future design projects. What I like to do in my design work is have a library of textures at my disposal. This is great if you're time poor, so you've not got as much time or also to just have a library of, tools at your disposal. Sort of like a mechanic or a builder would have their own toolkit, this is my version as an artist. What I like to do is have an A3 sheet in front of me some watercolors, a pot of water and also some thick brushes. In the previous lessons we've looked at using really...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Map Creation: Reflecting a City's Essence

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (260)
• 6390 students
• 4 units
• 19 lessons (3h 19m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Infographics, Traditional illustration