Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy
About Me
A course by Jess Wilson , Illustrator, Printmaker, and Creative Director
Joined September 2020
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll talk about where I come from and how this has influenced my work practice, and ultimately how I got into illustrating maps. ”
In this video lesson Jess Wilson addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy. Learn how to create a colourful detailed map to express the energy of a city.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me In this lesson, we'll see where I'm from and how this influences my work, and I'll also tell you how I got into illustrating maps. I'm Jess Wilson and I'm an illustrator and printmaker from London. I left uni around 15 years ago and I've always been working in the industry ever since. I've worked on many different commercial projects and I fell into screen printing about 10 years ago. And since then I've been making my own prints, and I started making my own illustrated maps and they started doing quite well, so I started doing more of them and it's a process I really enjoy. I grew...”
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Course summary for: Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Infographics, Traditional illustration

Jess Wilson
A course by Jess Wilson
Jess Wilson is a London-based illustrator and printmaker who has over ten years of experience in creating commercial illustration and personal screen prints. From a young age, she was encouraged to develop her drawing skills and eventually went on to study graphic design at university, where she discovered a newfound passion for screen printing.
Jess is currently Creative Director of Jealous, a contemporary gallery and Fine Art ScreenPrint studio in East London where her work is sold. She has also worked for major international brands such as Nike, Nokia, and Coca-Cola, and has developed map illustrations for Lululemon and Nhow. Her most recent work was featured on a billboard in Central London for Vape.
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