Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy
Materials
A course by Jess Wilson , Illustrator, Printmaker, and Creative Director
Joined September 2020
About the video: Materials
Overview
“You can make isometric maps with minimal materials. You can go all the way from pen and paper to using digital devices. In this lesson, I will show you the options available and explain why I use the materials that I do.”
In this video lesson Jess Wilson addresses the topic: Materials, 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
“Materials In this lesson, we'll see the materials that I've used through my career. And we'll see the materials you can use to make your own map. So, in this project, if all you have is isometric paper, that is fine. You can use the grids and the pencil just to map out your world. There's pros and cons to using basic material like this. Basically it takes ages and you can't correct yourself, but what's brilliant about it it's pure and cheap, and you can just keep going and really learn quite a lot. It's a really good way to practice and it's lovely just using your hands and still make thing...”
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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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