Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy
Adding Text: Creating the Roads and Underground Signs
A course by Jess Wilson , Illustrator, Printmaker, and Creative Director
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Adding Text: Creating the Roads and Underground Signs
Overview
“Adding text, like road names and signs, is a great way to bring your map to life. In this lesson, I’ll show you how to add these and how they help reflect the character of the city.”
In this video lesson Jess Wilson addresses the topic: Adding Text: Creating the Roads and Underground Signs, 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
“Adding Text: Creating the Roads and Underground Signs In this lesson, we're looking at adding text to your illustrated map. We'll see different styles for different sections of your map. For example, transport and street signs will have different styles. We'll work out the level of detail we're going to go into our map. I'm just going to do main roads, so I'll put Oxford Street, for example. Let's get going. Here we're looking at the different types of typography for roads, boroughs, rivers, landmarks, parks, and the underground. I'll walk you through how I've chosen it. The roads need to b...”
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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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