Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy
Adding Space Fillers
A course by Jess Wilson , Illustrator, Printmaker, and Creative Director
Joined September 2020
About the video: Adding Space Fillers
Overview
“In this lesson, we’ll add all the really fun elements. Now we have all the buildings, roads, and signs mapped out, we can start adding the unique touches. ”
In this video lesson Jess Wilson addresses the topic: Adding Space Fillers, 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 Space Fillers At this stage, your map is almost complete with the roads and buildings down, so now is the stage where you add a bit of character to your map. This is where you can add elements of fun and joy. In this lesson, we'll make the map unique to you and different from all the other illustrators. Let's get going. Now let's go through how we've done this. First we do the rough buildings, the neat buildings, the roads, rivers, and parks, type, font. And on top of that, the transport signs and the transport font. So we've got all the different layers and this is what our map is a...”
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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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