Isometric Map Illustration: Capture a City's Vibrancy
Isometric Drawing: Creating Building Roughs 2
A course by Jess Wilson , Illustrator, Printmaker, and Creative Director
Joined September 2020
About the video: Isometric Drawing: Creating Building Roughs 2
Overview
“Here, I will draw the Tower of London on an isometric grid. ”
In this video lesson Jess Wilson addresses the topic: Isometric Drawing: Creating Building Roughs 2, 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
“Isometric Drawing: Creating Building Roughs Here we have another task sheet, which is in the Resources section, and we are looking at the Tower of London. Once again I draw in magenta and cyan. And draw around 50% opacity. And this is how I create my shapes. If I ever needed to define the line because it gets too scruffy, I do it blue, which is made up from pure cyan and pure magenta. Here we are doing Tower of London. Okay, just to look at the building, what it has is these four turrets, which look exactly the same. So, we're gonna draw that tower once and then repeat it in the four differ...”
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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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