This map depicts my journey of how most of my vacation trips are planned in my life. With the Covid restrictions in place, I haven't travelled for a long time and I miss all the planning that is involved and also visiting places.

I started with this image. This helped me as a prototype before I drew it on paper. I put in all the landmarks and the names that I wanted to call my landmarks and the path that I wanted to show.
My Trip Planning Map - image 1 - student project

I have tried to make my final map look like a treasure map. The reason that I have chosen a black background is because some times I feel lost and a life map to guide me would be a blessing. So the black part is all the darkness/emptiness that is there and the map which is full of colours but majorly white is like a ray of hope in life

My Trip Planning Map - image 2 - student project

This is the end result. I made it look like an Island. There are two red cross marks. By using the cross marks I wanted to show that, that is where the treasure is. In this context, that is where I ended up traveling. The reason I put two cross marks is that some of my trips were to the beach and some were to the Mountains. So it is a map with two places that have treasures.

I know the waterfall is not something I am proud of, but hoping that the blue colour helps in figuring out that it is a waterfall. Also forgot the letter "m" in the Swamp. Not picture perfect, but I am still happy with the outcome.

I am planning to try few more maps based on the journeys in my life ( for example creating a resume map) and I am keen to learn more courses on drawing maps

Pooja Suresh

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