This is my map of Napa Valley. I'm super pleased with how it turned out. I'm sharing my process, grouped by the sessions provided in the Project Timing Guide.

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SESSION 1

I used the ChatGPT prompt provided in the class to give me a simulated brief, and this is the region and theme it gave me:

Region: Napa Valley

Theme: "Savoring Napa" 

From there, I plotted out my points in Google Maps, and then used that to create my rough Base Map Sketch.

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SESSION 2

Below are my O-Mode sketches, which I just pasted into a single composition for your convenience :)

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SESSION 3

This is my refined map (I-Mode sketch), complete with icons and everything else. Everything is roughed in and ready to start illustrating overtop!

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SESSION 4

Here are some inky mark and texture scans, plus some tests of my brushes!

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SESSION 5

In this stage, I created my CSG File (download here) and then completed my base map in the final.

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SESSION 6

In this session, I finished adding the 5 point of interest icons.

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SESSION 7

And … finally, the completed map with all the finishing touches. Final touches include:

• Adding texture with the Sponge brush
• Adding labels for the icons 
• Adding cartographic symbols, such as the mountains, trees and route numbers.
• Adding the title icon (the big sign)
• Adding in the lake name (and waves)
• Adding the larger POI dots with callout lines
• Adding the North-pointing compass rose!

Below the image is a screen shot of my canvas statistics. As you can see, it took me over 9 hours to complete from start to finish (including sketches). To view your own stats, go to Actions (Arrow menu in Procreate) -> Canvas -> Canvas Info -> Statistics.

Of course, it took me some extra time to plan this and step through it as part of this class, and this is also one of my first times using Procreate to illustrate a full map like this.

I believe with practice, plus having some of my readymade stamp brushes, I could complete a map like this much, much faster — perhaps in less than half the time.

UPDATE - AUG 7/24: Thanks to some vigilant students who pointed out some misspellings, I corrected the lake name (BERRYESSA) and the spelling of CULINARY. In my defence, I had it right in the sketches! 

Thank you for checking out my project! Please give it a like and let me know what you think in a comment!