FINAL PROJECT
Here's my pinspiration: https://pinterest.com/reginarcruz/maps/
Originally wanted to make a map that featured favorite market stalls in various stages of our lives. I drew up a list of 30 (!) stalls and was then faced with the problem of how to fit them all in one page… especially if I wanted to attempt a nice illustrated map like the ones that populate my pinterest board. So I decided to pare down the list first, test my basic map-making and layouting skills, and save the more complex maps dancing around my head for future projects.
On a side note, as I was searching for inspiration and thinking of my own map, I was able to come up with so many ideas! It’s a good thing we were required to define the map’s audience and purpose beforehand, because that really helped evaluate the ideas :)
Anyway, on to the map. I hand-lettered the stall names (below). I wanted to use color-coded watercolor labels too but had to ditch that idea when I simplified the map concept.
I used a combination of PowerPoint, PhotoShop, and Illustrator. My PhotoShop skills are limited to cropping and resizing pictures, and it was my first time to try anything in Illustrator! I ended up using Illustrator for combining all the elements, but I also discovered that I have a lot to learn in terms of making all the elements the right size that will work well with each other. The final output is a bit fuzzy, so here are the individual elements first, so that you’ll be able to read it.
Here is the map layout, done on Powerpoint:
And here are the descriptions of the stalls, done on Powerpoint as well (all cropping on PhotoShop! Yay!):
And here's the map title:
Here is everything put together:
The map overview was drawn on cream paper -- I'm sure there's a way to make it look white (I'd prefer it that way) but I don't know how to do that yet (any tips?)
I didn't mean for the hearts to be so big, but it was the smallest they could be to accommodate the font size. Anyway, we really like shopping at those stalls so big hearts are justified :)
So there it is! Not perfect, but that's okay. I've still some ways to go before I get to the level that I want to be at, but I think it's a nice start. :)
Comments are welcome!
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Exercise 1 - Hand Drawn Maps
a. Here's a quick sketch of the stalls I used to frequent when I was pregnant. I developed an intolerance to dairy, so no milk or yogurt stalls here!
b. We went to Singapore last month. Here are some of the places we went to, as I remember them to be situated on the map.
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I scored 50% on the Breman vs. Abstract Artists. Yikes.
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IMAGINARY CITIES
For this assignment, I chose to do option B.
I used the city road map that we keep handy in the car as the basis of my drawings. First, I did the location of Salcedo Market. Just below it on the map is the Ayala Triangle Gardens. I wanted to copy the shape. Then I flipped through the book to find more interesting shapes, and decided on the Heroes' Cemetery.
I discovered that it was easier for me to copy the shapes of the blocks, rather than follow the street lines.
Here are the locations on Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/4zzdr
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