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Drawing Simplified Maps in Illustrator

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Find out how to use Adobe Illustrator to create a simplified map for routes, locations and guides.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Drawing simplified maps
  • What you should know before watching this course
1. Simplified Maps
  • Defining a map
  • Challenge: Location checking
  • Solution: Location checking
  • Reference and copyright
2. Basic Skills
  • Appearances and graphic styles
  • Dotted lines and arrowheads
  • Challenge: Railroad
  • Solution: Railroad
  • Creating color schemes
  • Import styles and colors
  • Masks
3. Creating a Simplified Map
  • Importing a sketch
  • Challenge: Drawing
  • Styling a layer
  • Drawing a river
  • Using a pattern texture
  • Adding areas
  • Challenge: Add buildings
  • Solution: Add buildings
  • Labels
  • Labelling roads
  • Nested dynamic symbols
  • Challenge: Resolving issues
  • Solution: Resolving issues
  • Clipping the map
4. Pictorial Maps
  • Using projections
  • Mapping art
  • Perspective grid
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Tony Harmer

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4.8 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 53 ratings

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