VECTOR ILLUSTRATED MAP (digital skills)

So, we started with a new project called ''illustrated vector map" . In this project we had to choose a area with which we are most familiar with. i drew the place near my school.

the first one is the hand drawing .

STAGE 1 -

In the stage 1, we had to make a plan of how we would like to represent our hand drawn map by making a line drawing, which would help us in taking the primary stage forward to the end stage of the map. we had several list of elements that we could add to our map like buildings, hospital, etc which would make our map more realistic.

keywords that i chose were:

I wanted to achieve a happy and a cool type of look also, I wanted to give it a peaceful kind of look .

We also had discussion with our mentor and peers and we came across tools through which we can achieve this.

The tools were:

• Colors

• Line quality

• Text style

• Icon style

• Proportions

• Texture

STAGE 2

Colour and Compose

From starting I was very clear that I want my map to have a peaceful look.

To achieve this, I worked on color scheme and icons of map. so, i chose all the pastel color .

STAGE 3

Abstraction

for the third stage, I played with dots and checks on the the map. so,here's my abstraction.

to be really honest,  i was not really satisfied with my stage 2 outcome so i will maybe give it a try again . other than that stage 3 was pretty successful . i made the combination of dots and checks by reducing their space and density.

REDO of stage 3 .

So , I chose making stage3 again because I wasn't much happy with the process .

here, I tried using shades of one color only to enhance the look of vector map. i also tried to create emphasis .

the redo of stage 3 has helped me to know more about illustrator and I got to know where I was lacking . This has helped to know where I went wrong in creating the design .

In this , I played with several shades of purple and took it forward trying to create emphasis.

I am bit satisfied with this.