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Hand-Drawn Maps : A Guide for Creatives

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  • Author:
    CANN Helen
  • ISBN:
    9780500293157
  • Publication Date:
    01/05/2017
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    192
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Thames and Hudson
  • Country of Publication:
Hand-Drawn Maps : A Guide for Creatives
Hand-Drawn Maps : A Guide for Creatives

Hand-Drawn Maps : A Guide for Creatives

Regular price $40.00
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    CANN Helen
  • ISBN:
    9780500293157
  • Publication Date:
    01/05/2017
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    192
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Thames and Hudson
  • Country of Publication:

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Hand Drawn Maps is a book about hand drawn cartography. It is introduced by a brief history of maps and map making, followed by five sections covering everything you need to know to make your own maps. Section 1 covers the practicalities, so by the end of it you are equipped to create your own map using compasses, neatlines, cartouche, handlettering, and your own symbols. Section 2 looks at different types of map, from picture and word maps to architectural blueprints and video game maps. Section 3 uses a wide range of examples to show the reader how to create maps of places, from early strip maps used to describe the journeys taken by 18th-century stagecoaches to dungeon and treasure maps. Section 4 covers maps of ideas. There are exercises throughout to enable the reader to build on the knowledge they have just gained. The book is completed by six stand-alone projects.P>Featured in the Augustcreative Newsletter.
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  • Hand Drawn Maps is a book about hand drawn cartography. It is introduced by a brief history of maps and map making, followed by five sections covering everything you need to know to make your own maps. Section 1 covers the practicalities, so by the end of it you are equipped to create your own map using compasses, neatlines, cartouche, handlettering, and your own symbols. Section 2 looks at different types of map, from picture and word maps to architectural blueprints and video game maps. Section 3 uses a wide range of examples to show the reader how to create maps of places, from early strip maps used to describe the journeys taken by 18th-century stagecoaches to dungeon and treasure maps. Section 4 covers maps of ideas. There are exercises throughout to enable the reader to build on the knowledge they have just gained. The book is completed by six stand-alone projects.P>Featured in the Augustcreative Newsletter.
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Hand Drawn Maps is a book about hand drawn cartography. It is introduced by a brief history of maps and map making, followed by five sections covering everything you need to know to make your own maps. Section 1 covers the practicalities, so by the end of it you are equipped to create your own map using compasses, neatlines, cartouche, handlettering, and your own symbols. Section 2 looks at different types of map, from picture and word maps to architectural blueprints and video game maps. Section 3 uses a wide range of examples to show the reader how to create maps of places, from early strip maps used to describe the journeys taken by 18th-century stagecoaches to dungeon and treasure maps. Section 4 covers maps of ideas. There are exercises throughout to enable the reader to build on the knowledge they have just gained. The book is completed by six stand-alone projects.P>Featured in the Augustcreative Newsletter.
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