Map Art (week 2)

This is a part of a booklet I designed in Graphic Design 2 for a promotional campaign. In each country I drew an animal that is endangered in that area. I also only choose animals and countries that the National Wildlife Society is involved with. I tried to choose positions and sizes for the animals that best fit the outline of each country. At the same time I tried to keep a balance in line weight and shading. It is one of four drawings that I did for this project. You can see the rest of the drawings on my portfolio site: www.brianwrosenberg.wordpress.com.

The third image is a piece of map art from Vlad Studio. This is one of types of map art that I’m attracted to because of its creative and graphic qualities. The line quality and negative space gives it great aesthetics. I think that the weakness of this map is that each country is treated with the same graphic effect. There is an astonishing amount of diversity in the landscapes, wildlife, and cultures of each country. For my map art I want to express this diversity through illustrations that together make up an abstract map of the places being represented. When we get our guidelines for this assignment I will know which materials and techniques I will apply. When the piece is finished I will add a picture and a reflection in a later post.