I illustrated this "Portrait of a Journey" map illustration of a fictional 'Steven's City' for Stevens Cooperative School in Hoboken, New York. They had lots of lovely ideas on the buildings, streets and other details that would fill out the map. The client wanted to highlight the skills, habits, milestones and moments that define the Stevens school education journey from PreK 3 through 8th grade. I've used colours from their brand palette. The map is available to view interactively on the Stevens website.
Below are a few details from the map
Steven's City map illustration detail
Steven's City map illustration detail
Steven's City map illustration detail
Steven's City map illustration detail
Below are the stages of creating the map, from first very rough outline, black & white sketch through to a detailed colour sketch
Rough thumbnail sketch placing the major buildings and streets on the map
Black & white sketch, adding more detail to the buildings and filling out with people
