Hand-Rendered Mapping Samples

Here's a quick selection of some of the hand-rendered mapping commissions I've undertaken in recent years. Depending on the nature of the commission, some were created in colour and some were constrained to black and white renderings.

All map elements were hand-rendered on a drawing board (including all text for the Erskine Press work) and then the elements were digitally spliced together to form the final illustrated map. While more labour-intensive than the digital mapping method, these maps show more of a 'human' factor in their creation and a quality of drawn line that can't be replicated easily through purely digital means, in other words - wholly bespoke and unique creations.

Maps created for the Erskine Press book "Two Years Below the Horn, A personal Memoir by Andrew Taylor':

Double page spread - with example colour added,
(Please click the map to see a larger version).

Single page map in the original black and white format,
(Please click the map to see a larger version).

Map for a colour feature around Minehead for the Teme Valley Times:

(Please click the map to see a larger version).