Wednesday, July 27, 2011

London: Land of Pints, Pubs & Pounds


It's been a while since I last blogged but I promise I have a good excuse! I've been furiously busy making this map for They Draw and Travel :) I have such a new-found respect for map illustrators - it really is quite an art! It was a lot of fun to do and really made me dream of walking the streets of London again!! (Click to see the map infinitely bigger!)


Here are some process pics..




A lot of the typography I hand drew and designed, 
like this 'London' and 'Buckingham Palace'





I also had a typeface I made a while ago, knocking around that I hadn't quite found a good place to use yet. That was, until this map :) I'm still trying to find a good name for it; in the meantime I've entitled it "Primrose" as it has really come to remind me a lot of London - the modern, minimalist lines versus the old fashioned, almost Victorian ligatures - London being very modern while at the same time having a lot of really old, beautiful buildings. :) You can see it dotted around on the map.




Work in progress..I quite like this crop :)




You can check out the map at They Draw and Travel:
http://www.theydrawandtravel.com/maps/london-land-of-pints-pubs-and-pounds-robyn-mitchell

And while you're there, take a looksee at the gorgeous map my wonderful sister did of Venice :) http://www.theydrawandtravel.com/maps/venezia-italy-kerri-jane-mitchell

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Map featured here:

LanaLou Style, 27 July, 2012
http://lanaloustyle.com/2012/07/london-love.html

Travel Between the Pages, 23 January 2012
http://travelbetweenthepages.com/2012/01/23/cartography-can-be-fun/

UOL Antena, 2011
http://entretenimento.uol.com.br/antena-uol/album/2012/03/08/site-reune-mapas-pessoais-feitos-por-ilustradores-ao-redor-do-mundo.htm#fotoNav=5

Dannykitty.com, 14 September 2011
http://dannykitty.com/2011/09/ilustracoes-they-draw-travel/

The Travel Eater, 1 December 2011
http://www.thetraveleater.com/2011/12/when-traveling-is-art-they-draw-and.html

We Heart It, 2011
http://weheartit.com/entry/14464725/via/beelenruiz
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11 comments:

  1. Laurie A. ConleyJuly 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    This is such a fun piece to look at! I love all the unique, colorful little details. And you're very talented with fonts!

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  2. caperobinJuly 28, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Thanks Laurie for your kind comments :) I think I'm going to still improve on it though, there's actually so much more I wanted to do, but ran out of time!! :/ Glad you like my type :D xoxo

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  3. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    It´s really great! It´s certainly one of my favorites

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  4. caperobinAugust 2, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Ah thank you Medusa, really appreciate it :) I love your Paris map too! It makes me wish to go back again!! *sigh* You have visited Paris too?

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  5. UnknownAugust 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    Wow, Robin, this is so delightful! Great to see how inspired you have been by your holiday! It's beautiful!

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  6. Reginald Swinney illustration August 26, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    love this brilliant colours, composition and very amusing :)

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  7. caperobinAugust 26, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Ah thanks Monique & Reginald! Glad you like it! It was really fun to do :D

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2011 at 3:19 AM

    In the middle on my insomnia. Got into your blog, I love what I am seeing. Your process is amazing especially on your graphics and fonts:) Wow, you got London spot on there. I wish you'd seen more. Any chance you going to have that in canvas print soon? Would love to own one.

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  9. Ciocia KasiaOctober 7, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Hello,

    my name is Kasia and I come from Polish.
    On the website http://www.theydrawandtravel.com i found this your picture of London.

    My sister once had the opportunity to be in this town and she is in love with London. I would like to do for my sister's Christmas gift for her and print out an image in a very large format.

    To order a picture of such a file is necessary to have better quality. I would like to ask whether you have such a large format of this graphic and you may be willing to send it to me.

    Please contact me

    Kasia

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  10. UnknownJanuary 9, 2012 at 3:26 PM

    Hi! I'm Gaia from Italy. I'm an illustrator too and I'm actually very busy drawing a map for "draw and travel" too! :) I'm illustrating Venice! I saw your map of London. I like it very much! I wish you good job and a nice day.
    Gaia

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  11. UnknownFebruary 19, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    I do love this, you know why! Here is where I publish it some mouth ago! :) Good luck for everything!! :D
    http://www.thetraveleater.com/2011/12/when-traveling-is-art-they-draw-and.html
    http://thetraveleater.com

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