Foothill Gold Line – preparation

Preparation in Illustrator amounted to setting up perspective and vanishing points. One of the things you notice around the foothill area is that nothing is flat, everything is rolling – and in all directions. Arching a vanishing point wasn’t something I’d ever had the opportunity to consider, but it adds a very different dynamic. There’s also a slight third vanishing point at the bottom, this get’s a little tricky because they go well beyond the canvas area and are hard to access. Setting up this system of line work took 3 or 4 hours but will speed the process of creating the straight and arched polygons for all the man made elements in the illustration thanks to smart guides!