My project for this map project I decided to follow and retrace the places Jesus went during his ministry. There’s tours called “Jesus Trail” that I have always wanted to do so this assignment was very interesting to do. It starts out at Nazareth where he grew up there circles are the Israeli area and end in Jerusalem where he was crucified. Instead of using lines to trace where Jesus had been I used footprints. My reasoning behind this is because Jesus had walked on foot to all these places. With a few exceptions when he used a boat to go to a few places. I depicted this by having a boat at the Sea of Galilee to show the use of a boat sometimes. I placed footprints ending at the boat then starting again when it is on the land. It was difficult to place the different cities at their exact locations because some of the places do not exist any more and boundaries have change. It required me to do some research to pinpoint the best I could. One thing about my project that I love is the color scheme. I used my resources from my film editing skills to put together colors that give an “old map feel”. I believe it does in my map. Not an old map with just black and white, but like when color was used in printing. To me it provides a vintage look. I found doing this project very bittersweet. I enjoyed the researching and learning more about the places that Jesus went. Yet Illustrator was a frustrating program and it is my first time interacting with it. I believe that I did a good job as a first-time user. I have interacted with many programs before, but Illustrator has been the most challenging…so far. This was an overall good assignment that I can stand behind proudly.
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