{"id":191921,"date":"2018-05-22T16:05:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=191921"},"modified":"2018-05-23T20:25:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T20:25:32","slug":"steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please","title":{"rendered":"Steal this Watercolor Style for Pro, Please"},"author":6971,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[26451,29041],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-191921","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-cartography","tag-style","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"This Pro style will en-watercolor-ify your maps, making them simply irresistible.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

So this past year I fell into the rapturous pool of watercolor cartography. It started out as a literal watercolor mapping<\/a>, then, because I am lazy, making virtual watercolors in Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I re-created the aesthetic as a digital style for Pro<\/a>. This way with a couple of clicks you’ll be cranking out masterpiece after masterpiece.<\/p>\n

What’s on the easel? Here are little swatches of the brushes and pigments that you’ll find in this style…<\/p>\n

Points<\/h2>\n

There are three types of points in this style. A hastily penciled dot, a hastily penciled ring, and a drip of watercolor paint. Of course the watercolor drip is available in a bunch of colors. You’ll find one that works for you.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":191951,"id":191951,"title":"StylePoints","filename":"StylePoints.jpg","filesize":6366,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/stylepoints","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"stylepoints","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 13:36:31","modified":"2018-05-22 13:36:31","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":200,"height":585,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","thumbnail-width":68,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","medium-width":89,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","medium_large-width":200,"medium_large-height":585,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","large-width":200,"large-height":585,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","1536x1536-width":200,"1536x1536-height":585,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","2048x2048-width":200,"2048x2048-height":585,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","card_image-width":159,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePoints.jpg","wide_image-width":200,"wide_image-height":585}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Lines<\/h2>\n

Ah the humble line. There are a handful of stroke types in this watercolor style. The pencil lines come in a few options, bare pencil sketches (in a few weights), with a watercolor paper knockout (so it has a paint-free area around the line if you want to render it atop fills), a host of colored brush strokes (made to look reasonably brushed-on), and a little drip path.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":191961,"id":191961,"title":"StyleLines","filename":"StyleLines.jpg","filesize":24773,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/stylelines","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"stylelines","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 13:40:25","modified":"2018-05-22 13:40:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":620,"height":914,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","thumbnail-width":136,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","medium-width":177,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","medium_large-width":620,"medium_large-height":914,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","large-width":620,"large-height":914,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","1536x1536-width":620,"1536x1536-height":914,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","2048x2048-width":620,"2048x2048-height":914,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","card_image-width":315,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StyleLines.jpg","wide_image-width":620,"wide_image-height":914}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Polygons<\/h2>\n

This is the meat of the style. These little guys are what sell the watercolor effect. Each has a watercolor paper texture background (a photo of my watercolor pad that I snapped). There are a host of colors for the brushed-looking fills. And then a handful of pre-made landcover types (because it was too fun not to make them). Also available is a bare watercolor paper fill and a watercolor paper fill with pencil sketched boundaries.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":191981,"id":191981,"title":"StylePolygons","filename":"StylePolygons-1.jpg","filesize":65075,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/stylepolygons-2","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"stylepolygons-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:01:50","modified":"2018-05-22 14:01:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":620,"height":1053,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":118,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","medium-width":154,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","medium_large-width":620,"medium_large-height":1053,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","large-width":620,"large-height":1053,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":620,"1536x1536-height":1053,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":620,"2048x2048-height":1053,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","card_image-width":274,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/StylePolygons-1.jpg","wide_image-width":620,"wide_image-height":1053}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Ok, there are the little swatches. But when I stand at the swatch gallery at Lowe’s and see just the right paint color, it seldom looks the same once I take it home and press it against my wall.<\/p>\n

Check it<\/h2>\n

Context is key. So, here are some examples of this style used on a few datasets. Now, I should tell you, that turning each of these vector layers into a map that looks plausibly hand-painted took a matter of minutes, mostly in perusing which colors worked best. My kind of watercolor painting.<\/p>\n

Bathymetry<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":191991,"id":191991,"title":"Bathy","filename":"Bathy.jpg","filesize":202666,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/bathy","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"bathy","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:07:55","modified":"2018-05-22 14:07:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1040,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":115,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1040,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":832,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1040,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":447,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1040}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bathy.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Landcover<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192001,"id":192001,"title":"Landcover","filename":"Landcover.jpg","filesize":229185,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/landcover","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"landcover","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:08:59","modified":"2018-05-22 14:08:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1040,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":115,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1040,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":832,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1040,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":447,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1040}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Landcover.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Urban<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192011,"id":192011,"title":"NewYork","filename":"NewYork.jpg","filesize":296013,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/newyork","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"newyork","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:09:55","modified":"2018-05-22 14:09:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1040,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":115,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1040,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":832,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1040,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":447,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1040}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewYork.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Elevation Aspect<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192021,"id":192021,"title":"Aspect","filename":"Aspect.jpg","filesize":213489,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/aspect","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"aspect","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:10:43","modified":"2018-05-22 14:10:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1040,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":115,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1040,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":832,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1040,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":447,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1040}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Aspect.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Political<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192031,"id":192031,"title":"WorldPolitical","filename":"WorldPolitical.jpg","filesize":190002,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/worldpolitical","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"worldpolitical","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:11:36","modified":"2018-05-22 14:11:36","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1040,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":115,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1040,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":832,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1040,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":447,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1040}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WorldPolitical.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Contours<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192041,"id":192041,"title":"Contours","filename":"Contours.jpg","filesize":336481,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/contours","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"contours","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:12:21","modified":"2018-05-22 14:12:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1040,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":115,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":251,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1040,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":832,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1040,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":447,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1040}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Contours.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

How To Install<\/h2>\n

If you’d like to download and install this style, you can find it here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/esriurl.com\/WatercolorStyleDownload<\/a><\/h2>\n

Download the style file (Watercolor.stylx), saving it to your machine. Then, in Pro, open up the Catalog view (View tab > Catalog). Ah styles. There you are.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192061,"id":192061,"title":"ProStyles","filename":"ProStyles.png","filesize":4453,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/prostyles","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"prostyles","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:53:44","modified":"2018-05-22 14:53:44","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":352,"height":231,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":140,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","medium-width":352,"medium-height":231,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","medium_large-width":352,"medium_large-height":231,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","large-width":352,"large-height":231,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","1536x1536-width":352,"1536x1536-height":231,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","2048x2048-width":352,"2048x2048-height":231,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","card_image-width":352,"card_image-height":231,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProStyles.png","wide_image-width":352,"wide_image-height":231}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

You can add the watercolor style you downloaded by right-clicking and choosing, Add, then pointing it to your saved Watercolor.stylx<\/a> download.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192071,"id":192071,"title":"ProAddStyle","filename":"ProAddStyle.png","filesize":3958,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/proaddstyle","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"proaddstyle","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 14:55:13","modified":"2018-05-22 14:55:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":418,"height":141,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":72,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","medium-width":418,"medium-height":141,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","medium_large-width":418,"medium_large-height":141,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","large-width":418,"large-height":141,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","1536x1536-width":418,"1536x1536-height":141,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","2048x2048-width":418,"2048x2048-height":141,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","card_image-width":418,"card_image-height":141,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ProAddStyle.png","wide_image-width":418,"wide_image-height":141}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

What Hath You Wrought?<\/h2>\n

I’m excited to see what sorts of eye wateringly beautiful watercolor maps you make. Please share them far and wide. And if you find it in your heart, tell your fellow map makers that this style is waiting here, waiting patiently to turn them into hand-painted-map dynamos.<\/p>\n

Of course I’m not the first person to make digital maps with a watercolor texture. Stamen did it<\/a> years ago to an awe-struck audience. All experience informs a person’s work. But an actual direct inspiration is the Cartographer’s Guild<\/a>. If you have the inclination, check out the amazing hand\/digital work happening there! Anyway, I hope you use this resource to paint your own maps of whatever you want in whatever colors you decide are best!<\/p>\n

Happy Painting! John Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. Here is a watercolor my daughter Clover made the other day. I was struggling to get a realistic watercolor droplet effect and this example of hers helped me immensely.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":192121,"id":192121,"title":"CloPaint","filename":"CloPaint.jpg","filesize":180094,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/steal-this-watercolor-style-for-pro-please\/clopaint","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"clopaint","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":191921,"date":"2018-05-22 16:04:16","modified":"2018-05-22 16:04:16","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1921,"height":1101,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":122,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","medium-width":455,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":440,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","large-width":1884,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":880,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","2048x2048-width":1921,"2048x2048-height":1101,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","card_image-width":811,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg","wide_image-width":1884,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CloPaint.jpg"}],"authors":[{"ID":6971,"user_firstname":"John","user_lastname":"Nelson","nickname":"John Nelson","user_nicename":"j_nelson","display_name":"John Nelson","user_email":"John_Nelson@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/www.adventuresinmapping.com","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:05","user_description":"I have far too much fun looking for ways to understand and present data visually, hopefully driving product strategy and engaging users. I work in the ArcGIS Living Atlas team at Esri, pushing and pulling data in all sorts of absurd ways and then sharing the process. I also design user experiences for maps and apps.\r\nWhen I'm not doing those things, I'm chasing around toddlers and wrangling chickens, and generally getting into other ad-hoc adventures. Life is good.\r\nYou might also like these Styles for ArcGIS Pro: esriurl.com\/nelsonstyles","user_avatar":""}],"related_articles":[{"ID":81561,"post_author":"6971","post_date":"2018-01-09 12:47:28","post_date_gmt":"2018-01-09 12:47:28","post_content":"","post_title":"Digital to Hand","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"digital-to-hand","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-03-26 21:16:10","post_modified_gmt":"2018-03-26 21:16:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/digital-to-hand\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":81571,"post_author":"6971","post_date":"2018-01-10 09:52:36","post_date_gmt":"2018-01-10 09:52:36","post_content":"","post_title":"Hand to Digital","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"hand-to-digital","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-03-26 21:16:19","post_modified_gmt":"2018-03-26 21:16:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/hand-to-digital\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":82801,"post_author":"6971","post_date":"2018-02-20 12:15:29","post_date_gmt":"2018-02-20 12:15:29","post_content":"","post_title":"Steal These George Washington Map Textures for Pro, Please","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"steal-these-george-washington-map-textures-for-pro-please","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-05-30 16:10:39","post_modified_gmt":"2018-05-30 16:10:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/steal-these-george-washington-map-textures-for-pro-please\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":123291,"post_author":"6971","post_date":"2018-03-07 13:32:13","post_date_gmt":"2018-03-07 13:32:13","post_content":"Firefly<\/a>...the map style that captures our attention and dutifully honors the First Law of Geography. Those of us that know it best think about it often. I swear...the maps I've seen. Sometimes it gives me pause, though, Firefly being free, belonging to every cartographer who wants to take a chance. I have to remind myself that some map styles aren't meant to be caged. Their radiance is just too bright. And the part of me that knows it was a sin to keep it to myself does rejoice<\/a>.\n\nSo here it is<\/a>. Do interesting things with your data.\n\nThe Firefly style<\/a> consists of the following point, line, and polygon symbols, packaged up for your adventures in ArcGIS Pro...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nThere are 20 pre-defined colors available for each symbol (but there is no reason you can't tweak them for whatever visualization scheme you cook up). Here is a reference of their numbering...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nTo add these to your Pro project, first download the Firefly.stylx<\/a> file and save it to your machine. From your project's Catalog panel, right-click the Styles<\/a> category and choose to add a style<\/em>.\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nPoint it to your Firefly.stylx file and you are good to go. Thereafter, the firefly styles will be available in the project via the Symbology panel's Gallery.\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nSo many possibilities. But where to start?\n

Points<\/h2>\nHere's a look at the standard Firefly point symbol, in this case showing, obviously, Taco Bell locations scaled by revenue...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nBut sometimes you want to turn your Firefly point features up to eleven. I've got you covered. There is an alternative version with a twinkly lens flare shimmer sort of thing going on. Like in this map of luminescent earthquakes...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Lines<\/h2>\nFirefly has two line styles. But, again, you can totally play with the Symbol settings to teach it whatever tricks you need. Here is the standard, solid, line illustrated in this map of glowtastic graticules...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nBut sometimes you just need a dashed line. So here is an example of the dashed Firefly line style applied to contour lines in the Pacific Northwest...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Polygons<\/h2>\nHere is a look at the Firefly polygon style. It is a glowing boundary with a faint fill, applied to these Mediterranean bathymetric zones, submitted for your approval...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nBut when you have adjacent polygons, which is often the case with human geography data, the glowing edges of the Firefly polygons can bleed into, or overlap, each other and sort of make a mess. So here is an alternate version of the polygon fill with only an inner<\/em> glow, as evidenced by these hexbins of aggregated Chipotle locations...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Basemaps<\/h2>\nAh, basemaps. When it comes to Firefly cartography, the basemap is a big player. A firefly basemap ought to be dark and nearly devoid of color. Conveniently, we have a Firefly global image service<\/a> that you can use as a basemap. If that's too busy, then I recommend Dark Gray Canvas vector tiles as an alternate.\n

Thematics<\/h2>\nJust because there is a spectral set of colors available, please don't use all of them in a thematic map. The rainbow color scheme has lots of problems<\/a> for perception in scientific visualizations. I recommend using up to 6<\/strong> consecutive firefly colors if you are putting together a classed thematic map. Any more than that and you start to span into another dominant hue and perception diminishes.\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nIf you need contrasting colors, the colors opposite each other on this wheel tend to be differentiated well. Of course be careful<\/a> to avoid colors that are particularly problematic for those with color-deficient vision.\n

No Color<\/h2>\nDon't want a color but still want a glowy Firefly map? No worries; there is a non-colorized version of each symbol, just look at this map of top college football prospects, scaled by player size...\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nHappy Firefly Mapping! 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