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Here&#8217;s a how-to video, followed by step-by-step notes and links&#8230;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"How to Make this Cartoon Imagery Poster in ArcGIS Pro\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Om8ei-4g4pU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>0:00 Melodious introduction<br \/>\n0:23 Mis-using raster functions to make illustration-style imagery<br \/>\n(more on that trick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/how-to-posterize-imagery-in-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, and download the source NASA image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=7354e53893b745788a6eab2ff30db92c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>)<br \/>\n1:27 Adding and blending handsome <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=generalized%20terrain#d=2&amp;q=generalized+terrain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">generalized terrain<\/a><br \/>\n1:55 Pouring in a global <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=bathymetry%20light#d=2&amp;q=bathymetry+light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water vector tile layer<\/a><br \/>\n2:20 Devious shading tricks using the esteemed <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=global%20background#d=2&amp;q=global+background\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Background<\/a> rectangle layer<br \/>\n2:33 Adding a touchable tangible <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=global%20slate%20texture#d=2&amp;q=global+slate+texture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">texture<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yq4h80QLyms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here&#8217;s how<\/a> I made that texture layer)<br \/>\n2:51 Time for a little spatial context, courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=human%20geography#d=2&amp;q=human+geography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Geography<\/a> basemap components<br \/>\n3:22 A table becomes point features and origin-destination spokes (more on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vD3ci25cFkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>)<br \/>\n3:52 How to handle geographic outliers in a map layout using insets<br \/>\n4:58 Hacking in some mass to enthingify map elements<br \/>\n5:20 Manually creating feature labels with text and rectangle graphics<br \/>\n5:57 Spring chickens<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy! I hope you use some, or all, of these tricks in your upcoming map adventures. Maps are the language of geography. I&#8217;ve found that giving maps some texture and mass and fill them with a little more love and spirit and lived-in realism that make an audience think, even momentarily, that they can reach out and touch them, the message becomes personal. Maps invite a connection between reader and story, and there are so many opportunities to breathe a little bit of personality and joy into their mappiness.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching, friends! Happy enthingifying,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JohnNelsonMaps\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John<\/a><\/p>\n"}],"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. 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