The story of WORLDSCAPE
The works themselves are snippets of cities around the world. Each one contains icons, symbols, and features that represent the architecture, peoples, cultures, and history of each city. From the works, the similarities shared by some cities can be appreciated as well as the differences.
It should come as no surprise to say I have a great love of cities and cultures, with many of my works inspired by this love I have for the differences we as humans share, molded by thousands of years of growth, war, cultures, empires, and religions.
How are they made?
The question I get asked the most about my works is: "How are they made? Are they photographs? are they AI?"
WORLDSCAPES are digital drawings, drawn on computer only after initially using traditional pencil drawing to create the perfect layout and scale of the work.
WORLDSCAPES are solely created by Newcastle artist Edward Clarkson in Australia. The products starting as an experiment into portrait designs of cities during University. and have since expanded into hundreds of works exploring many cities across the world. Each design takes at least two weeks to create, not including edits, print tests, user testing, and production.
- Each design starts with the initial research into the location, gathering photographs, investigation into the city's history and culture,
- then initial pencil sketches and layout work,
- the design is then drawn digitally bit by bit, building by building.