![Hand drawn Hillshade of mountain near Anchorage Alaska with Knik Glacier](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/VideoEnding-scaled.jpg)
Drawing Hillshade by Hand with Pencils. A tutorial (with time-lapse videos)
Learn how to hand draw beautiful shaded relief hillshades in this 6-step tutorial.
![map preview with aerial imagery](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IndexThumbforblogpost-1024x1024.jpg)
Animated Flyover Map in ArcGIS Pro and Adobe After Effects
Building maps often requires multiple software applications. In fact, I cannot recall a map that I’ve made in the last...
![Animated John Snow cholera death map made with Adobe After Effects and ArcGIS Pro and Adobe Illustrator](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/web-portfolio-snow-01.png)
Reimagining the John Snow Cholera Map with Animation
Last week marked Esri’s annual User Conference in San Diego, and what a conference it was! It’s always fun to...
![Slide of Globe rendered as 3D-esque](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GlobSlide-1-1024x577.png)
3D Shading & Rendering in Illustrator: A Globe
In a few quick steps, you can give a circle-shaped vector path a 3D-rendered appearance in Adobe Illustrator. I’m a...
![locations of us post offices in the 50 states](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Blo_01-1024x576.jpg)
A Glimpse of the USPS Landscape with Maps
By the time I publish this, I will have just finished presenting at the 40th annual North American Cartographic Information...