Isometric Illustration
アイソメトリック・イラストレーション / technical drawing–digital / Technique / Diagrammatic Expression
Keeps depth while looking down from above, explaining relationships among many parts in a single image.
At a glance
Visual cues
- 30-degree axes
- Uniform scale
- Exploded views
- Little worlds
Best used for
- Showing the whole of a system or space
- Friendly diagrams of complex relations
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- A concise sans with small labels
- Composition
- Fix the three axes; enlarge only what matters
- Material
- Value steps per plane, thin outlines, limited color
- Caution
- Don't draw everything at equal density. Pull the eye to the relation you're explaining.
- Further study
- axonometric drawing / systems illustration
Related entries
- Flat Design / Vector Minimalism (フラットデザイン / ベクターミニマリズム)Shared effects: Trust / Play.Compare Isometric Illustration and Flat Design / Vector Minimalism
- Blueprint (ブループリント)Shared effects: Technique / Trust.Compare Isometric Illustration and Blueprint
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