A Map First for Me: Animation + Hand Drawing

One thing leads to another. I love old fashioned ink and paint, and I also love delving into technology. So here's the new hybrid in my world of cartology just in time for a New Year. My daughter and her business partner have organized a showcase of musical groups which will be presented on January 7 in Manhattan. I offered to help with publicity by saying to Emily, "Wouldn't a map be a good idea?" She said, "An animated map?" That's all I needed to take the plunge into computer animation. Below is the map in its current state so you can see what I've been up to. The size I'm posting is a bit larger than my blog's area, but most of it fits: