"Since moving to Berkeley a few years ago from San Jose, Danielle Hopkins has fallen for what she calls a diverse, hodgepodge little city, and she is especially smitten with the architecture, nature and people of the Berkeley Hills. Danielle Hopkins. Courtesy: Hopkins It ended up being the love of my life I never want to leave, said Hopkins, a tattoo artist and illustrator who works in Modern Electric Studio in South Berkeley. The Berkeley Hills are magical."
"Her fondness for the Berkeley Hills inspired her to create a tattoo flash sheet, a collection of illustrations that clients can pick from, inspired by its nature and landmarks. Then, in mid-October 2024, Hopkins had the idea to hand draw a pictorial map of the hills the paths, stairways, rock parks and winding streets all meticulously detailed with muted colors in what she calls a vintage cartography style."
"Later, she refined her work using the grid-drawing method, tracing over her source image box by box to break it down and get the proportions correct. She also updated the color scheme, created a border and added numerous small images like a manzanita tree, a deer, and a bicycle things that she's seen in the hills that contribute to its character."
Danielle Hopkins moved to Berkeley from San Jose and developed a strong affection for the Berkeley Hills' architecture, nature and people. She works as a tattoo artist and illustrator at Modern Electric Studio in South Berkeley and created a tattoo flash sheet inspired by local landmarks. In mid-October 2024 she began hand-drawing a pictorial map of the hills, showing paths, stairways, rock parks and winding streets in a vintage cartography style. The map took dozens of hours over about seven months. She used Google Maps, Apple Maps, AllTrails and a BPWA map as guides, drew freehand in Procreate on an iPad, then refined proportions using a grid method and added small local images. Her partner Marcus MacDonald offered cartography suggestions.
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