The residential campus for first-years and sophomores at Washington University in St. Louis is basically Disney World. The buildings are all clustered together a mere 40 acres south of the main campus, making it super convenient for students to visit each other's rooms or spend late nights studying together in the dining hall.

Though students tend to familiarize themselves with the South 40 within a matter of days, it can be tough for visitors or incoming first-years to find their way around the different buildings because – well, they all pretty much look the same. And for the longest time, we didn't have any good maps of the area. I created this illustrated map for the Office of Residential Life to solve this problem.

While the aerial view makes it easy to navigate the South 40's layout, the slight angle hints at just enough detail to help the viewer orient themselves. My tendency toward clean lines and pleasing colors felt particularly suited to portraying the idyllic, charming nature of the campus, and I opted to handwrite all of the text for visual cohesion.