Middle Constellation

Middle Constellation is a schematic imagining by Jug Cerović of China's cities as a constellation of stars. It is available as a book, both in hard copy and ebook format. The book shows you how to draw the constellation in "8 simple movements".

The constellation is centered on Wuhan, a city infamous for pandemic reasons but also central to the populous east of China.

Draw lines between Beijing in the north and Shenzhen (the center of an urban agglomeration that includes Hong Kong and Guangzhou) in the south, and then between Chengdu in the west and Shanghai in the east. These lines will intersect at Wuhan. The beginning animation at top shows the geographic distortions that need to be made for schematic purposes.

Eventually more cities and connecting lines are added and the drawing is finished with a nice simplified curvy coastline.

Here is a picture of how it looks in hard copy.

While available for sale Cerović also generously allows you to the whole thing in pdf format on the project page.