Ali N.
Illustrator - Architect | Narrative Illustrations, Maps & Concept Art
I’m an illustrator and licensed architect who turns places, ideas, and buildings into hand-drawn visual stories, from custom illustrated maps and concept art to narrative illustration and isometric cityscapes. If you need illustration with real emotion and detail, you’re in the right place. 🟢 Currently Available for New Projects With 8+ years of experience combining digital illustration and architecture, I create hand-drawn artwork that goes beyond technical accuracy: narrative illustration for books, games, and creative projects, concept sketches, isometric cityscapes, custom illustrated maps, building illustrations, and exterior and interior renderings, plus floor plan and site plan visualizations. What sets my work apart is the combination of two backgrounds rarely found together, storytelling and architectural training. As an illustrator, I build atmosphere, lighting, and emotion into every scene. As an architect, I bring structure, proportion, and spatial logic. The result is artwork that reads as alive and accurate at the same time, whether it’s a realistic-cartoony lifestyle scene, a moody watercolor rendering, or a detailed isometric world. Projects I regularly work on: - Narrative and storytelling illustration for books, editorials, and games - Custom illustrated maps (cities, neighborhoods, venues, campuses, fictional worlds) - World-building and environment concept art - Personalized portrait illustrations for gifts and keepsakes - Isometric illustrations of cities, buildings, and developments - Hand-drawn architectural illustrations (exteriors, interiors, real estate) - Floor plan and site plan renderings (Procreate, watercolor styles) - Architectural concept sketches and presentation illustrations I don’t work in one fixed style. Depending on the project, I can deliver realistic-cartoony illustration, mature concept-art rendering, or soft watercolor artwork, always hand-drawn digitally, always with attention to composition and detail. If you have a place, a story, an idea, or a building you want to see illustrated with care, message me and let’s talk about your project.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $940
Billed in all: $23,931$24k
$940 in the last 6 months
Across 4 contracts
Across 79 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 22% in Drawing
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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