This site is no longer being maintained. Most of the links should still work, but there are now lots of new options that are available which have not been added...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPjPOZQjCWEnsT8RPYluAx3Eqe4ZVxDvS
One Minute Map Hacks (1-5):
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/one-minute-map-hacks-1-5/
Busy coastlines, hillshades, tweaking projections, mountain ‘mist’, styles…
One Minute Map Hacks (6-10):
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/one-minute-map-hacks-6-10/
Water lines, instragram, georeference, map rotation, pencil-sketch…
One Minute Map Hacks (11-15):
Lines from labels, tattered paper edges, vintage textures, feature-level opacity, depth for an inset map…
One Minute Map Hacks (16-20):
(main link not working – but you can use:
Map Edge Vignette, spreadsheets, lego, AOI dropshadows, alternate basemap imagery …
One Minute Map Hacks (21-25):
reverse area of interest (mask), spatial joins, styling default map credits, definition queries, using images as point symbols,
There are now lots more One Minute Map Hacks... see: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPjPOZQjCWEnsT8RPYluAx3Eqe4ZVxDvS
See Also Dot Density links under Polygon Symbology, below
Water Area
Bombing Missions Vietnam
Density Based Clustering
Symbolize by Size (graduated, proportional, 3D…), also Scale-Bases Symbol Sizing
Using images as point symols
Lines Using Only Label Text (Map Hack)
Water Lines (2017)
(Forest cover and) Rivers Maps
Firefly Effects for Lines
Lightsaber Lines
Boundary Shadows (2017)
Distributive Flow Maps (2019)
Pencil-sketch lines (Map Hack)
See also VIGNETTES below
See also Fill Symbol Layers
Multivariate Dot Density (ethnic populations) (2018)
Dot Density (Covid 19)
Ethnic Multivariate Dot Density
Historic Survey Plan maps (2018)
UK Election Results, ala Jackson Pollock
https://carto.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=661d96be9fe64b3db4124546b67b2f39
Note that this is a web map, but the symbology was created in ArcGIS Pro. Check it out, and the discussion)
Sun Glints (2018)
Firefly Effects for Polygons
See also, SAL Tutorials for general Text Effects
ArcGIS Pro Map Text (2019):
Labels
Annotation
Knockouts
Layout Text
Map of Rivers using only Labels (link not working…)
Style That Text! Map Hack (Text fill symbols)
Cartographic Text Effects (Or, how to make crisp lettering less crisp… so as to match the style of the rest of the map)
WARNING: Some Styles (especially picture fills) can be very SLOW… (turning layers off can help)
See also: Adding Styles to a Project (w/ links to some styles) https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/health/new-arcgis-pro-style-files/
See also: Using Styles (Map Hack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJSIjXjDsY
See also: Making / Saving an ArcGIS Pro Style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkE6TxdkjtI
See also: ESRI Styles https://esri-styles.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html
See also: ESRI Styles Gallery https://esri-styles.maps.arcgis.com/home/gallery.html
See also: Importing Older Styles into ArcGIS Pro https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/mapping/mapping/importing-older-styles-into-arcgis-pro/
Luminance Symbols (2017)
Also Points Symbols Glow with Firefly
Firefly Symbology
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=bf439954e2b64d418aedd2fe11217d83
Also (2018) https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/mapping/mapping/steal-this-firefly-style-please/
Also https://nation.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=bf439954e2b64d418aedd2fe11217d83
Also https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=93a6d9ea3b54478193ba566ab9d8b748
See also Firefly Effects for Lines and Polygons
Lightsaber Lines
National Park Symbol Set (2018)
Hachures (downhill markers along contour lines)
Pirate style
Tattered Paper Effect (Map Hack)
Overlay Fade style
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/steal-this-faded-overlay-style-please/
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e9c4f4cd7c1d4bac884091689b2985d1
Note that you’ll need to create a ‘mask’ layer (i.e., everything except for the area you want to focus on) to use this effect. You can use the Erase tool to remove your area from a larger area (i.e., the surrounding country or world) to create this mask layer. The instructions include a link to a blank ‘world’ polygon that can be used if needed.
Dot Matrix Elevation
George Washington Texture fills
J.R.R. Tolkien Style Mapping
See also PAPER, FELT, LEGO below
See also HAND DRAWN below
Paper Cut Map Style (2019)
Paper Cut Lakes example (from Maps We Love)
Paper Cut Lake Maps
Absurd Paper Cut Maps (2017)
Stacked Paper (‘Bonkers’) (Map Hack)
Felt style (points, lines and fills)
Cross-Stitch
Lego Style (2019)
Plastic Brick Oceans (2018) https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/plastic-brick-oceans/
(Be sure to see update at the end)
Also https://warrenrdavison.wixsite.com/maps/post/brick-by-brick
Also Lego (Map Hack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xIHW5DTnXI
Chalkboard style map (Craigslist) (with details about the chalk “line” symbol and the chalkboard polygon fill
Blueprint style basemap
“Hand Drawn” Symbology (digital)
Hand Drawn Maps (Digital to Hand)
Pen and Ink Style
Also, How to Create the Pen and Ink Style in ArcGIS Pro
Block Print (Pixel to Grain) (Part 1)
Part 2: Woodcut Map
Part 3: Woodcut Fonts
Part 4: Styles
Tattered Maps, see also Tattered Paper Effect (Map Hack)
Pencil Sketch lines (Map Hack)
Watercolor Maps:
Watercolor Style for Pro (2018) and Watercolor style
Mega Easy Watercolor Painting (2019) https://adventuresinmapping.com/2019/12/03/mega-easy-watercolor-painting-in-arcgis-pro/
Land Cover and Paints (2020)
Coastal Edge Hack (shoreline vignettes)
Shoreline Vignettes
Coastal Stipple Effect
Coastal Rake Effect
Waterlines
Map Frame Vignettes (Mack Hack)
Layout Vignettes
Charts – What is a chart
Using Bivariate Colors to Map Change in Election Turnout (2020)
Island Election Maps (2017)
Cube Cartograms– Electoral College Cubo-Gram (2017)
Hexagons for (USA) Population
How to do Round Map Frames (for an Inset locator or detail map – one part of a larger tutorial)
Layout Gradients in Pro
Fade Effects (part of the Ice Roads series) (2019)
Custom Projection (part of the Ice Roads series) (2019)
Colors and Color Pallets (2014)
Color: Beyond simple choropleth maps (basketball viewership) (2017)
Grid Lines
Old-Style, Two-Tone (BW) Western “Tough” Maps
Techniques for Showing Areas of Interest
Symbol Effects
Drop Shadows (see Move effect)
Figure-Ground Feathering (for ArcMap but the concepts would apply / translate to Pro)
Measured Hatches along Line symbols
Vary Transparency by Attribute
Digital Map Folding (Part 1: 2D) (making a map appear as a folded piece of paper)
Monochrome Mapping
Age and Social Vulnerability (2020)
Bivariate Relationship Mapping (2018)
Bivariate Choropleth Maps (not ArcGIS Pro, but the concepts can be adapted)
Bivariate contextual mapping (point symbols for Fire and Population)
Using Bivariate Colors to Map Change in Election Turnout (2020)
Bivariate mapping using tessellating hexagons(drought, 2016)
See also Bivariate Color Schemes in Brewer’s Designing Better Maps (page 160-164)
…Awesome Blend Mode
How to Make Grayscale or Monochrome Basemap (2021)
This is for ArcGIS Online, but the concepts work for Pro as well
Visual Effects using Blend Modes
Callouts and Map Graphics with Blend Modes
Throwing (Hill) Shade Gallery (2019)
Throwing (Hill) Shade (hillshade effects using Raster Functions)
Show only a slice of a DEM using the Histogram Chop
Boost Drama with Mountain / Valley Mist (Map Hack, 2019)
Hillshades that Don’t Wash Out Your Map (Map Hack, 2019)
Multi-directional Streamlined Hillshade (2020)
Vintage Shaded Relief (2019)
Eduard Imhof-ish Cartography (Swiss Hillshades) (2020)
Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud (ArcGIS Pro / Adobe Illustrator bridge, released June, 2017)
Using Adobe’s Maps for Creative Cloud
Tips for Making Maps in Adobe Creative Cloud
Making a “Top 10 Locations” Map with Maps for Creative Cloud
ArcGIS map for Adobe with Photoshop (using ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud)
ArcGIS Maps for Adobe with Photoshop
Creating an Ocean Graphic with ArcGIS Pro and Photoshop