Miniature Golf Section Of The Map

I was recently subcontracted by Belgraphix, a full service graphics shop in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to create an illustrated map for Kimball Farm in Westford, Massachusetts. Working with Belgraphix, and working in Massachusetts were both new to me, but I found I enjoy doing both. Barry Belotti from Belgraphix was always quick to answer any questions and the folks at Kimball Farm were very warm and friendly.

Kimball Farm has four locations and offers a variety of family friendly activities. The farm is well known for it’s special ice cream and they tell me the lobster is great too. The farm also offers bumper boats, miniature golf, batting cages and lots more. They also host corporate events.

The map is intended for multiple uses ranging from handouts to “you are here signs” to billboards. The short term goal was to prepare the map for the new visitor’s brochure.

This was a large project with lots of buildings and tiny details. The miniature golf course alone was a significant project, and I incorporated enough detail to keep the map interesting and fresh even when it is blown up very large. As usual I did all of the work in Adobe Illustrator. I made a time lapse video of the creation of the map as I worked. I hope you enjoy it.

To learn more about Belgraphix visit BelGraphix.com, and to learn more about Kimball Farm and their multiple locations visit KimballFarm.com. Check out my panoramic photography on Kimball Farm’s Country Store page.

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Once again it’s time for The Miami Boat Show (February 16th-20th, 2012), and I’ve been busy revising maps and making some new ones.

As you may not realize The Miami Boat Show actually consists of three boat shows. The Yacht and Brokerage Show is managed by Show Management, and The Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail Miami are both managed by The National Marine Manufacturers Association (informally known as NMMA).

Miami Beach Convention Center Parking Map

Last year I designed the Collins Avenue venue map for Show Management and The Miami Beach Convention Center, Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center and Miamarina at Bayside venue maps for NMMA. This year I revised all four of those maps (and NMMA’s transit map) and also designed a parking map for The Miami Beach Convention Center venue for NMMA and a parking map for the Collins Avenue venue for Show Management. Here are dedicated links to the The Miami Beach Convention Center (zoomable or flat image), Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center (zoomable or flat image), Miamarina at Bayside (zoomable or flat image) and Collins Avenue (zoomable or flat image) venue maps.

If you haven’t seen last year’s videos of the process of creation of the Collins Avenue map and the Sea Isle and Bayside maps please have a look.

I hope you enjoy the new maps as well as the updates.

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I was recently subcontracted by City Streetz, a full service graphics shop here in Fort Lauderdale, to create a box design for delicious Honeybell Oranges for a company called Cushman’s Fruit Company. City Streetz frequently calls upon me for illustration projects and maps.

The box is a rather heavy duty and complex cardboard box. I did the initial drawings by hand with graphite, but adding spot color had to be done in Photoshop using channels. The drawings of the orchard were done in layers by using translucent velum. This allowed us to change the position of the tree in the foreground in relation to the orchard in the background, for instance, without redoing the whole illustration. I made two dimensional mockups using Illustrator and Gil at City Streetz and I both worked on the final for the printer’s template in Indesign. What you see here is the final two dimensional mockup of the front and sides (if you click on it you can see the top as well). The color of the cardboard has been simulated to give a more realistic idea of the look of the final product. The folds and cuts of the dieline can be seen in pink.

To learn more about City Streetz visit CityStreetz.net and for more information about Cushman’s Fruit Company visit honeybell.com.

See the box on QVC’s website…

For the last two years I have created a holiday card for Foreign Trade Zone Corporation of Mobile, Alabama. This year they wanted a train scene with a winter wonderland feel. They provided me with a photo, but it wasn’t snowing and it wasn’t very cheerful. Some time and effort in Photoshop created the wintery train scene they wanted.

It was a fun project. I look forward to seeing what Foreign Trade Zone Corporation comes up with next.

Original Photo

Have a look at last years card project and the 2009 project complete with video.

This is my first year of designing and illustrating the map for the The St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show in Saint Petersburg, Florida for Show Management. As usual I used Adobe Illustrator and worked from CAD drawings supplied by Show Management. I didn’t make one of my videos of the work in progress as I have in the past, but you can view previous ones here if you like. I hope you enjoy the map.

The boat show will be Dec. 1 through Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. If you need additional information about the boat show visit www.ShowManagement.com.

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2011 Fold Out Map in the phone app as “you are here” signs in Yachts International Magazine in the boat show program

If you need additional information about the boat show visit www.ShowManagement.com. For more information on my work on this and previous boat shows click here, and for more information on my maps in general see my maps page.

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I just finished a little project for Flamingo Gardens here in Davie, Florida that I would like to share. It wasn’t a big or complicated project, but sometimes potential is where you make it and I did my best to make this rack card something special.

The folks at Flamingo Gardens approached me with a request to update their children’s parties rack card. The one they had was very straight forward. It had some stock photography laid out nicely and a party hat had been photoshopped onto a parrot and flamingo’s heads. It was nicely done, but reserved and it seemed to appeal to parents wanting a quiet and orderly event rather than kids wanting to have fun.

I came up with a fairly nutty illustration concept and began moving toward something that looked pretty finished to show them right away. Although my early sketchs showed potential to me, I think they would have looked kind of crazy to anyone else. I didn’t think a written description of the illustration could possibly sell them on the idea either. I was convinced that if they saw it they would like it. Although I had risked wasting some time, they did like the concept when they saw it and everything went smoothly. Now Flamingo Gardens has a nice new rack card to advertise their birthday party package and I have a nice illustration I am happy to add to my portfolio.

Once again it’s time for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. This time it’s the 52nd Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and I have been contracted by Show Management to update and upgrade the maps they used last year as well as make some new maps and uses for the maps.

In addition to the large map that features the Bahia Mar venue and the map of the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center I have created maps for the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina, Sails Marina, six details of the main map for use in the boat show program and the transit map I featured on my blog back in June.

Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina Map

Sails Marina Map

Entrance Tent Detail

Engine Tent Detail

Some of the changes to the main map include larger, more colorful icons and building identification like I used on the Palm Beach Boat Show map. Those concepts as well as color coding the key came from consultation with the insightful staff at Show Management.

For the six double page map detail spreads in the program I chose to highlight the buildings or tents in question by fading out the rest of the map. I also included a thumbnail of the large map to help orient the location of the detail. These layouts were provided to Show Management as kind of templates, allowing them to update the list of exhibitors themselves as preparations for the show proceed.

Some large, sign sized versions of the map are also in going to be displayed at strategic points around the show to help guests find their way. Maybe I can post some photos of those later.

If you didn’t see the video I made last year of the initial creation of the main map you please have a look. It’s pretty entertaining.

The next issue of Yachts International Magazine will feature a light version of the map, so please have a look.

If you need additional information about the boat show visit www.ShowManagement.com, and I have also posted a Google Map of the boat show venues.

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You may recall that I designed Dinosaur World in Plant City, Florida’s visitor map back in March 2010. I made a video of the design process at the time. You can see it on my March 26th 2010 post.

Dinosaur World in Plant City has now expanded and thus needed some revisions to their existing map. The park is a lot bigger, so be sure and drop by Dinosaur World and check it out, and when you are ready for your next map be sure and contact me.

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I was recently subcontracted by City Streetz, a full service graphics shop here in Fort Lauderdale, to create a map for The Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum highlighting some of Florida’s Seminole Indian heritage. City Streetz frequently calls upon me for illustration projects and, of course, maps.

Map Cover (and back cover on left)

The Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum had an existing map, but it was very dated, so my task was to bring it up to date. The map was to be in a poster format (34′X22") that folded down to 8.5"X11". For the map itself, this meant completely recreating it and for the rest of the panels on the map the previous design could serve as a rough guide. I screen captured some of the highlights of the project in time lapse video. I hope you enjoy it.

To learn more about City Streetz visit CityStreetz.net and for more information on the Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum visit ahtahthiki.com. To see a zoomable map (if you don’t already) click the “more” link below.

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