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Kimball Farm Map

Posted by John Potter at 1 February 2012

Tags: adobe illustrator, art, attractions, Belgraphix, cartography, design, drawing, golf course, graphic design, illustrated map, Illustration, infographics, information graphics, Kimball Farm, maps, Massachusetts, miniature golf, parks, tourism, travel, Westford

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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Miami Boat Show Maps 2012

Posted by John Potter at 27 January 2012

Category: Graphics, Illustration

Tags: adobe illustrator, boat show, boating, cartography, design, drawing, Florida, graphic design, illustrated map, Illustration, infographics, information graphics, maps, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Boat Show, nmma, show management, travel

Miami Yacht and Brokerage Show
Parking and Transit Map

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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Package Design for Oranges

Posted by John Potter at 4 January 2012

Category: Graphics, Illustration

Tags: adobe illustrator, City Streetz, design, drawing, graphic design, Illustration, InDesign, package design, photoshop

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…

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St. Petersburg Boat Show Map

Posted by John Potter at 9 November 2011

Category: Graphics, Illustration

Tags: adobe illustrator, boat show, boating, cartography, design, drawing, Florida, graphic design, illustrated map, Illustration, infographics, information graphics, maps, Saint Petersburg Boat Show, show management, St Pete Boat Show, St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show

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.

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