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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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Children’s Parties Rack Card

Posted by John Potter at 19 October 2011

Category: Graphics, Illustration

Tags: adobe illustrator, attractions, Card, caricature, cartoon, Flamingo Gardens, Florida, graphic design, Illustration, rack card, tourism, travel


Finished rack card	Rack card without text

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.

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2011 Fort Lauderdale Boat Show Map

Posted by John Potter at 10 September 2011

Category: Graphics, Illustration

Tags: adobe illustrator, art, attractions, boat show, boating, cartography, design, drawing, FLIBS, Florida, Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, graphic design, illustrated map, Illustration, infographics, information graphics, John Potter, maps, show management, tourism, travel, Yachts International Magazine

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.
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Florida Seminole Heritage Map Video

Posted by John Potter at 11 August 2011

Category: Graphics, Illustration

Tags: adobe illustrator, adobe indesign, Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum, art, attractions, cartography, City Streetz, design, drawing, Florida, graphic design, history, Illustration, infographics, information graphics, logo design, maps, museum, photoshop, time lapse, tourism, travel, video

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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