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Making of the Map: John Potters Timelapse

Andy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:07:00 +0000

John Potter of Escape Key Graphics has just completed a map for the 2010 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which takes place annually in of course Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Show Management; the company that puts on the boat show, wanted a friendlier, more illustrative map than the map they had used in previous years. John ran an ongoing screen capture as he has done with previous projects (find them on John’s “Design and Illustration Videos” page). The speed is doubled six times giving you the ability to see the work and the thought process behind it without being burdened by specifics of technique. The project was done primarily in Adobe Illustrator, it makes for a fantastic video:

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Map – Illustrator Time-Lapse from John Potter on Vimeo.
John notes that the rendering was based on CAD drawings provided by Jeremy Thayer over at Show Management and the project simply could not have been done in such a short time frame, or with as high a degree of accuracy without those drawings as a foundation. If only everyone worked this way, the final result is excellent.

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Making of the Map: John Potters Timelapse

Andy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:07:00 +0000

John Potter of Escape Key Graphics has just completed a map for the 2010 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which takes place annually in of course Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Timelapse: Making the Map

Andy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:49:00 +0000

Whether it is making a map of a city or a map of a local tourist attraction, as is the case below, there is a high level of expertise involved and it is mesmerising to see the process as a timelapse.

John Potter was recently contracted by the tourist attraction, Flamingo Gardens, in Davie, Florida to redesign their visitor’s map. He decided to record the project via an on going screen capture:

Adobe Illustrator Time-Lapse Video from John Potter on Vimeo.
The style reminds us in some ways of ‘Transport Tycoon’ and that can only be a good thing. Read more about the project at escapekeygraphics.com/entry/118/Adobe_Illustrator_Time-Lapse_V/ and see more of John’s work at escapekeygraphics.com

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