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Here's a cover (
above) and map I drew for this week's issue of Kansas City paper
The Pitch. The article is a
gourmet/local re-imagining of the
Country Club Plaza -- currently known for it's chain restaurants, "Spanish" architecture, "Venetian" canal, and fountain full of weird rampaging horsemen -- by the paper's food critic.
My starting point for the map:
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhJVupm-vH0/TacLRe7o0HI/AAAAAAAADXc/nQtiP44Vqjw/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaSketch_Ref1.jpg)
Google map I put together of the area in question:
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mak5TbDzGTA/TacORgZjtVI/AAAAAAAADYU/J-hsjd-SgNo/s400/plaza_googlemap.jpg)
Some of the reference for replacement restaurants I gathered:
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-aw03RWfi14c/TacLQit2bqI/AAAAAAAADXU/l1UjWIEnje8/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaSketch_RefPixxx.jpg)
Rough layouts:
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiHHf4edmpI/TacLRtIRqSI/AAAAAAAADXk/M1NlIzPUiqs/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaSketch_Thumbnails.jpg)
Pencil sketch:
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-9u1yaAqm1wU/TacLduxuEXI/AAAAAAAADXs/HUnXRCnJgAg/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaSketchRevised.jpg)
Lineart, vector background, watercolor wash:
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-9aWpuluHmR0/TacLPpeZaJI/AAAAAAAADXE/bAOIMXqBE0w/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaMap_3Steps.jpg)
Finished map:
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-ccAGcId4I8Q/TacLeGx44lI/AAAAAAAADX0/qVn8xymEa0s/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaMap_Flat.jpg)
Cover sketch:
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-LGuCRokyNHY/TacLeogsA6I/AAAAAAAADX8/1o7khoizZ4I/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaCover_sketch.jpg)
Lineart, white water & clouds layer, watercolor wash:
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-4-Z8vQC7n1o/TacLPw_U6eI/AAAAAAAADXM/gM-G3vRMxD8/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaCover_3Steps.jpg)
Alternate, more complex version, of the cover.
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-GlYVifi5WgM/TacLfYlyp4I/AAAAAAAADYM/E_KIUhH-Y48/s400/Zettwoch_PlazaCover_complex.jpg)
I ended up losing the bacon, BBQ, lobster, wine glass and some other stuff, but it's probably for the better
. Thanks Kansas City Pitch!
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