Graphic Artist Turns One-Star Reviews Of National Parks Into Great Posters
Acadia National Park
Graphic artist Amber Share has heard your cries of boredom and used them as inspiration to create brand new tourism ads for America’s National Parks. Here are a few of her posters that are sure to make anyone comfortable settling on a staycation instead of camping this year.
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North Cascades National Park Washington State
“I’m an illustrator and I have always had a personal goal to draw all 62 US National Parks, but I wanted to find a unique twist for these poster designs. When I found that there are one-star reviews for every single park, the idea for Subpar Parks was born. For each park, I hand-letter a line from the one-star reviews alongside my illustration of each park as my way of putting fun and beautiful twist on the negativity,” Amber told Bored Panda.
Snowdonia National Park
“I had been wanting to draw all of the national parks, but wanted to find a way to add a bit of a twist to make it different from the other park illustrations already out there. I stumbled upon the one star reviews online, and the drawing idea just came to me! I came to illustration by way of hand lettering, so finding words I could incorporate into the beautiful nature illustrations really helped the project come together.”
Lake District National Park
“When it comes to my favorite park to draw and it’s review so far I think it was Arches, which is why I did that one first! I don’t really know that I have a least favorite – they’ve all been so fun and different to draw so far and has really made me appreciate the diversity of beautiful views in the US! Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring was definitely the most difficult of these cool posters, because it was so hard to capture (which makes that review even funnier!).”
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
“Sometimes I find the perfect review really quickly for my nature drawings, and other times I have to dig through several different review sites before I find the right one. It all depends on the park. I try to avoid any reviews about the park management or upkeep, and stick solely to reviews that have to do with the actual nature, because I think the audacity of criticizing earth is what keeps the project light.”
Jasper National Park
“Each illustration took about 5-6 hours of work depending on the park. So far Cuyahoga Valley took the longest because it was tough to get the waterfall just right!”
Banff National Park
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Pacific Rim National Park
Yoho National Park
Hot Springs National Park
Wind Cave National Park
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Biscayne National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park
Voyageurs National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park
Congaree National Park
Katmai National Park & Preserve
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
Kings Canyon National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Great Basin National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Redwoods National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Channel Islands National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Everglades National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Gateway Arch National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
National Park of American Samoa
Badlands National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Mount Rainier National Park
Pinnacles National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
White Sands National Park
Crater Lake National Park
Glacier National Park
