Last winter, I was commissioned by Visit Henry County to create a map illustration of our county for the inside back cover of the 2023 Visitor’s Guide. It was such a cool project! Working with my contact at the Visitor’s Center, we needed to pull together a list of locations we wanted to highlight on the map. Places that are fun for people just visiting, but fresh and exciting for the folks who live here, too!

As I worked on this map illustration, I also used a lot of care to include the major freeways, highways, and water features that are important landmarks as you’re getting around.

You can request to receive your free visitor’s guide to Henry County in the mail here. It’s chock full of ideas for places to visit, things to do, and amazing foodstuffs to eat just south of Atlanta (and a bit north of Savannah lol).

I ended up loving this map illustration project so much, I uploaded it to my TeePublic shop. So now you can pick up this awesome piece of hometown pride for Henry County on your favorite clothing and home decor items!

You can click on the tee shirt, travel mug, and tote bag above to be taken to those specific products. BUT – if you scroll to the bottom of those pages, you’ll also see links to other apparel and home goods that let you show your Henry County Georgia pride!

This isn’t the first time I’ve been commissioned to create a map illustration for a client, but it’s definitely the most highly visible map art I’ve got out there. And I’ve got a fever… the only cure is more maps!

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Do you have a map illustration project you need help with? I would love to work with you! You can reach out to me on my contact page or by emailing stephcalvertart@gmail.com .

(Don’t forget to share the love and blast this #mapIllustration post out to your social media networks – it really helps my work get seen, and helps to bring in #illustration projects!)