I Illustrated National Parks In America Based On Their Worst Review And I Hope They Will Make You Laugh (16 Pics)
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 the project. 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 a fun and beautiful twist on the negativity.
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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 idea just came to me! I came to illustration by way of hand lettering, so finding words I could incorporate into the park illustrations really helped the project come together.
4 hours ago
When in Rome …
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 geography in the US! Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring was definitely the most difficult, because it was so hard to capture (which makes that review even funnier!).
7 hours ago
Trees block view of what? What did they want to see?
Sometimes I find the perfect review really quickly, 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.
5 hours ago
I’m speechless 😮😮😂
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!
7 hours ago
A HOLE wrote this review indeed
6 hours ago
That’s a feature, not a bug!
5 hours ago
What a prick 😉😂
6 hours ago
Sounds like heaven.
6 hours ago
So much ignorance. I am out of words.
5 hours ago
I can’t believe so many people are really this thick, surely these have got to be spoof reviews?!
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5 hours ago
Hey, I live near this one! How crazy? Who would have expected mud after either a) it rained a shitton or b) a shitton of snow just melted?
6 hours ago
This is one of my favorite places on earth. If, for some mind boggling reason, you really can’t find anything to do, there’s a cute little British pub outside Pigeon Forge where you can park your grumpy butt and drink an impressive assortment of beer.
1 hour ago
She/he probably had the camera on self portrait mode when she was taking pictures here and based her review off the pics
6 hours ago
You sure that wasn’t your wife, Frank?
5 hours ago
These people!! I just can’t get over how dense some people are!!
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