From the Cartoonist's Desk...An Upcoming Project

By Diego Garcia III | The Brownsville Beacon Cartoonist

 We here at the Beacon have started work on a project that will showcase some of Downtown Brownsville's eateries and night spots. 

 Below is a sketch of a cartoon-style map that we will be working on that will show where all the happening places to be are. This is just a rough draft. Once we decide what places to include on the map, we will go out and take pictures of their storefronts to draw better cartoons of the buildings. We will also probably be changing the orientation of the map to show the front of the buildings rather than the angle we currently are showing. As I mentioned, this is a preliminary rough sketch of what we'll be working on.


If you all have any suggestions as to what should be included in the map, please feel free to contact us.

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  1. KBROJanuary 10, 2020 at 2:55 PM

    Art galleries and public restrooms if you can find any :D

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2020 at 12:43 PM

    Rutledge deserves a larger sign!

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    1. The Brownsville BeaconJanuary 17, 2020 at 12:37 PM

      The finished product is going to look considerably different. I will be going downtown, taking photographs of the storefronts, and making my cartoons based off the actual appearance of the buildings. I will also try to replicate their logos on the map. Rutledge will definitely get a better look in the final map.

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