Sioux Falls' Seacoast Gun

To protect the seacoast of Sioux Falls!

Waterfall in Living Color

"Ribbon Walk" and Koi Pond - in Color

Perennial Flower Beds with Fountains

Lily Pond and Art Display Area - in Color!

I've wrapped up the updates and digital painting for four more in this series of illustrations for the park proposal. I had fun learning about the PS dynamic brush settings to get a traditional watercolor look for the paintings.

Park Shelter Quick Reverse

The roof was rotated and re-inked, then digitally watercolored in Photoshop.

Park Shelter Update

The park shelter drawing with an updated design. Curvy and cool!

Ribbon Walk

A proposed "ribbon walk" and fountain for Lyon Park in Sioux Falls.

Perennial Beds and Fountains

This is a proposal to rework the perennial beds in Lyon Park, adding pavers, new sidewalks and a triple fountain feature.

'Cross Poster

Private Public Property

The second public neighborhood meeting on the singletrack proposal for Leaders Park in Sioux Falls was last Wednesday. The Parks Department did and excellent job of addressing all the concerns raised about increased use of the park, wildlife, public safety and so on. Of course, most of the neighbors that showed up were the ones opposed to the idea - and their reasoning wasn't much better than what's shown below.
(My original post is here).

FAST Track for Singletrack

This is based on a true story, but just the last line was taken verbatim. Some good dudes, local cycling advocates, had a very good idea for bringing real-live mountain biking singletrack to Sioux Falls.
If you were to take a look at Leaders Park (oh, wait: you can't see Leader's Park because it's a steep, heavily-wooded ravine tucked between a row of houses and I-229... but if you could see it from the air) you would know that there's practically no other use suitable for the park. A small amount of land area is used for a community garden, and the only other open area is used as a non-sanctioned sledding hill. The vast majority of area has been left in its natural state. The deed restrictions on the land are that it shall always be used as a park and for recreational purposes.
As part of the process for approval, a neighborhood meeting was held by the Parks & Recreation Department in order to present the proposal, answer questions and address any concerns. There were a few negative comments, including the one in the 'toon above. On the other hand, there was one neighbor who commented that it's a great idea - and that, as a realtor, she knows it will increase property values.
I believe there are one or two neighbors that think the city park should be used as a nature preserve solely for the handful of houses that border the park. I think that singletrack should be developed since it's an eco-friendly, healthy and fun ammenity for everyone in the community.

If you're concerned with public use of public park land and bringing singletrack to Sioux Falls, please view the proposal and leave a comment at the city's survey. Thanks!