---
filename: cabrillo-food-offcampus.png
title: Aptos — Off-Campus Food
cluster: Food — Off-Campus
college: Cabrillo College — Aptos, CA
model: gemini-3-pro-image (Nano Banana Pro)
aspect_ratio: 4:5
resolution_target: 4K
generated_at: 2026-04-28
generated_by: Media skill via Generate.ts CLI
status: v1
---

## Cluster
Food — Off-Campus (Cabrillo College — Aptos, CA)

## Data points (edit these to change rendered content; re-run `bun generate-all.ts cabrillo-food-offcampus.png` to regenerate)
- Aptos Village: small, walkable, several restaurants
- Capitola Village (5 min): dense restaurant + cafe scene
- Santa Cruz (15 min): wide range, food trucks, coffee culture
- Trader Joe's: Capitola (5 min)
- Whole Foods: Capitola
- Costco: Santa Cruz
- **Aptos Farmers Market — Saturdays AT CABRILLO COLLEGE**
- Watsonville: heart of strawberry country (Driscoll's HQ)
- Local food cost: high — Bay Area / Santa Cruz County premium
- Student food spend (national avg): $272–$429/mo grocery

## Style hints (edit to shift visual treatment)
- Palette: paper #F4ECDC base + ink #2A1810 body + deep ocean navy #2D4A6B primary accent + warm sand #C9B284 secondary
- Aesthetic: editorial / hand-printed California Country
- Typography: elegant serif headline + clean geometric sans-serif data labels
- Iconography: grocery cart, strawberry, small storefront, farm stand
- Forbidden: photorealism, stock photos, neon, holographic, gradient mesh, generic AI aesthetic

## Prompt sent to Nano Banana Pro

```
EDITORIAL INFOGRAPHIC POSTER, hand-printed magazine spread aesthetic, 4:5 portrait orientation, 4K print quality.

HEADER (top of poster): Bold elegant serif title "APTOS — OFF-CAMPUS FOOD". A small badge in the top-right corner reads "CABRILLO COLLEGE — APTOS, CA" inside a circle filled with deep ocean navy (#2D4A6B).

BACKGROUND: Warm cream paper texture #F4ECDC throughout, with subtle hand-printed grain. NO white background.

PALETTE (use ONLY these colors, no others):
- Paper background: #F4ECDC
- Body typography (deep coffee ink): #2A1810
- Primary accent for icons + key numbers: deep ocean navy #2D4A6B
- Secondary accent: warm sand #C9B284

BODY (vertical editorial layout, generous whitespace, with iconography paired to each data point). Render these EXACT data points verbatim, in this order:

   1. Aptos Village: small, walkable, several restaurants
   2. Capitola Village (5 min): dense restaurant + cafe scene
   3. Santa Cruz (15 min): wide range, food trucks, coffee culture
   4. Trader Joe's: Capitola (5 min)
   5. Whole Foods: Capitola
   6. Costco: Santa Cruz
   7. **Aptos Farmers Market — Saturdays AT CABRILLO COLLEGE**
   8. Watsonville: heart of strawberry country (Driscoll's HQ)
   9. Local food cost: high — Bay Area / Santa Cruz County premium
   10. Student food spend (national avg): $272–$429/mo grocery

The big numbers (like "249", "$1,200", "1,250 miles") should be BIG and prominent in #2D4A6B, with smaller ink labels next to them. Use a clean geometric sans-serif for data labels and an elegant serif for the headline.

ICONOGRAPHY (hand-drawn, minimalist line illustrations only — no photographs): grocery cart, strawberry, small storefront, farm stand

FOOTER (bottom): A small italic line in muted #2A1810 reads "compiled 2026-04-28".

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT include: photorealistic photography, stock-photo people, neon colors, holographic effects, gradient mesh, generic AI aesthetic, any colors outside the specified palette, additional logos, watermarks, or text beyond what is specified.

Hand-printed editorial restraint. Strong serif typography. Numbers prominent. Aspect ratio 4:5 portrait. 4K resolution print quality.
```

## Adjustment hints
- **To re-render at higher resolution**: this script already requests 4K; if rendering quality is off, increase resolution by editing the `--size 4K` flag in generate-all.ts to a future tier
- **To adjust color temperature**: change `accent` and `secondary` hex codes in the SPECS entry for cabrillo-food-offcampus.png; re-run `bun generate-all.ts cabrillo-food-offcampus.png`
- **To add/remove data points**: edit the `data` array in SPECS for cabrillo-food-offcampus.png; the prompt rebuilds automatically
- **To shift layout (vertical vs grid)**: append a layout directive after the BODY paragraph in buildPrompt(); re-run
- **To swap iconography**: edit the `iconography` array in SPECS

## Citations
- https://www.communitycollegereview.com/cabrillo-college-profile