---
filename: sbcc-activities.png
title: Santa Barbara — Activities & Culture
cluster: Activities
college: Santa Barbara City College — Santa Barbara, 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
Activities (Santa Barbara City College — Santa Barbara, CA)

## Data points (edit these to change rendered content; re-run `bun generate-all.ts sbcc-activities.png` to regenerate)
- SBCC Vaqueros — CCCAA Western State Conference
- 11 state athletic titles across program history
- Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence: $1M (2013)
- 74-acre bluff campus directly over Leadbetter Beach — surfable
- Walking distance to State Street + Funk Zone
- Santa Barbara population ~88,000 — \"Riviera of the American West\"
- Mountains-to-sea drive: 15 min from Pacific to 3,000 ft via Hwy 154
- Channel Islands National Park visible offshore
- Mediterranean tile + palm trees + Spanish-Colonial architecture
- Funk Zone wineries + arts district adjacent to campus

## Style hints (edit to shift visual treatment)
- Palette: paper #F4ECDC base + ink #2A1810 body + Vaquero deep ocean #0A3D5C primary accent + California sun #E8B547 secondary
- Aesthetic: editorial / hand-printed California Country
- Typography: elegant serif headline + clean geometric sans-serif data labels
- Iconography: bluff over Pacific with palm trees, surf wave with board, Spanish tile rooftop silhouette, trophy + 11
- 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 "SANTA BARBARA — ACTIVITIES & CULTURE". A small badge in the top-right corner reads "SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE — SANTA BARBARA, CA" inside a circle filled with Vaquero deep ocean (#0A3D5C).

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: Vaquero deep ocean #0A3D5C
- Secondary accent: California sun #E8B547

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

   1. SBCC Vaqueros — CCCAA Western State Conference
   2. 11 state athletic titles across program history
   3. Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence: $1M (2013)
   4. 74-acre bluff campus directly over Leadbetter Beach — surfable
   5. Walking distance to State Street + Funk Zone
   6. Santa Barbara population ~88,000 — "Riviera of the American West"
   7. Mountains-to-sea drive: 15 min from Pacific to 3,000 ft via Hwy 154
   8. Channel Islands National Park visible offshore
   9. Mediterranean tile + palm trees + Spanish-Colonial architecture
   10. Funk Zone wineries + arts district adjacent to campus

The big numbers (like "249", "$1,200", "1,250 miles") should be BIG and prominent in #0A3D5C, 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): bluff over Pacific with palm trees, surf wave with board, Spanish tile rooftop silhouette, trophy + 11

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 sbcc-activities.png; re-run `bun generate-all.ts sbcc-activities.png`
- **To add/remove data points**: edit the `data` array in SPECS for sbcc-activities.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://athletics.sbcc.edu/
- https://highered.aspeninstitute.edu/aspen-prize/santa-barbara-city-college/
- https://www.sbcc.edu/about/
- https://www.santabarbaraca.com/