Another poster inspired by a piece of music. This time it's Leroy Anderson's 'The Typewriter'
Here's the great Jerry Lewis embodying this piece of music starting at around 0:35 seconds.
Rhapsody in Blue
I started a new project of music posters, mostly classical, but there'll be some others thrown in there on occassion.
Rhapsody in Blue
I wanted it to look like the layers of New York with the subway underneath, the 1920s cabs and the musicians playing in a concert hall. The idea for the blue piano was based on the title but also this Paul Whiteman techni-color film where the orchestra rises out of the piano. (Check out 2:56)
Have a great week!
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T-shirt TIme
Just put up a new tee for scoring on Threadless. This one might be my favorite yet. Please head over and vote.
In other news, I decided to make the arrows tee available in my society6 shop with some additions to the design. I just ordered mine yesterday and am looking forward to wearing it this spring.
Screen-printing has always been on my craft-to-do wishlist, but we've never been in the place that has the space for that kind of equipment. I'm not giving up though, I've been looking into get some things printed and to have in my shop for the Fall. What's on your craft wishlist?
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The Flying Foxes
Two crazy foxes in a hot air balloon,
They like to go shopping on a Sunday afternoon,
So up, up, up in the balloon they fly,
Quickly up to the bright blue sky.
They hop over traffic, fields and trees,
And land at the supermarket, cool as you please.
Jasper Fox reads the shopping list,
Making sure there is nothing they missed
While Jennifer, his wife, eyes the view.
She wants a smooth landing, with nothign askew.
What a crazy way to get the chores done,
But Jasper and Jennifer, always have fun!
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Peter and the Wolf
If you grew up a music nerd like me, then you had tons of music/education cassettes. I had a few favorites, Peter and the Wolf being one of them. I designed this poster with that cassette in mind.
If you're not that familiar with the story, there's a new non-spoken animated version on netflix that is thoroughly enjoyable and I believe you can see most of it on youtube as well.
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Spring Picnic
I've been enjoying the lovely mild weather and the spring-time blooms to have lots of iced tea and picnics. I painted these two enjoying the lovely spring weather in a field.
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It's Poster Time.
Two new posters I designed for the shop. I love being able to offer a few prints in larger sizes and I'm finding it a fun challenge to design things for a larger size. I've added another music education style poster, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for all those suzuki teachers out there or for a musical themed nursery.
And I showed this poster a few weeks back on Pinterest which is now available.
I made a few prototypes of scarves with the feathers and arrows and once I iron out all the kinks I'll have a limited edition of arrow and feathers coming up soon.
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New Things
I just finished a small shop update with some new things I've been working on. I can't believe how fast the year is flying by. I wanted to get in some new items before the Bust show in mid-April.
I created a few new card sets including the feathers and arrows, animal constellations and a Peter and the Wolf set that includes all the animals/instruments and their themes that would work well in a music classroom.
Feathers and Arrows set of 8 flat cards. Four designs, two of each.
Animal Constellation Thank You Cards - set of 8 four of each color.
Thanks so much for voting for my Threadless shirt - if you haven't had a chance yet, its up for a few more days. Fingers crossed it makes it, but if not, I'll have to figure out another way to get it printed.
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Threadless Tee Submission - Toxophilus
Submitted another tee to Threadless for scoring. I based it on my arrows pattern.
Take aim! Whether you're a cupid or a lover of the longbow - you'll love this arrow tee.
Hope you had a great weekend. Vote for this shirt here.
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