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The Beardsley Brollyby ~Phostex

Traditional Art / Drawings / Illustration / Conceptual

The story behind this: As part of the graduation hoopla over at the Savannah College of Art and Design, someone got the bright idea to hand out hundreds of paper parasols, and have a contest to decorate them among the walking graduates. Well, this was a poorly thought out plan, since the umbrellas are not only made of the flimsiest paper, but are also glued and shellacked, making any media very hard to apply. And of course the umbrella can't be folded up after painting, or collaging, or whatever.
By happenstance, earlier that day, I was browsing a used bookstore, and came upon an Aubrey Beardsley illustrated copy of Oscar Wilde's Salome. Awesome, art Deco stuff. Well, not until earlier today did I connect "parasol" to "surreal art deco turn-of-the-century masquerade ball" which, when you think of it, is obvious. Not only would it fit well on an umbrella, I'm sure my acrylic ink will do the job of sticking to it. This is the final design, and I think I've got the competition well licked.

~MistahPete May 21, 2009 Professional Filmographer

Groovy as an LP. Long as it doesn't rain.

(Hmm, old LPs would be an interesting medium for this sort of thing, too...)

~Phostex May 24, 2009

Licorice Pizzas? maybe, but I like listenin' to 'em more.

~theEvilTwin May 20, 2009

very smart graphic, man!

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