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Skyscrapper Extraordinaire
Squeak

Skyscrapper Extraordinaire

Okay, two stories about this page...

First, have you ever been driving your car, deep in thought, and when you come back to yourself you look around and ask, "How in the world did I get here?" Wait, that's never happened to you? Just me, then. Aaaaaaaanyway, with regards to this page, I started out purposefully enough, with an idea in mind, and then I got lost in the process. Hours later, when I sat back and looked at what I'd actually made, I found myself here. Such a different endpoint than what I had in mind! Gotta respect the muse, I suppose...

Second, while putting the finishing touches on this page, I happened to mention to Mr. Squeak (um, yeah, he's gonna love that! :) ) that I was having a problem with the perspective on this page; i.e., the buildings and person are not in the right proportions. Generally for most things design-related, whether it's wall art or furniture or what-have-you, he prefers clean, simple lines and neutral tones, so when he looked over at what I was working on and he saw the riot of color his eyes kind of crossed and he said, "The perspective? THAT'S your problem with this page?!?" Everybody's a critic!

And if you've been following along, you'll probably guess that this is yet another in a series of completely random pages for my Chicago book. Oh, and I've come up with a new title for this collection of random pages: "I'd Better Get a Grip Soon and Come Up with a Plan to Scrap My EleventyMillion Chicago Pictures...Eventually." Catchy, yes? It sort of rolls off the tongue...

Do you recognize the building on the page as the John Hancock building? Wow, I really got it wrong then--I was going for the Art Institute! (I kill me sometimes! :) ) Chicago is famous for its wonderful architecture, and we spent a great deal of time looking up as we were walking about the city. Extraordinary stuff there!

Credits
Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Palette Storm (background paper, transfer)
ArtPlay Palette Mist (brushwork)
Clouds No. 1
Clouds No. 2
12x12 Painted Overlays No. 1

Lynn Grieveson (Designer Digitals)
Comic Splat

Beth Rimmer (Deviant Scrap)
Sketchy Cities (slightly altered)

Font:SF Slapstick Comic

Thanks for stopping by!
Oh that happened lots off times with me too !!! YOu are not alone ;)

Great Artwork !!
 
you kill me, too! love where respecting the muse took you and got my first laugh of the day with "Mr. Squeak" 's comment. i love this page!!!
 
How fun! Love that background paper and what you did with the photo of the building.
 
Shirley, clicking on one of your thumbnails always leads to an adventure!!! Your design is entirely FunCool (new word)the colors, the 'perspective'.fantastical! Your writing rocksthink you need to consider writing a book somedayand yes, the album title is a winner! :)
 
Wouw. Hoera for the muze (and your respect!)

There is NOTHING wrong with the perspective. Hey, this is ART!
(Has Mr.Squeak ever seen a picture of Escher? Thre is something wrong with the perspective and he became famous because of that. And rich.)
 

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