Sorry this took so long. I was really puzzled over the best way to do this. Rich provided some great resource material and I was baffled at the best way to present it. It's a long story through the process but I'm happy where it ended up.-Rich is from Alaska! So I put in mountains.
-He did environmental conservation there, hence the PSA.
-And his last name is Flood, so I thought it would be fun to incorporate that into a literal interpretation. (and he encouraged me to "embrace the weird".)
He, like many of us I'm sure, was drawn to comics at a young age and aspired to become an influence to others. He points his finger a lot too, and both of these made me think of the WWII Uncle Sam recruitment posters. Then I thought Smokey would be a more integrateable (is that a word?) component but still fall in the nostalgic poster theme. So Rich has ousted Smokey, who is in a boat, and a shovel is kind of shaped like a paddle so why not?
Josh, thanks for picking a theme that goes above and beyond made-up characters, and Rich, hope you like it, you are an interesting character!
Rich looks like he'll beat you down if you don't take care of your fire...which is appropriate.
ReplyDeleteI remember when this happened, but I don't remember you having a camera... Good Job, Beth!
ReplyDeleteI lUV the bear :D ! Awesome work! Great caricature, it reminds of the Russian Worker Propaganda art ( example: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Republic-of-Social-Soviet-Union-for-Country-and-Urban-Worker-Posters_i1752005_.htm ). Well done!
ReplyDeleteI love Soviet propaganda! (I actually have a whole book of it!) It's a huge inspiration.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, excellent inspiration :) (It was cool to see the Soviet propaganda art mixed with the Art Deco down in South Beach). You nailed it!
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