Friday, August 11, 2006

Illustration Friday - Play



I just LOVE listening to music. Unfortunately I can't play any instruments. I remember taking trumpet lessons in fifth grade and my teacher kept telling me to press my lips together and blow harder which would usually result in me slowly sinking into my chair and getting a pain in my kidney from pushing air out of my tightened lips. Dizzy Gillespie made it look so easy....

34 comments:

neilornstein said...

This is a lovely piece.

AscenderRisesAbove said...

wonderful! very nice style and retro color!

Liz Jones said...

Kewl. You hipster you!
It's never too late to learn an instrument,you know. Just give yourself permission to sound lousy for awhile,and keep at it!
:o)

Joseph Chiang said...

cool! nice colors, composition and style!

Fernanda Guedes said...

What a wonderful illo!

Anonymous said...

Charlie Parker played Saxophone, not trumpet.

steve said...

That's just crazy baby, crazy ! I can dig it. Why don'tcha put on some Juan Esquivel and chill out with us ?
=^_^=

stevePoisonPencil

Kevin Cromwell said...

Cool. The background in this piece is alive. There is so much activiy that the figures almost appear like statues, or fountains flooding the world with energy. Really nice.

:)=

chacha said...

great style!

franhilz said...

e x c e l l e n t !!!

Anonymous said...

Really tasty. Great character, and warm colors. Very cool. Thanks for sharing your jazz band.

String said...

Really great illo, I thought of music too. I wonder how many others will?

Dan Santat said...

Oops! I meant Dizzy Gillespie! My bad

mel said...

wow, this is just great! love it :)

claudine hellmuth said...

wow! I just love this!! wonderful!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful artwork. My husband plays guitar in his free time.

Janet said...

Wow! Neato!!!

Tami said...

This is Excellent!!! I love the expressions on their faces and their body gestures!

BTW, that is why they called him "Dizzy"!

Blake Himsl Hunter said...

Great piece! I had a similar experience but I tried to learn the saxaphone instead.

Joyce Sleeis said...

awesome piece.
Love the colors in the work.
Your stuff is amazing.
I'm a fan!

Larry Lee said...

Wonderful illustration. This feels like a jazz group.
8^)

Todd DeWolf said...

He did make it look easy didn't he. I really love the layout and overall feel of this. Great idea. This is well done. Cheers!

Anonymous said...

That's brilliant. Really like your entries, bookmarked so I don't miss em!

Bill Z said...

nice pic - I especially like the rhythmic patterns

Marco Antonio SepĂșlveda said...

Bueno, muy buen dibujo.
Felicitaciones.

J. E. Morris said...

Nice piece, I love the retro feel. Like how you made the trumpet player blue in the face (memories of 5th grade trumpet lessons maybe?)

Michelle said...

Nicely done! Is that spit flying out of the wind instruments? :) I love all the colors and designs that went into this.

Kay Aker said...

Greatness!

Michele Melcher Illustration said...

beeeyoooutiful!

albina said...

Love the guy at the piano, wonderfully moody illo!

Dan Santat said...

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

Unknown said...

wonderful illo!!

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