The challenge today was to remix an album cover. I started with the idea of the Allman Brothers’ Eat a Peach and even took a photo of a lemon on a Matchbox van. But then I got inspired over my Cheerios and thought of Abbey Road.
The Benders “Aangby Road.” Featuring such hits as Bend Together, Appa’s Giant Saddle, & Here Comes the Moon (by Katara). I’m not sure why this popped into my head this morning, but so be it. Never seen Avatar? Why not? @ds106dc #tdc3049 #ds106 @eng304cripps pic.twitter.com/yqXM5Yqggz
— Michael J. Cripps (@michaeljcripps) May 18, 2020
I probably watched the entire Avatar series with my kids back when they were little and it was on TV, and I always sort-of liked it. I did a bit of borrowing to remix this iconic album cover.
I owe a debt to nickcruzz0 for his drawings of the four benders, which he has made into stickers one might purchase: https://www.redbubble.com/people/nickcruzzz0/shop/?collections=1150140. I did a bit of work to rotate, skew, and otherwise adapt his work for this purpose.
And the Abbey Road shot is from a Swedish remake that took the white VW and moved it off the curb, apparently to advertise some self-parking features of a new VW. This made it a lot easier for me to add The Benders, as I didn’t need to remove John, Paul, George, and Ringo first. https://www.adweek.com/creativity/why-volkswagen-just-moved-the-beetle-on-the-cover-of-abbey-road/
Oh, and here’s that lemon van photo. I think it had real potential!
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