CandyLand
Finally got the poster design done for the Japanese Fall Festival, coming up September 11-13. I haven’t done one of these posters/T-shirt design for the Sister Cities association in about seven years. Here was the last one I did in kind of a wood-block style, a couple of years before I started making cartoon quilts.
Russ and I helped start the festival series, 14 years ago, and for many years I did all the artwork. Until we got busier and more people got involved, and I was glad to pass the job to someone else.
This year the festival will feature a lady who makes Japanese candy sculptures and another who performs Japanese stories with magic, so I decided my cartoon style would be good for the poster. Of course there will also be Taiko drums, martial arts, bonsai and tea ceremony, but you can only put so much into a poster.
Hi Christine, good to hear from you! The festival should be interesting this year, with the Candy Art and the Magic lady performing, and the Taiko drums of course.
I’m putting the Japanese Fall Festival on my calendar right now. Finally back in Springfield for a while.
Thanks Donna, I guess you got to the blog through the vintage photo posts, but I haven’t done many of those lately. Yes, I’ve made quite a few cartoony quilts.
Thanks for visiting!
I love your poster. My grandaughter would love it even more! She is into Kai-lan these days. I don’t know why I haven’t noticed the quilt part of you blog before…amazing! I love quilting!
Hi Vivien, Yes I thought of the rising sun, but also trying to put in a sense of good energy radiating out of the event. The dates and critical info are actually on the poster, but I put the t-shirt design on my blog. Maybe I should switch it out though because I’ve gotten more than one question about that.
This makes the Festival look like THE coolest place to be. (Love the nod to the “land of the rising sun” symbolism with the rays of light, albeit it lavender and powder blue, emanating from the curved bridge. Yep, very cool! Or am I reading too much into this?) Out of curiosity — is there a reason why the date’s not on the poster?
How cool – I love it. Sorry we’ll be on a trip to Colorado and will miss the festival.
Great job!!!
Very anime! Well, the eyes, anyway. Love it.