Saturday, April 9, 2011

NY Skyline Backdrop

Last month, my daughter was in the musical at her elementary school. Due to the school's proximity to several TV and film studios, many of the kids have parents in "the biz". Who am I kidding?!? Many of the kids are in "the biz".

Anyway, not to be out done, here's the backdrop I did for this year's show, Broadway Bound...a musical review that follows three groups of kids, competing to win a trip to Broadway.

I painted it in Photoshop. Then we printed it 10' x 16' (that's about 3m x 5m, for you metric people), and hung it on stage. One of the other parents works at an industrial printing facility. They've got one printer that can print 16' across!

Ahh, the interesting things you get to do when you're a parent.

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26 comments:

  1. Szabó JenőApril 9, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    wow. it looks great for metric eyes.

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  2. Logan PearsallApril 9, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    really beautiful!

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  3. AdamApril 9, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    It's nice to see that you can apply artistic skills from your career into parenting. :D

    Also 16-foot printers sound awesome

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  4. Patrick DésiletsApril 9, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    WOW. That is gorgeous.

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  5. Roy SantuaApril 9, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    Exactly feel your joy being a parent! Good to see you again last week, Paul.

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  6. SHOoApril 10, 2011 at 2:02 AM

    HA! You kill me every time! That's beautiful!

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  7. VanessaApril 11, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    I really love the atmosphere of the painting ! Nice work :)

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  8. Ruby ChenApril 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    what a gorgeous piece ;D

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  9. Andrea PucciApril 15, 2011 at 12:42 AM

    It'so beautiful!

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  10. UnknownApril 16, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    Awww so nice! If I had a kid I would love this as a wallpaper on his/her sleeping room!

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  11. roqueApril 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    Lush colors and great atmosphere. You make it look easy.

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  12. Bruno HamzagicApril 23, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    simple amazing!

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  13. Jason ScheierApril 27, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    great stuff as usual Paul! Love the simple graphic nature~ I remember you telling me about this backdrop! ;)

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  14. Dilanka SamaratungaApril 27, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    Beautiful Work!

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  15. CharisMay 1, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    Love it. I look to your blog often for inspiration because you have such a mastery of color, atmosphere, and edge control. Keep up the good work an thank you for sharing!

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  16. Boris Z comme ZORROMay 1, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    I love it!!! Amazing as always

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  17. Richard VallerandMay 31, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    Very nice design... must've been quite something as a backdrop on stage.

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  18. AnonymousJuly 5, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Well done! :) I would love to see how the backdrop looks on stage with the actors all in front of it. Very cool.

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  19. iscaryJuly 22, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    I love thee colors in this!

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  20. GraciaAugust 18, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Beautiful colurs and style! love it!! :) I bet it looked great in such a large print!! :D

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  21. lucaOctober 27, 2011 at 3:01 AM

    paul, i want you to know that if you publish a book with your art, I'll buy at least two copies! ;)

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  22. Clipping Path ServiceMarch 27, 2015 at 4:27 AM

    Thats cool!
    Can you share your technique.... how to do that in Photoshop????

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  23. Kari J.EverhartJune 10, 2015 at 9:38 PM

    Fascinating work.I really love the design and the contrasts between dark and light.Please tell me how do you do this using Photoshop?

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  24. Shahana AkterJune 10, 2015 at 9:44 PM

    Excellent Work!!! You are brilliantly done.I like it very much.

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  25. Clipping pathJune 17, 2015 at 2:30 AM

    This is extremely beautiful!! Very good work. Everything is very interesting to learn and easy to understood. Thank you for giving information.

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  26. Clipping Path ServiceJuly 4, 2015 at 12:00 PM

    It was amazing love you blog.

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