Such Short Notice

So yesterday (Monday the 26th) my Elements of Visual Thinking teacher decided to spring a surprise on our class.

We had 4 hours to make a finished piece that is to hang in a gallery in the Baltimore World Trade Center, and potentially be sold.

YEAH. quality cruise control and ability just about frazzled my nerves with it. Luckily he had a class today (Tuesday the 27th) so I was able to pull an over night illustration. The prompt? Baltimore. But only the good parts. We were not allowed to show poverty, crime, violence, nudes, sexual material. So basically we had to depict the Baltimore that the tourists sees, not the actual city.

Anyways, here's my tribute, to the place where I live.

Complete with the state flag (yay Maryland!), an Oriole (yay baseball!), a hipster (yay MICA!), and Dan Deacon (yay...Dan Deacon?).

(I do not endorse Dan Deacon, he just happens to be one of the most famous people from here in recent musical surges)

Till next time~!

-Ben