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Leroy_Hornblower
This design is inspired by the song BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN from the O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? soundtrack. The song describes what a hobo would consider paradise to be. It’s a land where there are streams of alcohol, no cops, and plenty of free food.

Here we see four hobos with a crude map trying to find the Big Rock Candy Mountains. I chose a brown color scheme to keep with the movies sepia tones.
olie!
   olie! on Nov 27 '07
I love this design so much I am unable to comprehend my own love for it. $6
DaveSmith
DaveSmith on Nov 27 '07
'HARRY "HAYWIRE MAC" McCLINTOCK (the great), in an interview with SAM ESKIN, folklorist, on a wonderful Folkways LP, tells how and when he WROTE "Big Rock Candy Mountain". He sings the song on that recording but says that the original he'd first written was pretty "adult". He goes on to say (sadly) that some hobos used the story of the fantastic mountain to lure young boys onto the road with them to do work for them "among other things"!''

'Oh Brother' was a great movie though.
wullagaru
   wullagaru on Nov 27 '07
this is fantastic
beesneak
   beesneak on Nov 27 '07
Loooove it.
bunnyslippers
bunnyslippers on Nov 27 '07
I really love your characters.
Rajiara
Rajiara on Nov 27 '07
very nice drawing and color choices :)
twunny
twunny on Nov 27 '07
"lemonade springs" sounds dirty. Nothing wrong with that, I'm just saying...
menosketiago
menosketiago on Nov 27 '07
great style mate ;)
shmeedles
shmeedles on Nov 27 '07
O brother where art thou? is my favourite movie, but this song is only featured in that movie, it isn't from it.

And twunny, you're a moron.

5
theangeli
theangeli on Nov 27 '07
LOVE this. $5
jpiatt
   jpiatt on Nov 27 '07
Amazing! $5
murraymullet
murraymullet on Nov 27 '07
Nice illustration
nikolina100
nikolina100 on Nov 27 '07
great job!
Mojie
Mojie on Nov 27 '07
Loved it in critiques and love it now. $5!
gatosolsuncat
gatosolsuncat on Nov 27 '07
I love you, Leroy Hornblower
Ms.DirectionKyla
Ms.DirectionKyla on Nov 27 '07
$5!
My type of paradise!
Also a clever idea.
funkie fresh
   funkie fresh on Nov 27 '07
love your characters!
Leroy_Hornblower
   Leroy_Hornblower on Nov 28 '07
Thanks everyone for the comments. And thank you DaveSmith for that bit of info.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Nov 28 '07
My dad used to play this on his guitar. I knew this song a billion years before O Brother, Where Art Thou? And I love it.

Neat shirt design, too. The art on the map itself strikes me as a little "clean" for the kind of design it is, but I'm 4$-ing it and hoping it's printed.
avalanchelynn
avalanchelynn on Nov 28 '07
love this! print please! $$$5
chubzy
   chubzy on Nov 28 '07
i'd buy it. right now!
murgles
murgles on Nov 28 '07
I love the racoooooon! AWWW
Zak_aeon
Zak_aeon on Nov 28 '07
Love the characters, but the map dosnt seem very map like to me.....
What about something more like -
http://www.anmm.gov.au/webdata/shop/images/image_230_1.jpg
or
http://mathforum.org/~sanders/creativegeometry/9.1map1.gif
...but in your style, with the text hand writen instead of a typed font?
Leroy_Hornblower
   Leroy_Hornblower on Nov 28 '07
Originally I had intended to hand write all the text, but that also meant I had to make the text larger in order for it to be legible. This led to the map becoming too cluttered, especially on the right side where the hens, lake of stew, and cigarette trees are already squeezed together. In the end I went with the cleaner, smaller, easier to read text.

The style of the map is inspired by the Hundred Acre Wood map by A. A. Milner. I’m a big fan of Winnie-the-pooh, and I instantly fell in love with this map when I saw it.

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/file.php/2751/E301_1_006i.jpg
kiLLyou
kiLLyou on Nov 28 '07
Right On!!!

$$ FIVE $$
Bisparulz
   Bisparulz on Nov 28 '07
amazing style 5$
chelly
chelly on Nov 28 '07
I WANT THAT MAP!
polynothing
   polynothing on Nov 28 '07
$5 awesome!
Claireabeth
Claireabeth on Nov 28 '07
The characters fit perfectly, now I won't be able to get that song out of my head the rest of hte day. I love the design, I hope I cna buy it soon.
teddyandturtle
teddyandturtle on Nov 28 '07
awesome design, maybe on a brighter colour?
plush2you
plush2you on Nov 28 '07
or color the map
daynaferrone
daynaferrone on Nov 29 '07
NICE
Mojie
Mojie on Nov 29 '07
I just posted about this on LovesThreadless.com. Hopefully it'll drive a few more votes your way! :)
Leroy_Hornblower
   Leroy_Hornblower on Nov 29 '07
Thank you, Mojie.
Mojie
Mojie on Nov 29 '07
You're welcome! :)
Muckseen
Muckseen on Nov 29 '07
I hope this gets printed, it's so cute!
Wennie
Wennie on Nov 29 '07
wow :] I'd wear this!
ladyjessica
ladyjessica on Nov 29 '07
I LOVE the hobos! Drawn in that old-fashioned cartoony style. The map is awesome on it's own, but having those hobos there COMPLETELY sells me on it. I love it! $5
Andreas Mohacsy
   Andreas Mohacsy on Nov 29 '07
haha i watched that again about 2 days ago...

great song... great design
FRICKINAWESOME
FRICKINAWESOME on Nov 30 '07
I used to play that song over and over and over again when i was depressed...thanks for capturing the song perfectly in tee form! 5$
The Jolly Brewer
The Jolly Brewer on Nov 30 '07
Love this design and the song. Just to be picky though, there are cops, it's just they all have wooden legs....
EmbryoProject
EmbryoProject on Nov 30 '07
goosebumps...
EMMAMAZiNG
EMMAMAZiNG on Nov 30 '07
FIVE.
riot_boy
riot_boy on Dec 01 '07
very well done. $5 for you.
flashgabe
flashgabe on Dec 01 '07
5$$
Sloth1
Sloth1 on Dec 01 '07
Good stuff. You could make a shirt just dedicated to the bear character. Bears are awesome.
pokemon
pokemon on Dec 01 '07
this is fucking great
timrb
   timrb on Dec 01 '07
terriffic
kolo
kolo on Dec 02 '07
i love the song
SWAMPFACTORY
   SWAMPFACTORY on Dec 02 '07
5$
Hcatmiller
Hcatmiller on Dec 02 '07
im love that song, but the pictures should look a little bit more like how the words are describing them...if you can pull off a cigarette tree thingy.
lovexalexlove
lovexalexlove on Dec 03 '07
ohhh so cute!
i love that song! :D
429tod
429tod on Dec 03 '07
WANT IT NOW!!
nettajean
nettajean on Dec 04 '07
If the sun shine everyday why does the bear have an umbrella? He'd be cute with a little pack tied to a stick over his shoulder. Over all...adorable.
Leroy_Hornblower
   Leroy_Hornblower on Dec 04 '07
Maybe it's a parasol.
Ariel132
Ariel132 on Dec 04 '07
fantastic design! def would buy it.
247 days later
kirankhrodha
kirankhrodha on Aug 08 '08
Hope it gets printed!
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