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Oakland is the cultural, medical, educational and at one time, the sports center of the city of Pittsburgh. Most Pittsburghers will recognize this scene or at least parts of it. The bronze statue that tops this beautiful fountain in Schenley Park is called "A Song to Nature" it was sculpted by Victor David Brenner who also designed the 1909 Lincoln head penny! [link] The fountain base, complete with spiting turtles was designed by Harold Van Buren Magonigle who also designed the tomb for President William Mckinley. The car? It's a Packard 230 Coach! In 1923, you could get this car in any color as long as it was Packard Blue. The Police bike is a City of Pittsburgh, Department of Public Safety ( DPS ), 1200 cc Indian "Big Chief". Off in the distance to the right is the back of the scoreboard at old Forbes Field ( 1909 - 1970 ) where Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor and later Roberto Clemente and the Pittsburgh Pirates used to played. This was back when Oakland was a neighborhood and fans could walk to the ball games and boxing matches held at Forbes Field. A special thanks to my friend Bruce Cridlebaugh [link] for providing a little history on the statue and fountain as well as some Pittsburgh Pirate baseball history!

Adobe Illustrator 8.0, Apple Macintosh G4 and iMac G3, OS 9.2.
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~Freaks-GeeksAndFlesh Apr 18, 2005
They had a car that looked a lot like this at the Pakard museum.
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~KeiKusanagi Apr 1, 2005
oh dear god that motorcycle makes me cream my pants. you might be interested in this [link] the vector motorcycle i just did. i'd really appreciate a comment! thanks ^_^
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~yankeedog Apr 2, 2005
Thanks! Yeah, it is a cool old bike. I love Indian Motorcycles, check out my Bikes page: [link] .
I just recently did an illustration WWII Harley-Davidson for the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes [link]
-YD

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`Einion Aug 26, 2004
Excellent pic Don, great handling of the two vehicles and the typography is just right too. :thumbsup:

If I may suggest, I think the glance between the smiling lady in the front seat and the cop is a good focal point, but the face of the lady in the back seat detracts from this for me. I would maybe try subduing her somewhat (changing to a profile view maybe?) or even perhaps taking her out.

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~Nawphix Aug 22, 2004
wow, great detail was put into this good work
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~yankeedog Aug 24, 2004
Thanks! It was a lot of work and a lot of fun doing the illustration and the research. :-) -YD

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~mojaam Aug 22, 2004
Incredible work. Looks very time-consuming :). Gotta love it.
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~yankeedog Aug 24, 2004
Thanks! I worked on this piece over a 2 week period, doing a little bit at a time as time allowed during the work week and more time on the weekends. I worked the illustration in layers, ie: the Background, the Fountain, the Packard, the Indian, and the Cop. When you do something like this, it's not as overwhelming if you break it down into separate elements. -YD

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~tyhopho Aug 10, 2004  Hobbyist Photographer
sweet vectors - i like how its a slice of life as well
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~yankeedog Aug 10, 2004
Thanks Brian! I bought the photo years ago, because of the Indian Motorcycle, over the years I grown to appreciate all the other aspects of the photo. I'd been kicking around the idea of doing a vector illustration of it and finally got up the courage to tackle it. -YD

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