Sheet music cover

[Kasper-V]

I've been learning a few songs for the upcoming VE Day celebrations and I thought I'd have a go at making a sheet music cover or two. For those who aren't old enough to remember this one, rabbit wasn't rationed in the Second World War, so if you could catch one you could eat it! Bud Flanagan (R) and Ches Allen (L) here set out to rescue the bunnies before the farmer can 'have his fun'.

A word of warning: Never, NEVER pick up a rabbit by the ears! 

The original is A3 size, but I've reduced it to 1200px high for display. I used a couple of paper textures from Frankentoon to make it look aged, and added an FX gradient outline to age the paper edges. I'm not a brilliant draughtsman, so I used some photos and cartoons for reference to draw the characters. I used a Live Filter in Affinity Photo to make the half-tone fills from grey (so I could stick to just two colours). The Noel Gay logo I copied from a real one using the pen tool and the nearest font I have. And finally: 6d -- sixpence -- was 2.5 pence in decimal money; it was worth about £1 to £2 in today's money, depending on which currency converter you use.

Oh, and if you're not familiar with the song, you can find F&A's recording of it on YouTube.

 

[dannyg9]

Love this. Brillant work as always.

Also, if you want to hear the song it's in Tim Burton's "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" film.