Modern day Reinberg classroom
By Illustrator Lisa Mertins
While conceptualizing, I went back often to the photos Jim sent of Reinberg School. My favorite is above. It looks like this classroom hasn’t been updated since the time when Jimmy attended!
I used the lamps and the door style and when it came to fixing the continuity problem that Jim mentions in the previous post, I went back to that photo to save the Up/Down poster I had found in
a Flickr set
online. It was easy to add another chalkboard and I love the vintage vibe of the Up Down kids.
Vintage school poster
This is also a good opportunity to show how images found online can be an inspiration. I haven’t looked at the poster since I found it months ago. I surprised myself to see how I interpreted it. I thought I’d almost copied the poster instead of using it for a jumping off point (good old brain!).
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