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Published: 2005-11-03 09:33:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 15938; Favourites: 434; Downloads: 852
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***Edit 10/19/08***Really nothing too major, just looking at this one again and changed the face and the leg a bit.
***Original Submission 11/3/05***
Ok, I know, a little late for baseball season, but this is one of the final pieces for the 2006 calendar. The uniform is based off of the old AAGPBL (All American Girls Professional Baseball League) uniforms. I don't know if there was ever a team with the colors of blue and yellow, but it seemed like a nice combination for that fresh spring feel. This will either be March or April, I haven't decided %100 yet.
The AAGPBL, despite the uniforms, was actually a pretty big step forward for women in the 20th century. They really stepped up the the plate as it were (no punn intended) and really pushed the envelope as much as Rosie the Riveter in a visible, iconographic way that people could really see.
A little trivia for you: if you look real closely there on her sleeve, the patch reads R-G GPBL, RG standing for Retro Girl
Medium: original sketch vectored in Illustrator
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Ah baseball... One of America's great pastimes... Nicely done! Reminds me of A League of their Own... Great movie and great picture!
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I love it! The new calendar is something that I have been waiting for eagerly all year! And doesn't baseball season start in April? So it would be more appropiate for April, yes?
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Yeah, but sometimes it starts late March
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hehe "There's no crying in baseball!" heh sorry, but I had too. I love your work and this one is really great. :3
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NICE! i love the bubble gum... that IS gum isn't it?! -_- i'm so blind.. anyway, totaly awe-worthy pic, as always. keep it up.
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She makes me think of the old disney short cartoon,Casey at the Bat, the second one where he has like 5 daughters. Now that i think of it, I think they're outfits were yellow and blue! It was cute.
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"We are the members of the All American League. We come from cities near and far. We've got Canadian, Irish ones and Sweds, we're all for one, we're one for all, we're all American."
I might have butchered a few lines there, but you get the point. A League of Their Own was what made me love women's baseball. Great pic, Queeenie. ^_^
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aaahh... no wonder it reminded me of 'a league of their own' 
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it's way cute!! reminds me of that one movie about the all american women's leage, a league of their own. way good movie!!
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A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN!
lol seriously one of my more favorite movies evar, I lurve GINA DAVIS (I got to meet her too, she is awesome). This is so cute! That'd be sweet if you did a Rosie the Riveter one too, but not like how she was originally drawn...the face of a woman with the obvious torso of a man.
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I had been thinking about doing that, something more along the lines of Swingshift Cinderella in the old Tex Avery cartoon...but my WAC girl comes first. I've had that one sketched out for over a year and just never had the time to get her done.
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Very cute. Reminds me of May from A League of Their own.
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Hee...I immediatly thought of the movie "A League of Our Own." Ultimate baseball/chick/nostalgia flick.
I love the pose you used here, and the coy little expression on her face. And the bubblegum adds something that's just...perfect.
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Okay, this is a really lame question but I am working on my digital painting and I was wondering what you used to get those texture lines on the green background. Hurray ignorance!
Otherwise, cute piece, and your color scheme was very well chosen!
Thanks.
Rebecca
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Sorry it took me so long to answer this, it's a custom brush I made in Photoshop. Just line up a bunch of dots together, staggering the spacing and sizes a bit, then convert it to a brush.
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Thanks! I think I remember a bit about custom brushes. I'll have to give it another stab. Take care, and happy early thanksgiving!
Becky
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Very nice pose, the tip toes, I like it. The bubble gum adds such a cute touch for her.
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So much love...when I was in middle school, our softball teams were named after the AAGPBL teams, so you've tapped into the nostalgic part of my brain with this one. And, of course, I love retro girls!
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Haha, love it! I never get tired of your Retro style pieces. The first thing I though of when I saw this was the movie "A League of their Own" with Tom Hanks and Rosie O'Donell(sp?). Wee, you're doing another calendar!
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very very nice! I like it. I can't really think of anything else to add that other people have said, so yeah...
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Here's a little bit of trivia you would be interested in -- in 1990, I went to a Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves game. The game winning, 2 out 2 RBI double was hit by pinch-hitter Casey Candaele (to win the game off Cy Young Winner Tom Glavine 2-0). Turns out that Casey's mom, Kelly Candaele was not only a star player in the AAGPBL, but co-wrote "A League of Their Own," about her experiences. The Houston media guide said "If teammates tease Casey Candaele about throwing like a girl, he won't mind!"
Jaguaro
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It makes me want to watch A League of Their Own.
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The phrase "batter up" is one of those things that sounds more suggestive than you feel it should.
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It's so cute. It reminded me of that old Disney short with Casey at the Bat and his team of baseball playing daughters.
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hahaha... love the pigtails and her on her tippy toes... retro girl always seems to bring out the best in you.
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im totally in love with your style. Love the retro touches to this (like the patch.. hehe), but mostly the line work, in the background and on the base. beautiful work
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She's pretty
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You know...this reminds me of, instead of A League of Their Own...and i forget the title of it, but it's a disney short, with Casey from the Casey At The Bat short, but with his daughters playing baseball. 
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lovely, looking forward to the new calendar.. only recently i watched a league of their own
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I really like thes Pin-up-50's-style series, these retro girls are very cute and very stylised !! It reminds me the looong dissertation I did for my master in University... (about image of US women and Walt Disney and Tex Avery cartoons)
Meanwhile, I would LOOOOVE to see a baseball play, even in real or on TV... I never saw anything of that kind v___v
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Although it's based off the uniforms from the 1940's.
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Hmmm... Any inspiration from Madonna's character in 'A League of Their Own'? It reminded me of her because she has dark hair and she's blowing gum. Just thought I'd ask. Lovely piece, I always thought the uniforms were cute.
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nope, more inspiration from ~Jasmeralda because she has black hair and used to play softball
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Ah, I see. Well, the possibility is definitely there, so I just thought I'd ask. I like that movie, and Madonna's awesome, so I sort of had a spurt of gleefulness, lol.
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LOL up to the plate LOL Don't yeah mean on the plate? lol hehehe
She is really cute hon
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Yet another simply amazing piece from a praise-worthy artist.
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I really like he bright colors and her pose. And nice touch with the patch
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