{"id":3682,"date":"2018-05-22T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T21:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rob-peters.com\/blog\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T21:18:18","slug":"mayor-sly-and-the-magic-bow-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rob-peters.com\/blog\/mayor-sly-and-the-magic-bow-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Sly and the Magic Bow Tie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I seem to be\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0habit of discussing my book projects on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n

Last fall, I was contacted by my friends at Ascend Books to illustrate an exciting project for them. It was (drumroll, please) Mayor Sly and the Magic Bow Tie: A Kansas City Adventure<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The book was written by Aja James and Audrey Masoner with Kansas City’s current mayor Sly James. Mayor James is quite famous for his colorful bow ties. In this story, he wears a magic time-travel bow tie that allows him to travel through Kansas City history. This book required a LOT of visual research into the people and places Aja and Audrey wrote about.\u00a0The scenes in\u00a0modern day are in full color while the past sequences are in a limited color scheme. (And different colors for every time period.) Here are a few of my\u00a0favorite images from the book:
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Mayor Sly James admires the view from roof of his office. I was provided with photos of the rooftop view to get it as accurate as possible.<\/p>\n

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On the river with Lewis and Clark. The two faces and clothing of the men are\u00a0based on old paintings of\u00a0them.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0This historic building is now known as Kelly’s.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Sly meets Harry Truman and Walt Disney.\u00a0\u00a0Notice that Walt has a mouse on his sketchpad. It’s not quite Mickey– I based\u00a0it on a\u00a0mouse I found on a movie poster from Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram studios to make it as period accurate as possible.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the first Plaza Christmas lighting. I made as\u00a0certain as possible which Plaza building was lit and where they hung the lights. I couldn’t find\u00a0a photo of the man’s face who\u00a0hung the first lights so I obscured it from view.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in the book, you can find it on Amazon at the link below:<\/p>\n