It was kind of on a whim last night, but that's usually when I have my coolest ideas. But anyway, I had been thinking about doing another one for a while, and I thought it'd be fun to do one for The Rock Boat this year, since it's the 10th anniversary. I'm most likely keeping this one for myself to put with my collection of random music memorabilia.
Anyway, if you don't know what The Rock Boat is, check out the website. A short, easy description that is most often used to describe it is "Spring Break for people with jobs." :-) Basically it's a floating music festival that takes place on a Carnival cruise ship, and there's live music going from the second you step on the ship (and even in the cruise terminal sometimes), until the second you leave. I've been a proud addict since 2004.
So as I was sitting around last night feeling inspired to do another guitar project, I decided to start brainstorming ideas for a design. Once The Rock Boat idea was in my head, I ended up on their website, and thought it would probably be coolest if I used some of the elements from the 'official' look of the cruise this year - so it would match. (Every year, there's a new theme for the cruise - this next one is a birthday cake, since The Rock Boat is turning 10.) So that's where this came from. This is only a sketch done on the template I created for my last guitar...I just decided doodle on it with colored pencils.
I haven't figured out what to put on the head of the guitar yet...but I'm sure I'll come up with something. I really love how everything else turned out. I can't wait until I get my guitar in the mail (I ordered another cheap one on eBay).
Oh, and this guitar WILL NOT be painted. I've got another technique up my sleeve I've been dying to try on something, and I think this will be the perfect project for it. I have used it before, but not on anything that anyone has seen. You'll just have to wait and see. But I think it'll be pretty awesome.
Anyway, here's my initial sketch. (Again, compare to The Rock Boat website to see the theming) More to come soon ~ stay tuned!
