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Thread started 12/31/16 12:21pm

LEATHRSAIL

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Susannah Melvoin Dream Factory Art Found

From Susannah Melvoin's Facebook post:

"Found the album artwork Prince had me do for the Dream Factory....will share soon my loves!"

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Reply #1 posted 12/31/16 2:50pm

TrivialPursuit

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I just saw this. Let's hope it's soon! You should edit your thread once it shows up, I insert it in your original post. I can't wait to see it.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #2 posted 12/31/16 3:46pm

luvgirl

Nice, Can't wait to see it. biggrin
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Reply #3 posted 12/31/16 3:57pm

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cool

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #4 posted 12/31/16 5:31pm

OldFriends4Sal
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She is finally making the official announcement. She relocated it earlier this year..,

Cannot wait to see it

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Reply #5 posted 12/31/16 9:26pm

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Very much looking forward to this! The Rave89 cover was interesting.

Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain.
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Reply #6 posted 01/01/17 5:42am

tbokris

bluegangsta said:

Very much looking forward to this! The Rave89 cover was interesting.

when did the rave89 cover come to light? could you post a link?

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Reply #7 posted 01/14/17 3:27am

SaySol999

bluegangsta said:

Very much looking forward to this! The Rave89 cover was interesting.

I've never seen the rave artwork, do u have a link?

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Reply #8 posted 01/14/17 3:28am

SaySol999

been waiting for this day!!!!!

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Reply #9 posted 01/14/17 3:38am

SaySol999

like her artist page on facebook, that's where she posted that she found it. It's her most active page

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Reply #10 posted 01/14/17 4:56am

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Cool. I look forward to seeing her work. Thank you for the share.

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Reply #11 posted 01/14/17 6:56am

paulludvig

bluegangsta said:

Very much looking forward to this! The Rave89 cover was interesting.



Where did you see that?
The wooh is on the one!
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Reply #12 posted 01/14/17 9:08am

OldFriends4Sal
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tbokris said:

bluegangsta said:

Very much looking forward to this! The Rave89 cover was interesting.

when did the rave89 cover come to light? could you post a link?

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Reply #13 posted 01/14/17 9:17am

Superfan1984

I love it!!!!!

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Reply #14 posted 01/14/17 9:18am

Superfan1984

But wait. I have a question--- If she's such an amazing artist (which I think she is) WHY are those Starfish and Coffee t-shirts so generic?

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Reply #15 posted 01/14/17 10:00am

paulludvig

Superfan1984 said:

But wait. I have a question--- If she's such an amazing artist (which I think she is) WHY are those Starfish and Coffee t-shirts so generic?

The drawings that oldfriends posted was in response to questions about the cover art for Rave89. These are not by Melvoin.

The wooh is on the one!
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Reply #16 posted 01/14/17 10:07am

luvgirl

OldFriends4Sale said:



tbokris said:




bluegangsta said:


Very much looking forward to this! The Rave89 cover was interesting.



when did the rave89 cover come to light? could you post a link?





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This is beautiful.
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Reply #17 posted 01/14/17 10:41am

Ingela

Very cool. It be nice if all of this stuff be loaned out to a museum for safekeeping and for people to enjoy.
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Reply #18 posted 01/14/17 1:33pm

TrivialPursuit

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Superfan1984 said:

But wait. I have a question--- If she's such an amazing artist (which I think she is) WHY are those Starfish and Coffee t-shirts so generic?


Because she took back what someone else tried to create and make money from. Questlove was wearing a shirt with those lyrics. When Susannah saw it, she called the maker of the shirt and asked him to stop. (I don't know how it ever turned out.) So, she simply took it and made it her own, since it was her story anyway. Sometimes the simplest of designs gets the most attention. The only other shirt I think would have been cool would be the starfish face image.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #19 posted 01/14/17 1:52pm

Superfan1984

TrivialPursuit said:

Superfan1984 said:

But wait. I have a question--- If she's such an amazing artist (which I think she is) WHY are those Starfish and Coffee t-shirts so generic?


Because she took back what someone else tried to create and make money from. Questlove was wearing a shirt with those lyrics. When Susannah saw it, she called the maker of the shirt and asked him to stop. (I don't know how it ever turned out.) So, she simply took it and made it her own, since it was her story anyway. Sometimes the simplest of designs gets the most attention. The only other shirt I think would have been cool would be the starfish face image.

I'm sorry but those t-shirts look cheap. I agree that sometimes the simplest of designs get the most attention- I would rather even that she had t shirts made with her handwriting in cursive with her signature or something- they didn't have to be any elaborate design.

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Reply #20 posted 01/14/17 2:34pm

OldFriends4Sal
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Superfan1984 said:

TrivialPursuit said:


Because she took back what someone else tried to create and make money from. Questlove was wearing a shirt with those lyrics. When Susannah saw it, she called the maker of the shirt and asked him to stop. (I don't know how it ever turned out.) So, she simply took it and made it her own, since it was her story anyway. Sometimes the simplest of designs gets the most attention. The only other shirt I think would have been cool would be the starfish face image.

I'm sorry but those t-shirts look cheap. I agree that sometimes the simplest of designs get the most attention- I would rather even that she had t shirts made with her handwriting in cursive with her signature or something- they didn't have to be any elaborate design.

U should send her a message, with a suggestion of a new shirt idea

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Reply #21 posted 01/14/17 2:42pm

Superfan1984

OldFriends4Sale said:

Superfan1984 said:

I'm sorry but those t-shirts look cheap. I agree that sometimes the simplest of designs get the most attention- I would rather even that she had t shirts made with her handwriting in cursive with her signature or something- they didn't have to be any elaborate design.

U should send her a message, with a suggestion of a new shirt idea

that would be rude and I'm not trying to be rude. All I'm saying is that when I heard she had Starfish and Coffee t shirts and I'd heard she was an artist-- I excitedly went to her FB page wanting to quickly order a shirt and then.... I didn't like them sad which is just my opinion no big deal. I had just been hoping she had done something uniquely her with the shirts. Her artwork- or her handwriting-

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Reply #22 posted 01/14/17 3:00pm

OldFriends4Sal
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Superfan1984 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

U should send her a message, with a suggestion of a new shirt idea

that would be rude and I'm not trying to be rude. All I'm saying is that when I heard she had Starfish and Coffee t shirts and I'd heard she was an artist-- I excitedly went to her FB page wanting to quickly order a shirt and then.... I didn't like them sad which is just my opinion no big deal. I had just been hoping she had done something uniquely her with the shirts. Her artwork- or her handwriting-

No, I didn't say, criticize her shirt. I'm talking about asking for more Susannah art for a t shirt

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Reply #23 posted 01/14/17 3:10pm

Superfan1984

Oh right! Good idea! Although, I don't do FB--- Maybe she reads the org? I would love to have something that she did smile I heard that Prince used to have her paintings in his house. I would love to see those as well. She must be a good artist.

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Reply #24 posted 01/14/17 4:49pm

rosylo

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Reply #25 posted 01/14/17 5:37pm

Ingela

I went to Amazon and they have some Starfish and Coffee t-shirts but the font is not playful like the SOTT font. It's a heavy block font and it doesn't do justice to the playfulness of the song. I don't know who they are by, but I would have gotten one right away if it was the SOTT font or something similarly playful.
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Reply #26 posted 01/14/17 6:01pm

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Susannah Melvoin on designing the Dream Factory album cover:

Prince and I used to draw together. He was actually a really great artist. I was really into it, too. I would always have a pad and I was always drawing. I've been drawing since I was a kid. We would sit down and we would draw together. One particular night he couldn't come up with an album cover (for Dream Factory). I came up with a couple of different ones. One of them was actually a dramatized version of myself, opening up a door into this dream world, with images that were based on some of the songs. I remember that there was a lot of white space, because, I couldn't fill up the background with color... Everything was kind of drawn onto white paper. But, the doors were very ornate and I'm opening the door into the Dream Factory. The second album cover didn't have me on it. It just had the name Dream Factory, with some things hanging off the words. I used to do murals in the house where Prince lived, incredible, crazy murals that he would ask me to paint. We were always into doing stuff like that.

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Reply #27 posted 01/15/17 7:07am

luvgirl

OldFriends4Sale said:



Susannah Melvoin on designing the Dream Factory album cover:


Prince and I used to draw together. He was actually a really great artist. I was really into it, too. I would always have a pad and I was always drawing. I've been drawing since I was a kid. We would sit down and we would draw together. One particular night he couldn't come up with an album cover (for Dream Factory). I came up with a couple of different ones. One of them was actually a dramatized version of myself, opening up a door into this dream world, with images that were based on some of the songs. I remember that there was a lot of white space, because, I couldn't fill up the background with color... Everything was kind of drawn onto white paper. But, the doors were very ornate and I'm opening the door into the Dream Factory. The second album cover didn't have me on it. It just had the name Dream Factory, with some things hanging off the words. I used to do murals in the house where Prince lived, incredible, crazy murals that he would ask me to paint. We were always into doing stuff like that.



I would love to see some of Prince's artwork!
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