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Dixie Cup Movie Theater Design

9/17/2018

 
Dixie Cup movie theater design by illustrator Joe Lacey
A few years back, I designed some rough concepts for the Dixie Cup Corporation. Dixie is now one of the brands owned by Georgia-Pacific, makers of Brawny, Sparkle, and numerous janitorial supplies. This is the only example I have of the work I made for Dixie. About 13 years ago, a major computer crash caused the loss of quite a bit of my digital art, my Fisher-Price work was hit the hardest. The crash even wiped out my back-up drive!

I believe I did three or four designs, two with characters and two without, all meant to be produced in full color. Because the work was conceptual, I simply did pencil sketches and some quick inkings by hand to show the basic ideas. The inkings were scanned, colored, and then mocked-up to took like cups. I wanted to do something that looked like a MAD Magazine comic book from the 1950s or novelty candy packaging from the 1970s. It kind of got there. Dixie never took these concepts any further, but I wish they had. I wanted it to be a series of five-ten cups with different genres of movies or decades. A silent movie cup, the 1950s, science fiction, and a bigger tub for popcorn or maybe some plates. Probably too much of a targeted subject for home purchase, but it would have been cool!
Pencil sketch for Dixie Cup movie theater design. This version shows all the characters looking toward the right. I changed this in the inking to have them looking toward the center, because the art was a wrap-around.
Pencil sketch for Dixie Cup movie theater design. This version shows all the characters looking toward the right. I changed this in the inking to have them looking toward the center, because the art was a wrap-around.
Hand inking for Dixie Cup movie theater design. I did this with a brush and technical pen on slick vellum that allowed me to use a knife and scratch away ink for different effects and clean-up.
Hand inking for Dixie Cup movie theater design. I did this with a brush and technical pen on slick vellum that allowed me to use a knife and scratch away ink for different effects and clean-up.

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    I produce illustrations and creative idea solutions for toys, packaging, publishing and advertising. I'm also a painter and educator with an MFA from Syracuse university.

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