The past several months have been tough for everyone, so Shoko Kambara and I thought a little break was in order. We decided to create something fantastical and designed a coloring page that combines costume design from “Surf the Musical” and set design from “The Little Mermaid”.
Surf was a world premiere Beach Boys musical at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas. The design was from a cut scene that included aerial artists, men in wet suits, and the iconic song “Surfer Moon”. The aerialists look imagined a cross-section of the ocean rising from the seabed to the coral reefs, and wondrous sea life that broke into waves inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s 19th-century masterwork “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”.
The frame is the show portal design from “The Little Mermaid” at Arkansas Rep. It was based on Art Nouveau illustrations for Hans Christian Anderson's stories.