Flute Art

Irish Flute
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Too many people were making fun of my avatar with my photo, so I decided to do something about it. I commissioned Rob Adams (Treeshark) in London to draw a dancing (clogging) flute man for me. I told him what I wanted, and he obliged my request with the image below. The only problem is that this little guy doesn’t have a name yet, so I decided to ask the most savy group of flute connoisseurs in the world (here on the flute forum, of course) for some help. Does anyone have any ideas? I am also interested in other examples of flute art.

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'Looks like a walking stick to me (or a walking flute?).

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He looks a lot like Planter’s Mr. Peanut. I’d call him Jimmy Carter. :smiley:

djm

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“Oh I’d love to take up the Irish flute, but
they’re all so expensive and need oiling! And
what if I find out I don’t get on with it?”

“Don’t worry Ma’am! Help is at hand!”
this sounds like a job for PVCFluteMan,
now where’s the nearest phone-booth?

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How about

“Omicron the magnificent, Destroyer of worlds , Blight of the galaxy, Eternal cause of disorder”

Although I think he looks more like a Mjolnir.

When you get a list of names you should have a poll.

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No! No! He’s a flute not a fife or a piccolo…

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Jack Bradshaw

No! No! He’s a flute not a fife or a piccolo…

Oh…

I guess Fred or Frank the Flute would be good names then.

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Who drew the old avatar? I thought that was pretty cute.

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How about “six-time colostomy veteran bravely faces life with new tracheostomy”

Sorry. That’s the anatomical modelmaker in me speaking. . Treeshark, great graphic, do you work in art in London?

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Hi Rosemary,
Unfortunately, no one drew the old avatar image. It was a photo, and that was the problem. Ha! (Andrew, are verbal exclamations OK?)

However, the avatar size limitation of 100 x 100 pixels makes everyone and everthing look a little pixelated, but I suppose that is better than looking inebriated, but without the accompanying benefits.

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Gasp! I just noticed that in the avatar there’s a definite glow…! It’s RadioactivePVCFluteMan!

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Am I the only one who finds that NEW avatar seriously disturbing :confused:

Loren

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Hmm, I dispatched the original Omicron last week, so I guess, technically speaking, the name is currently available.

Spaceman Spiff

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Hmm, I agree it looks like Mr. Peanut.

It also looks like a cross between a flue and a grasshopper, so-

FluteHopper

All the Best,

Tom

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…or Flopper! But, that isn’t very complimentary.

How about ‘Tootie Flutie’? If you’re old enough, it might ring a bell!

Or, since it was made for you, Doug, he could be ‘Tipple-Tooter’!

An historic figure; ‘Tutus Brutus’! Et tu?

:roll: Maybe, Art de Flute?

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Fipple by Tipple?

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i like Barry’s “Tipple-Tooter”, or perhaps “The Tipple-Tooter Man”. or just “Mr. Toot” for short.

& Loren: it’s not exactly disturbing, but the “catch me if you can” look seems somewhat provocative. reminds me a bit of a male praying mantis. :slight_smile:

nice work Treeshark!

enjoy! /dan

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Well, um…there is something slightly er…phallic about it.

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Gha! Colostomies and Tracheotomies… pueer we fellah. I think Rufus Flutus. I did consider using the blow hole as the mouth but that would have caused a constantly astonished expression…
or Tootus Flootus, One flute Over the Cuckoo’s Vest, Sylvester Syrinx. Rudy Rudall , Percy Pratten, Rikki Rockstro, Conal Conical,

Is he a she? In which case a Transverstite. Oops that was bad.
I thought he/she had a Grasshoppery feel, but well spotted on the Planters fella as he was part of the brief from Robert.

Julia, yep I slave away in London, Today I spent painting Lions for a Narnia thingy, I got so caught up in it I damn near missed my flute lesson.
Rob

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:astonished: No