r/ActuallyTexas • u/Human-Country-01 • 17d ago
Art County art questions and stuff
hey y'all :]
i'm attempting to draw all the texas counties(done 4/254+texas) as a daily project, so far i've been mostly winging it on what they look like(except travis, i go out and half the people i see are wearing hoodies), i'd appreciate some insight from people in counties i haven't gotten to
Counties I've got: Travis, Harris, Dallas(design based on a cousin who lives there), Bexar(borrowed the dress from someone else's design)
next up is orange county, which i already have a design for
then everyone else
i'm one of those weird kids who likes to draw people based of flags, so instead of cities, since there are WAY too many of those in texas, i went for our counties :] in my world they're mostly treated as normal people(which they kinda are minus the different colors and functional invincibility, which ofc adds to a discrimination factor that makes dificulty in job hunting), so they don't get special treatment and they do have to earn money if they don't want to end up on the streets, so local business uniforms work as well as casual or cultural clothing
some designs are based around animals too(Travis is a bat because thats something its known for a long with Austin) so suggestions for that are welcome too
no, i have nothing better to do :]
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u/TreoreTyrell 17d ago
Where on earth in Travis County are half the people wearing hoodies?
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u/Human-Country-01 17d ago
central austin between a high school and a elementary- probably because of that
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u/TreoreTyrell 17d ago
Does this make them immune to the heat that everyone else experiences? If so, how do I sign up?
It was 97 degrees plus humidity today and it's almost October.
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u/Human-Country-01 17d ago
schools are freezing, no matter the outdoor temperature
i suspect that is the reason
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u/JeyyWrecks 16d ago
Cute idea! id love to see the final product!
heres some stuff for counties way out northeast: Camp: hot links, cowboy boots, Carroll Shelby (mustangs), Bo Pilgrim (chicken)
Morris: wildflowers, bass & catfish fishing, steel industry
Cass: Don Henley (the Eagles), borders 2 other states, cypress swamp
Harrison: Caddo Lake (natural lake & swamp), fishing, camping
Marion: Jefferson is haunted, mardi gras, baby new orleans
Gregg: firefighters!, Lobos football, hot air balloons
Upshur: crawfish, jeep trail/offroading, yams
Smith: roses obviously, great zoo, beer & bbq
Van Zandt: Canton trade days, Morton salt (little girl with umbrella logo), Townes Van Zandt (descended from founder)
Wood: laaaaakes!, country music, artists
Titus: Priefert (famous ranching/rodeo equipment), Pilgrim's chicken, trailer manufacturing
but things we all have in common out here are: hunting, fishing, swamps, lakes, ranching, churches, and pine trees!
(e: ugh formatting)
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u/Human-Country-01 16d ago
thank you, this is very helpful :]
(final product in 249 days so stick around >:])2
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u/TexasDrunkRedditor 17d ago
You wrote 19, 20, 20, 22.