The Floral Parade Throws Books

The 2019 CHILDREN'S FLORAL Parade will roll today at noon, and again on Monday March 3, also at noon. This year's theme is "Throw Me A Book", with floats featuring favorite children's book characters.
The floats were designed by me, and built by Craig Stephens and Carnival Artists.
Here are this year's design drawings:

Floral Parade "CAT IN THE HAT" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "CURIOUS GEORGE" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "THE JUNGLE BOOK" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "OLIVIA" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "RAINBOW FISH" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "WINNIE THE POOH" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Mystic Stripers Drawings At Mobile Carnival Museum

Last year, I was informed that The Mobile Carnival Museum would post a display of some of my past float design renderings juxtaposed along with photos of the finished (constructed and painted) product.
These drawings were commissioned by The Mystic Stripers Society and built by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc. The parade rolled last Mardi Gras season.
Below are some pics of the matched sets, and the display:

Mystic Stripers JESTER Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers BEOUF GRAS Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers ROBERT KRAFFT Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers ORDER OF MYTHS Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers ORDER OF TEA DRINKERS Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers JOE CAIN SOCIETY Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers INFANT MYSTICS  Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers KNIGHTS OF REVELRY Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers CREW OF SANTA CLAUS Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers COMIC COWBOYS Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers CREWE OF COLUMBUS Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

Mystic Stripers STRIPER Float Drawing by Brent Amacker, Completed float by Steve Mussell's MIRTHCO, Inc.

Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, AL

New Mobile Carnival Association Floats!

This year, I was commissioned by the Mobile Carnival Association to render the design drawings for a couple of new Mardi Gras floats. One was the "Royal Court" float for the Children's Floral Parade, and the other was a "Royal Swans" float for the King's Parade.

"Rough" design sketches for possible floats for Mobile Carnival Association, based on specific requests from meetings with Judi Gulledge and Edward Ladd

Final "Rough" drawings for detail and placement

Children's Floral "Court Float" designed by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Swans" designed by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Both floats were built by Craig Stephens and Carnival Artists.

Wilbur Pullman, Mobile Mardi Gras Icon: R.I.P.

From the MOBILE PRESS REGISTER:

MOBILE, Alabama -- Wilbur S. Pillman Jr., who was featured in a 2010 Press-Register series called "Icons of Mobile Mardi Gras," died Friday at the Allen Memorial Home.

For more than 50 years, Pillman served a variety of roles for his own mystic society and others. In 2010 he earned the HandsOn South Alabama Heart of Gold in Arts award for outstanding volunteer contributions to furthering the arts entities associated with Mardi Gras celebrations.

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Pillman was a member of the first class to attend all eight grades at Little Flower Catholic School, graduated from McGill Institute and served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was a talented artist, dancer and director, appearing in many musical productions of the Mobile Catholic Theatre Guild, later the Mobile Theatre Guild.

He was a regular volunteer at the Mobile Carnival Museum as a docent from its beginning and belonged to numerous mystic societies over the years, serving as king more than once.

"They picked me because I’m a song-and-dance man," Pillman told the Press-Register earlier this year.

Despite being in his early 80s, he remained active and was working with four mystic societies on tableaus for the upcoming 2011 carnival season.

"Wilbur was a pillar of Carnival in Mobile," said Mobile Carnival Association Chairman David J. Cooper. "He was an authority on historical Carnival data little known to many of us. His sincere love of Mardi Gras, and the Carnival Museum, was evident whenever you visited with him."

Survivors include one sister, Alilee Pillman, among others.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Radney Funeral Home, Dauphin Street, with the Rosary being recited at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church.

Memorials may be made to St. Catherine’s Building Fund. Interment will be in Catholic Cemetery.

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