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"They were long and low and sleek and fast
They were classic in a word
Back in '55
We were makin' thunderbirds
We were young and proud
We were makin' thunderbirds
We were young and sure
We were makin' thunderbirds"
~Bob Seger
Music tends to be my biggest inspiration for art, and every once in awhile a song will just click and I'll repeat it over and over as I draw. That was the case with "Makin Thunderbirds" by Bob Seger. I must have spent over an hour listening to this same song and drawing this picture. And I'm still not tired of it.
Anyway, this was drawn off a photo I found of a Ford assembly line from the 1950's. Nothing fancy back then. No robotics, no automation. Just good old fashioned man power.
The German Shepherd in the foreground right is based on my grandfather, who spent 30 years working at a GM plant. Though come to think of it he might not be too pleased I drew this character working at a Ford plant.
They were classic in a word
Back in '55
We were makin' thunderbirds
We were young and proud
We were makin' thunderbirds
We were young and sure
We were makin' thunderbirds"
~Bob Seger
Music tends to be my biggest inspiration for art, and every once in awhile a song will just click and I'll repeat it over and over as I draw. That was the case with "Makin Thunderbirds" by Bob Seger. I must have spent over an hour listening to this same song and drawing this picture. And I'm still not tired of it.
Anyway, this was drawn off a photo I found of a Ford assembly line from the 1950's. Nothing fancy back then. No robotics, no automation. Just good old fashioned man power.
The German Shepherd in the foreground right is based on my grandfather, who spent 30 years working at a GM plant. Though come to think of it he might not be too pleased I drew this character working at a Ford plant.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 996px
File Size 202.1 kB
Reminds me of the last Buick Regal GNX they ever built in Decemer of '87, how this one person was able to get it and watch the workers build the last car there since that was the plant was doomed for closure because GM didn't even want to retool the plant, all the builders signed their names on different parts in the engine and hidden elsewhere in the body and the person who owns it has kept it in pristine condition, to where he takes it to shows on a truck rather than drive it.
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Reminds me of Michael Moore's first documentary. There was a scene of the last truck to be made in this truck plant in Flint and as most of the people were cheering one of the workers was saying "I don't know why everyone is cheering. We just lost our jobs! We just lost our jobs and they're all cheering"
Yeah, and the things is how they say all about these American jobs in the auto industry when a majority of them have been lost to machines that build the cars for them. I mean there are a few in there, but not like in the 1980s and older when it took a person to build everything in that car, not some emotionless, machine.
The GM plant my grandfather worked at used to employ 4,000 people when he was still working there in the 1980's. They were down to 2,000 I believe before they closed a few years ago, possibly less. Which was still a huge number, and had a big effect on the local economy when it closed. But still nowhere near the number employed at the peak of production.
You see that with everything now though. Ever notice you can't buy good furniture new anymore? Everything seems to fall apart the moment you buy it
You see that with everything now though. Ever notice you can't buy good furniture new anymore? Everything seems to fall apart the moment you buy it
Yeah just like the asbestos and building material plant in Manville, that was the lead empolyer in Manville, about 98 percent of the people living in Manville worked at Johns Manville, and they made products that went all across the country and buildings everywhere from insulation, to pipes, shingles, clothing and even car parts from the era.
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Shame because back then America was independent and now they couldn't even go to war with another country like China since they'd just stop trade with us.
Oh tell me about it, it wouldn't be the first time I broke a newer piece of furniture when my dad has projects he made in his wood shop from 40 years ago still in his home, and I still do myself.
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Shame because back then America was independent and now they couldn't even go to war with another country like China since they'd just stop trade with us.
Oh tell me about it, it wouldn't be the first time I broke a newer piece of furniture when my dad has projects he made in his wood shop from 40 years ago still in his home, and I still do myself.
The quality of things really annoys me, especially since it's deliberate. Robots can build cars and furniture far better than any human ever could. We could be building furniture, cars, phones, anything that lasts a lifetime. But we don't. We don't even build bridges that last more than a decade, despite having vastly better building techniques and materials now.
It's all about the bottom line these days. You make more money from selling a phone that will break in three years, because then you can sell another, and another. You make more money from keeping someone dependent on medical treatment rather than curing them, because then they'll have to come back again and again.
It's all so mercenary and I don't like it.
It's all about the bottom line these days. You make more money from selling a phone that will break in three years, because then you can sell another, and another. You make more money from keeping someone dependent on medical treatment rather than curing them, because then they'll have to come back again and again.
It's all so mercenary and I don't like it.
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