Chinese Vespa Pin Up Girl (an homage to my wife’s heritage)

Yesterday, while celebrating my wife’s birthday in a Chinese restaurant, an idea of a Chinese pin up girl on a Vespa came to mind. I have seen vintage ads from China before so I knew what keywords to search for in Google images.

I was hoping I’d finish the deconstructed artwork before her birthday ended, but it wasn’t meant to be.  I finished around 2AM the next day and  pleased how it looked like:

The writing below is “Happy Birthday” in Chinese (sheng ri kuai le).  Traditionally Chinese use red in texts to denote a celebration.  To use black is a no-no as it denotes death.

The image above is a composite of five (5) other artworks that I put together much like the technique I used in the Pinay Vespa Pin Up.  I specifically used for Chinese paintings for the background to give the “feel” I wanted.  Here they are:

I do hope to make other Asian Vespa pin ups when inspiration strikes me.