My good friend had his birthday earlier this year and wanted a pub crawl themed party. Since I just recently saw The World's End, we decided to do our own "Golden Mile" in East Atlanta Village where he lives. Unfortunately, it came out to be about a half mile and the crawl made more of a Y path rather than an interesting winding path. Below are the pub sign sketches I created for each stop.
First stop, Argosy:
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The name of this pub is based on a merchant ship and even has a painting of one inside. |
Second stop, The Elder Tree:
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This is an actual British styled pub so the sign wasn't too difficult to design. |
Third stop, The Earl:
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Thought it would be fun to take the acronym of the EARL (East Atlanta Restaurant and Lounge) and make it regal considering it's a straight up dive bar. Based the design on a painting of John Fleming, VI Earl of Wigton. |
Fourth stop, Flatiron:
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Not sure how this place was named but I made the sign based on an actual flat iron. |
Fifth stop, The Midway Pub:
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I intentionally made the half-way stop this pub. The sign is obviously a half finished pint. |
Sixth stop, The 529 Bar:
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This one was a bit easy as they have a coat of arms as their logo and I based the sign on that. |
Seventh stop, Mary's:
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Cleverly named gay bar in EAV. So, I used the Victorian styled pub sign for this one. |
Eighth stop, The Glenwood:
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Named after the road it sits on, the design of this sign is based on what Glenwood literally means: a wooded glen (valley). |
Ninth and final stop, The Graveyard Tavern:
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Much like the Midway Pub, I intentionally made this the last stop because of the name. I has several ideas but I eventually went with the winged skull motif from late 17th Century to early 18th Century gravestones. |