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Mickey Double Ear Hat

The mark of a true artist, at least if you go in for stereotypes, is a beret. Chris Taylor is a true artist, but he doesn't bother with berets (he don't need no stinkin' berets!). His hat of choice is his own design: Mickey Ears, with extra ears.

- by Chris Taylor, April 27, 2011

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In today's edition of Arthouse Disney, Chris Taylor presents a fantastic design concept for a new Mickey Ear hat. Double the ears, double the fun!

As Chris tells it:

"During our last visit to Disney World, I noticed how many Mickey Ear hats had little, tiny hats on top like a top hat, mortar board, Sorcerer's hat, and so on. So, the family and I were talking on our last day, and I said, 'Wouldn't it be funny to have a set of ears with another little set of ears on top? And my bride said, 'Why don't you make some?'

"So I did. The whole idea being: how would Mickey look wearing Mickey ears?

"I do all of my design work in Adobe Illustrator, and have a decent collection of Disney vector art. The trick was finding the right ears and semicircle. It took me a while to get the ears to match what you can get in the Parks. Then it was a question of what color to make the smaller hat (Mickey Red, of course). And there you have it:"

Artwork © Chris Taylor

I'd buy one of those!

Quite a few folks at Disney read the Dispatch, so folks at Disney: pass along this article to the people who scout new merchandise and tell 'em Chris is waiting to hear from you!

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