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[sunhitsthewater-main]

Hey everyone! After a solid ten-year run, I've decided to retire this blog. You can still find me at my side blog, sunhitsthewater.

[tessmontyart]

Tessmontyart’s Owl City fanart masterpost

Hello! For those who don’t know me I have been on long quest to complete an artwork for every Owl City song*. I thought this list might be an easy way to keep track of everything! 😊 

💖 Each track links to my corresponding artwork.

💖 The tracks with no links are songs I haven’t done artwork for yet.

💖  ‘(repeat)’ means a song that already exists on a previous album.

💖 ‘Song name 1, Song name 2′ means a song I’ve done more than one artwork for

Please let me know if I’ve missed any Owl City songs! (I’ll tackle his other projects like the scores and Sky Sailing later) I’ll update this list whenever I complete a new work :)

*(Disclaimer: There are some songs listed here I don’t intend to draw such as some covers and some features - I mainly want to draw every ‘purely’ Owl City song, and the odd feature/cover if I like it enough :D)

Of June:

Swimming in Miami, Captains and Cruise Ships, Designer Skyline, Panda Bear, The Airway, Fuzzy Blue Lights, Hello Seattle

Maybe I’m Dreaming:

On The Wing, Rainbow Veins 1, Rainbow Veins 2, Super Honeymoon, The Saltwater Room 1, The Saltwater Room 2, The Saltwater Room 3 (video), Early Birdie, Air Traffic, The Technicolor Phase 1, The Technicolor Phase 2, Sky Diver, Dear Vienna, I’ll Meet You There, This is the Future, West Coast Friendship

Ocean Eyes:

Cave In, The Bird and the Worm, Hello Seattle (repeat), Umbrella Beach, The Saltwater Room (repeat), Dental Care, Meteor Shower, On The Wing (repeat), Fireflies 1, Fireflies 2, The Tip of the Iceberg, Vanilla Twilight 1, Vanilla Twilight 2, Tidal Wave, Hot Air Balloon, Butterfly Wings, Rugs from Me to You, Sunburn, If my Heart was a House, Strawberry Avalanche

All Things Bright and Beautiful:

Album cover, The Real World, Deer in the Headlights 1, Deer in the Headlights 2, Angels, Dreams don’t Turn to Dust, Honey and the Bee, Kamikaze, Galaxies, Hospital Flowers, Alligator Sky, The Yacht Cub 1, The Yacht Club 2, Plant Life, How I Became the Sea, Lonely Lullaby, Shy Violet

The Midsummer Station:

Dreams and Disasters, Shooting Star, Gold, Dementia, I’m Coming After You, Speed of Love, Good Time, Embers, Silhouette, Metropolis, Take It All Away, Bombshell Blonde, Top of the World

The Midsummer Station Acoustic: 

Good Time (repeat), Shooting Star (repeat), Gold (repeat), Hey Anna, I Hope You Think of Me

Ultraviolet (EP):

Beautiful Times, Up All Night, This Isn’t The End, Wolf Bite

Mobile Orchestra:

Verge, I Found Love, Thunderstruck, My Everything, Unbelievable, Bird with a Broken Wing, Back Home, Can’t Live Without You, You’re Not Alone, This Isn’t the End (repeat), Tokyo

Cinematic:

Fiji Water, The 5th of July, All My Friends, House Wren, Not All Heroes Wear Capes, Montana, Lucid Dream, Always, Cloud Nine, Winners Never Quit, Madeline Island, Be Brave, New York City, Firebird, Cinematic

Random blog songs:

Halcyon, Helicopter Moon, Beautiful Mystery, Paper Tigers, Floppy Fish (Trust Me), Hey There Rabbit, Ridiculously Happy, Salad Basket, Kickflip, Magic Golden Flower, 

Christmas Songs:

Peppermint Winter, The Christmas Song, The First Noel, Light of Christmas, Kiss Me Babe it’s Christmas Time, Humbug, Snow Snow Snow, 

Promotional Songs:

To The Sky, When Can I See You Again, Shine Your Way, Live It Up, Clap Your Hands, Wonderfilled, Here’s Hope

Covers:

Waving Through a Window, Enchanted, 99 Red Balloons, Can You Feel The Love Tonight, Untitled Hymn, Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing, Goodbye, Brave, Folsom Prison Blues, Jackson, If I Stand, Listen to what the Man Said, Bright Eyes, 

Featured:

Middledistancerunner, Youtopia, All About Us, Eternity, Cactus in the Valley, Ready to Fly, Alive, In The AIr, That’s My Jam, Snow Snow Snow

Miscellaneous artworks:

Adam Young (inktober 2016), Flames Pond, Midsummer Station Touring Band gift art, Midsummer Station Touring Band Halloween, Adam Young New Year 2013, Adam Young New Year 2015, Hoot Owl Day ad, Hoot Owl Secret Santa ad 1, Hootowl Secret Santa ad 2, Hootowl Secret Santa ad 3, Hootowl Secret Santa 3 (no text), Hoot Owl Valentines Day ad, Hoot Owl Valentines Day ad fun facts, Christmas Adam Young 2012, Christmas Adam Young 2013, Christmas Daniel Jorgenson, Christmas Jasper Nephew, Christmas Steve Goold, Christmas Breanne Duren, Get Well Soon Adam, Gift Art (youretheskyifellthrough), Gift art )thedoctorwhoflygon10), Gift art (thatbombshellblonde) 

Other Projects:

Brielle (Sky Sailing)

I’m only including this here because I have done an artwork for it - but I don’t intend to tackle the rest of Sky Sailing until all the Owl City album songs are done :)

[tessmontyart]

Hello my friends, I noticed this masterpost was a little out of date so I’ve now updated it! And plan to tackle 31 more Owl City artworks this year for inktober 

:) After this years challenge I will have completed my goal of drawing every Owl City song that appears on an album! There will still be a lot on this list I might not end up doing like some covers and promotional songs … but it will be a feat nonetheless! ^_^

[life-is-a-lucid-dream]

r/OWLCITY - Sky Sailing - Captains of the Sky (Early Demo 2009) Full Song

63 votes and 10 comments so far on Reddit

The Full Demo of Captains of the Sky was released on Reddit.

I genuinely started crying halfway through the song because I think we all miss Adam’s music that much.

The OP said that the promo CD that they bought contained 11 DEMOS of An Airplane Carried Me To Bed. The ‘Brielle’ and ‘I Live Alone’ are the same as what has been released online before so that’s 9 NEW DEMOS. Including a 3rd version of Sailboats. I’m not sure if ‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’ is on the CD as it is not listed on the CD itself or Discogs. It was replaced by ‘Flowers of the Field’

[furbearingbrick]

owls when they’re in the city idk i don’t listen to synth-pop

[bianomaly]

ah yes simpler times *plays Fireflies by Owl City*

[twigsinthecountry]

[theocseason4]

[solitarelee]

[Transcript: a young woman with long blonde hair is speaking directly into the camera. 

“I’m gonna tell you guys something that honestly changed my life for good. So if you’re in college, and live in a dorm or an apartment, there’s a good change that a lot of people living in your dorm or apartment have an Alexa. And if you go into the hallway and yell loud enough... I’ll just show you the rest.” 

The girl is now standing in a dorm hallway. She yells at the top of her lungs: 

“Alexa! Play Fireflies!” 

There is a moment of quiet where several Alexas responding can be faintly heard. After a few seconds, Fireflies by Owl City begins to play loudly, followed a few seconds later by another starting up, then another, then another as the woman begins to walk down the hall, smiling and laughing, to a growing cacophony of Fireflies by Owl City. 

End transcript.]

[milkygastrobones]

@secret--psalms--saturn

[reveshcity]

💯

[reveshcity]

Celebrities tweets about OWL CITY

(100% real tweets, not fake!)

Btw HAPPY NEW YEAR HOOTS 🎉🌟

[snydergurl]

[the-mobile-orchestra]

Visit Original Link

This song is incredibly underrated

[fairycosmos]

fireflies by owl city. closest we've come to world peace

[tessmontyart]

Dreams and Disasters time lapse 🎬 2.5 hours condensed to 1 min 26 💕 though the sketching would have been a few more hours. This is the only one I filmed from start to finish, I hope you enjoy 😊 (ps how cool is my new bendy ruler! 😁)

[tessmontyart]

A flip-through of all the Owl City copic art I've done so far. I promise this is the last video! 😅

Music: Stars Appear by Adam Young

[tessmontyart]

Process of my Captains and Cruise Ships artwork 🌊 This is actually the first vid I made, attempting to show all the steps I take 🎨

1. Draw the sketch on my ipad 2. Figure out colours 3. Refine the sketch 4. Draw the lineart 5. Print out the lineart 6. Turn on light board 7. Tape printed lineart onto lightboard, under a new page in your sketchbook 8. Line into the sketchbook with coloured copic multiliners 9. Colour with copic markers 10. Add details with white gel pen and posca pens 11. Done! ☺️

(This vid was recorded before my friend's wedding if you were wondering about the lack of pretty nails 😂)

(Music: Helium Balloon by Adam Young)

[tessmontyart]

Shy Violet process video 💜 Using the Copic Airbrush System (see previous video for details) I learned about using contact to mask out areas from instagram user @pencil.butter, I had no idea that was a thing you could do 😮 the paper ripped slightly but oh well, better luck next time 😎

[tessmontyart]

Galaxies process video 💕

Here's me using my new toy, the Copic Airbrush System! It's a little spray gun designed for copic markers, which you connect to a copic "air can".

It's super fun, though you have to wait a few minutes between each colour because the can gets icy cold quite quickly. (I've cut a lot out of this vid lol)

The air cans run out fairly quickly too, each can lasts about 2-3 artworks and are $30aud each at eckersly's.

There are higher end versions available where you can connect it to a different can which then connects to a compressor, which lasts much longer, but I couldn't find them anywhere in Australia 😅 Hope this was interesting!

[tessmontyart]

Process of my Hospital Flowers art 🌷I thought I'd include a bit of the lining for those interested. First I sketch and finalize the lines on my iPad, print it out, then use a light pad to reline straight into my sketchbook with coloured copic multiliners, which is where this video starts 💕