Meet the North Philly artist behind MLB All-Star's Liberty Bell

When baseball needed something unmistakably Philly for the All-Star Game, city artist Andre Chaney answered the bell — the Liberty Bell, that is.

Why it matters: Chaney's hand-painted Liberty Bell is an ode to the Phillies that will show up starting this weekend at Citizens Bank Park.

The big picture: Philadelphia is hosting Tuesday's All-Star Game for the first time in three decades.

• So naturally, the city needed some hometown flair.

Zoom in: The 28-year-old Chaney was inspired by old Star Wars movie posters for the design, capturing Phillies legends in their most iconic moments.

• "Those characters looked larger than life, so I wanted to do the same thing," he said.

Who's on the bell: The bell features a Mount Rushmore of Phillies greats — Dick Allen, Jimmy Rollins, Mike Schmidt, Ryan Howard and Bryce Harper — on one side.

• On the other side: The Phillie Phanatic.

😂 1 notable thing: The Phanatic didn't sit for his portrait on the bell, Chaney said.

🥚 Easter egg: Look for Chaney's logo featured on the Jumbotrons on the bell.

Between the lines: Chaney survived a grueling selection process to design the bell.

• He then spent more than 70 hours hours in the studio designing and painting a 4-foot replica of the Liberty Bell — one of America's most enduring symbols of independence.

Worth noting: The project is part of the Bells Across PA program from the city and Philadelphia250.

What they're saying: Chaney tells Axios he was drawn to art at a young age, prodded by his mother, who gifted him sketchbooks for Christmas.

• "She was never OK with me just turning anything in," he said. "She would always say, 'How do you take it to the next level?'"