Thursday, December 17, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM STEVE POTTER

This is a video that I posted on December 18th, 2007 on Myspace video. On Christmas eve it was rated in the top 10 viewed all day and received over 40,000 views that evening. I was surprised and pleased to say the least. I thought I'd repost it here for anyone who didn't see it back then.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

STEVE FELL DOWN | MySpace Video

MY CHRISTMAS GPK ILLUSTRATION

Since I've been doing quite a bit of Garbage Pail Kid related artwork recently I decided it was time to do a Christmas themed illustration. There are quite a few cards that deal with Santa and the holidays but I finally decided to use card #254 (Chris Mess/ Sandy Clod) from the 7th series as a reference.

This card always reminded me of the escaped mental patient who stole a Santa outfit played by Larry Drake in the Tales From the Crypt episode "All Through the House". It was the second episode of the show and came out two years after the card was made.

I did the original drawing in felt-tip pen and decided after sketching it out to remove the wreath and lights that were on his back since I didn't really feel they were essential to the gag. I know he's supposed to be a thief but I figured beating someone with a blackjack and pickpocketing them was good enough.

I colored it on the computer with photoshop and remade the Garbage Pail Kids logo into a "Merry Christmas" banner.

I figured I could post it for friends and family for the holidays. Feel free to use it yourself it you'd like. Merry Christmas!!

Friday, December 11, 2009

RECENT GARBAGE PAIL KID ART

Lately I've been doing a bunch of Garbage Pail Kid related artwork so I thought I'd post some of it. I really like doing my own versions of some of the old cards and it's really helped to get me out of an artistic slump.

I figured it might be fun just to start with the 15th series cards so the first one I did was #581 (Shel Game/ 3-Card Monte). Here is the original card.

I did the original illustration in felt-tip pen and tried to mix my own style with a little bit of Tom Bunk and Robert Crumb.

Here is the final version after I colored it with photoshop and added the logo and name banner.

The next card is #582 (Take-out Dinah/ Chow Mame).

I did this one with felt-tip also.

For the final colored version I did on Photoshop I decided to add another G.P.K. into the image. On her plate I added (Misfortune Cookie/ Chow Maynard) from card #509 from series 13.

Next I did card #583 (Lyle Tile/ Harry Glyph).

I did the original figure and background in ballpoint pen.

I wanted to change things up for the final Photoshop version so I added some repetition.

Card #584 (Slimy Hymie/ Crawlin' Rollin) was next.

I knew I was going to have fun with the worms. I did this one in felt-tip and decided to do a full figure.

I spent a little more time coloring this one. I wanted to add some of the shading and highlights I didn't really do on the previous cards.

I still did a card version to stay with the program.

I did one of my favorite cards #585 (Picky Nick/ Beulah Ghoul) next.

I decided instead of the skull on the card I would slip in another G.P.K. again and I knew the perfect one right off the bat. Another one of my favorites #328 (Glowing Amber/ Bright Dwight) from the 8th series.

I sketched this one in ballpoint with shading this time.

For the final Photoshop image I was lucky enough to have a great scan of the original card art so I just tweaked the background and cut,pasted, and colored out the part I needed.

I figured while I already had the Glowing Amber version that I'd do a final colr version of that card also.

The next card in the 15th series was #586 (Peter Cheater/ Dean List).

I did the original drawing in felt-tip pen again.

I changed a couple of minor things in the final version and my daughter Sam helped out coloring it. She did a perfect job and was an amazingly fast learner.

#587 (Mala Nutrition/ Cornelia Flake) was a lot of fun.

I was inspired by Tom Bunk again while working on this. I wanted to add some of his gross little details like the zits and band-aid. I did the original drawing in felt-tip again.

For the final colored version I decided to import a tile grid and enlarge the pupils because my wife thought she looked psycho. I agreed with her and fixed them but I did have to remind her that it's not normal to eat cereal out of the toilet.
I also used a Wacky Package image from the 70's for the cereal box.

The next card #588 is (Yo! Gert/ Ice cream Connie).

I thought I would do a version where she was in a bowl instead of a cone. I did the drawing in felt-tip.

I'm not too happy with the way it turned out and will most likely redo it later. Sam and I had fun coloring it though. She made a version where it was mint chocolate-chip, and I made a strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate version we named "Neal Politan".

The next card I did was #589 (Ecch Benedict/ Brain Les).

I just sketched it out with pencil and have yet to do a colored version.

I plan on doing a colored version in the near future.

Another one I'm still working on is the next card #590 (Little Leak Len/ Snot-ball Saul)

So far I just drew the figure in felt-tip. I'm thinking it might be fun to put other baseball related G.P.K.s on the field.

One more piece of Garbage Pail Kids art I wanted to share is a ceramic Cabbage Patch Kid I bought at a thrift store a while back. I purchased it with the intentions of painting it as Leaky Lindsay/ Messie Tessie but I hadn't gotten around to doing it. I finally painted it the other day and even though the hair/clothes still aren't the right color I like it a lot better now.
Here are some pics:

I'll keep posting updates on my Garbage Pail Kid art as I'm working on it. Happy Holidays!!

Monday, November 23, 2009

BRENT ENGSTROM SERIES 1 SKETCH CARDS

A lot of Garbage Pail Kids artists do sketch cards. Sometimes they are used as "chase cards" which are offered in certain boxes or in other cases they sell personalized cards on their websites or Ebay. The sketch cards range from very simple doodles to colorful watercolor paintings and are highly collectible.

Not too long ago I noticed that Brent Engstrom started re illustrating the early series Garbage Pail Kids in sketch card form. This is really neat because you get to see the classic characters in a different artist's style.
Brent happens to be my favorite of the new artists so I thought I'd share his depictions of the 1st series characters.