Popeye

A bit late - but this was for the official Popeye 85th anniversary art show in collaboration with King Features Syndicate, curated by Chogrin!

“STRONG TO THE FINICH! AN OFFICIAL POPEYE TRIBUTE ART SHOW,” will celebrate 85 years of Popeye the Sailor!

Over 100 artists from around the world will pay their own unique tribute to the legendary sailor, created by E.C. Segar in 1929.

The show will premiere on September 5th, 2014 at Hero Complex Gallery (7-10pm).

For artwork & updates go to: www.popeyeartshow.tumblr.com

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Tis' the Season to get some great gifts that will inspire and spark some creativity! Below you will find Children's Book, Graphic Novels, and more!

Get Rebecca Sugar's first comic book epic, "PUG DAVIS," finally collected into a trade paperback, with a cover by Eric Powell! You don't want to miss this one!

Rhode Montijo returns with "The Halloween Kid," an original and eye-candy filled adventure on Halloween, monsters, and other treats!

Tom Neely's Doppleganger is an amazing tribute to Popeye the sailor, as well as an original take on his universe.

Brian Biggs' colorful & fun "I'm a T-Rex" is the first of many Little Golden Books he will be releasing in the following years. Be sure to keep an eye out and collect them all!

 

Get Stephen Destefano's marvelous & unique graphic novel "Lucky in Love." You don't want to miss this one either. Stephen is responsible for character designs on Symbionic Titan, Venture Bros, Popeye, and many many more!

Pixar's Sanjay Patel is a genius in shape design and color structure. His book "Ramayana: Divine Loophole" is a direct proof of that, blending history of his heritage with his own artistic identity. It is an amazing book!!!

Golden Age Face - Popeye! (ポパイ)

I've always been a huge Popeye fan since my grandfather was also a sailor. So growing up I always related both to each other.

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Popeye, Final!

You were right - he needed a pipe. If only to be dwarfed by the vast deformity that is the rest of his ocean-torn body. I also re-photographed him to emphasize the fact that he's painted on a golden canvas. I love that there's at LEAST 3 Popeyes in this show, and they range from traditional to art-cartoon to 'realistic'.

Also, my second series of Verdigris toys went on sale last night, and I'm excited about them.

If anyone has any tips regarding casting resin in silicone molds, drop me a line. I'm about to embark into a scary place.

It's "Boff" and its "Wham" unnerstan?

Hey guys! Here's a snap of piece for the Golden Age show before I wrapped it up and mailed it out. I thought about taking a personal twist on one of these great oldies, but I couldn't bring myself to it. So, I decide on creating a reproduction still of Popeye's first ever animation "Popeye the Sailor". I used black india ink on acetate, to capture the frame just like they did in the good old days. Wish I had some cel paint, but I had to settle for good old acrylic, which did the job decently.

Unfortunately, I wont be able to make the show, because I live out of town and I am what we call "the poors". I really hope everyone has a GREAT time!

Popeye translated into Spanish

Here's just an image inspired by the Golden Age show.

Golden Age References

Hey there folks! I've been doings loads of research for my piece for the upcoming Golden Age show.... Ah heck, I've mostly been researching this stuff more for the awesome finds than anything! There is so many amazing treasures out there on the internet! Being the art and especially animation and film geek that I am, I couldn't hold back my excitement at all the goodies I've been finding on Micheal Sporn's blog (or as he says "splog").

Here's his link! Click here !

If you don't know about Micheal Sporn, he is one of the leading men in the field, creating such emotional films like "Whitewash" and "Champagner" (forgive me if I'm spelling any of these wrong) He's also the top guy in creating the "Animation Show of Shows" featuring the current year's best festival films.

A few more links from me, with love.
Animation Backgrounds
Made of Pen and Ink
Lou Romano....for UP art fans =P

Golden Age Hero : Popeye

Dude really is a superfreak of nature.

Not sure if this one is done, coming, or going. Based on a whole bunch of portraits I sketched out of cartoon characters as 'real' people. For the record, they all make really, really ugly people. I also wanted to break out of the series of cartoony evil portraits I've been doing, so thanks for the 'Hero' theme.

I took the 'golden' thing literally.

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* Under the Influence *

Thought I'd share this with everyone. Behind the ink with one of the best characters ever created! Thanks to my good friend, Craig Parrillo for sharing this with me and to E.C. Segar and the Fleischer Bros.!

My "Fisherman's Wife"

Here's my sketch for the Fisherman's Wife theme, i drew her in front of some family photos, hubby in the middle some fish friends and some other noteworthy sea pals.