A quick history for those who don't know who Edward Gorey is: he was an artist and writer best known for his stark, macabre drawings, often featuring children. Perhaps his best-known work is Gashlycrumb Tinies, the story of twenty-six children (each one representing a letter of the alphabet) who each meet a grisly demise ("R is for Rhoda consumed by a fire," etc).
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Edward Gorey does Star Trek
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Anime versions of The Simpsons and Futurama
Quite contrary to the stereotype associated with my nationality, I'm not a big fan of anime. That two year phase came and went while I was still in elementary school, thanks very much. Nowadays, I find the "anime look" a little boring, so when an artist actually does something fun and exciting with it, I sit up and take notice. I also love it when people re-interpret cartoons in different artistic styles (for example, the realistic sketches of Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny on South Park a few months ago)So, when I found this artist's group shots of The Simpsons' and Futurama's ensembles, I was pretty amazed. Each character looks totally different, but it's still easy to tell who's who (a most important element in good fan-art). I think it's fantastic, but, I must admit, I'm a little disturbed by Lisa's striking resemblance to the characters of Dragon Ball. It must be a hair thing.
[via Neatorama]
Heroes cast participates in online charity auction
To support Greg Grunberg's Pediatric Epilepsy Project, the cast of Heroes has each drawn his or her own character for an online auction. Bidding has begun and will conclude in approximately twenty days. I have to say that Hayden Panettiere gets extra points for using more than one colored marker in her rendering of Claire Bennet and Milo Ventimiglia managed to add a little perspective to his drawing of Peter Petrelli. This isn't the first time television stars have contributed their handiwork to the Pediatric Epilepsy Project, which directly supports UCLA's Pediatric Neurology Department. You can also purchase hand-painted cards by such celebrities as Jennifer Garner, David Schwimmer, Ryan Seacrest, Teri Hatcher, Sean Hayes and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Artists interpret various cartoon characters
BlueSky Studios, which is owned by Fox Film Filmed Entertainment and helped bring the movie Ice Age to the screen, has a weekly challenge for their staff in which artists, animators and others are given a subject and asked to draw their interpretation of it. The work is displayed on the BlueSky Studios Challenge blog, and it's worth checking out. Some of the subjects are things like movie robots or dinosaurs, but there are also a bunch of great drawings of television characters, such as the Muppets ( I love this humanized version of Bert) and SpongeBob SquarePants. Also take a look at the '80s cartoon characters challenge, which includes this film noir version of Inspector Gadget. I love seeing these characters completely re-imagined the same way I love it when a band covers another band's song and completely changes it, making it their own. I'd love to see whole animated programs re-imagined this way, which wouldn't be anything new since The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Mighty Mouse, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Beany and Cecil were all at one time brought back by different artists with a whole new design. Still, I'd love to see more of that.
[via Cartoon Brew]
Artists take on Fat Albert and the Cosby kids
I always love to see artists create their own versions of classic characters.
It's like watching a musician cover someone else's song. Anyway, Saxton Moore recently posed a challenge on his blog
where he asked artists to draw their own versions of their favorite characters from Fat Albert, and you can
see the results here. This illustration of Dumb Donald is hands down my
very favorite. Actually, all of the drawings and paintings are really well-done, but if you want to see something
really cool, check out this painting of Homer Simpson
done for an issue of Esquire by artist Roberto Parada back in 1999. It's fascinatingly disturbing.
[via Boing Boing]
Track the evolution of an animated short
According to Jerry Beck over at Cartoon Brew, Frederator Studios, the company behind
shows like Oh Yeah! Cartoons and The Fairly OddParents have gathered thirty-nine different animators
to create some short form cartoons for Nickelodeon. The shorts will be part of a new series that will air either this
year or in early 2007. You can track the progress of Jerry's contribution, called "Hornswiggle" here, as well as the progress of other animators and their individual
projects. Why would you care about this? Well, unless you're an animation nut you probably don't. I, however, love to
see how these things evolve and eventual come together.Law and Order SVU: The Valentines
There's this artist out there named Brandon Bird who has a special
place in his heart for everything that is Law and Order. I own his original Law and Order coloring
book ("An Adventure to Color!"), which follows Briscoe and Curtis as they seek a murder suspect and then on
to the trial. The last page is a word scramble to figure out the verdict: LYTIGU. Funny stuff.Now Brandon has it in for Law and Order: SVU. He has created some Valentines featuring the main characters from that franchise. My favorite is Ice-T, with the saying, "I'm on your tail". You can actually order these things for Valentine's Day. Check 'em out here.
In addition, Brandon does a bunch of cool Star Wars drawings, including this Ewok poster that I totally want. He also seems to have a bit of an obsession with James Woods, Christopher Walken (who doesn't?) and Edward Norton.
[Via Boing Boing]
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