Sometimes, I can get lost in a concept.
For instance, take this game that I animated for USATestprep.
The game uses the Princess character from another game, " SUPER GRADUATION KOMBAT SMACKDOWN ", and she is competing for a spot on the Royal Cheer Leading Squad.
So, I'm thinking about the middle ages, kings and queens, court jesters, etc., and the game is a lot of fun to work on.
Of course, there has to be a " Winner " screen, you know, after the Princess makes the team, and there also has to be a " Loser " screen, when the player doesn't make it and has to try again.
So....being a creative, unfettered type, I created this, because it made me laugh and I thought that it fit in with the theme....
WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?!?
Sure, it's funny, but this is a game that's going to be played by high school kids.
My internal Moderator was certainly asleep at the switch that day.
So, I had to create a better screen, one that still conveyed the message that you had to try again, but in a softer, more acceptable, non-torturing way.
(As always, click on the imagery to get a better look ).
Friday! Let's all relax, if that's the right word, with a little
DINOSAURS ATTACK !
What would be the odds of dinosaurs popping on stage during a Whitesnake
concert?
I mean, they have to be close to 50/50.
Someone better tell Tawny Kitaen that what she's writhing on isn't a Jaguar.
Poor David Coverdale. First time he tries to wear a neck tie on his head like
Springstein, things are going well... and then BAM! Hair is eaten off his head
by a prehistoric groupie..
I guess that's why Bruce is the Boss.
(As always, click on the images to get a better view)
Summertime....What could be better than heading out to watch America's Greatest Pastime?
Unless,it also happens to be Friday,which means DINOSAURS ATTACK!
Apparently,this is one of the only teams in the Majors that doesn't have a team all hepped up on steroids.
What, you don't think that Mark McGwire with his ham-sized forearms couldn't have
beaten this beast into paste?
Look at the player in the foreground. He's not even trying to hit the dinosaur...
he's trying to get the vendor's attention to get a foot-long with everything on it.
Oh well...here's to summer...PLAY BALL!
(As always, click on the images above for a better look).
Here's a mascot for a new client. They wanted me to freshen up a character they already had designed, so after a few go rounds, I created this guy.
This was created 100 % in Illustrator.
But, it turns out that they really wanted one of the earlier designs, so
back to the drawing board,( or Cintiq in my case).
At any rate, it's been a fun little project.
Hey Urban Spelunkers! Today's DINOSAURS ATTACK ! features two of the most
horrific nightmare images...being trapped in a basement with a crying infant, and the two thin girls from Wilson-Phillips. " Hold On" indeed!
And that's no way to treat a durable Craftsman 7-1/4 in. 12 Amp, circular saw that provides 5500 RPMS, with ample power for fast, sure cuts and Die-Cast aluminum upper and lower blade guards that add strength and reduce the saw's overall weight with Ergonomic D and glove grip Bail handles that provide maximum comfort and control, while insuring a firm grip as you cut dino-steaks off your basement marauders.
Check out Basement Window Guy's crazy hair. I thought the Oil Slick was in the Gulf of Mexico, not on Hubert's head.
I think it may have been styled by Frantic Rake Dude. He's in the back by Mr. Stabby.
What's this on the floor? Fan mail from some Flounder?
(As always, click on the images to let the " art " wash over you).
I'll be making t-shirts and buttons soon with this design.
Back when I was living in good ol' Dover, New Jersey, I was working with a Science Fiction publication called Aboriginal Science Fiction.
I still think of this as one of the highlights of my career. I don't remember why I contacted the publisher, Charles C. Ryan, with an unsolicited comic.
Maybe I got the listing through the Artist's Market.
Anyhow, I remember him getting in touch with me, and being quite happy with having something so odd, and short, ( the comics were from two to four pages in length), and were just the thing to plug up those annoying holes in a magazine's layout, with a deadline looming.
The stories were about the creatures that inhabited Earth after the final war had been fought with everything Man had, including the Nuclear Kitchen Sink.
Mutated rats, cockroaches, moles, etc., plus a whole range of EXTERMINATOR
class robots.
When Mr. Ryan agreed to publish the comics, I was on Cloud 9.
That first Rat Race story was on exhibit at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 1992,
( Thanks Joe Kubert School!)This was the last story to appear in the magazine. I used Coquille board to create the comics.
I couldn't find the originals, so I scanned from the original newsprint.
Sorry if it's a little muddy looking.
So...here's Rat Race.
As always, click on the all of the images to see more detail, including the cover.
The art is a wee bit on the klunky side, but then again that was 17 years ago, and I don't draw with my feet anymore.
Mama Mia! That's a spicy meatball!
Today's DINOSAURS ATTACK is a globe trottin' winner.
Beautiful Italy. The architecture, the artwork, and now....DINOSAURS!
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is, as we can see, no match for one green lizard, one orange lizard, and two blue jets.
( I guess someone tried to drive off H.R. Puffenstuff by hitting him on the shoulder with Sunday's gravy).
Dinosaurs destroying the countryside, jets flying every which way, AND, judging by
Nonna's expression and her hands clapped over her ears, someone is playing their rock and roll records too loudly.
Now that's a newspaper. To paraphrase Ralphie Parker's dad, The Old Man:
..." none of politics slop, but real news..."
Just imagine the sight of hundreds of Italians, shaking their fists at the sky, yelling
at a Space Station.
( Did you forget? Remember that all of this started when an orbiting space station
cracked a worm hole or time warp or something like that there to get this party started).
As always, click on the images to get a better view of the carnage.
The game uses the Princess character from another game, " SUPER GRADUATION KOMBAT SMACKDOWN ", and she is competing for a spot on the Royal Cheer Leading Squad.
WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?!?
