Monday Artday: treasure

Posted by on

The current challenge word on Monday Artday is “treasure”.

chinga tu madre!

Alfonso Bedoya, a Mexican actor, starred in 77 movies in his career. His most famous role was “Gold Hat” the leader of the Mexican banditos in pursuit of Fred C. Dobbs in “The Treasure of Sierra Madre”. In this role, he uttered one of the most famous (and often parodied) lines in Hollywood history. Trying to convince Dobbs (as played by Humphrey Bogart) that he and his gang are federales, Dobbs asks for credentials. Bedoya answers “”Badges!? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!!” That quote was chosen as #36 on the American Film Institute list of the top 100 Greatest Movie Quotes.
After years of drinking destroyed his health, Bedoya died in 1957 at the age of 53.
A Hollywood treasure.

Comments

comments

Monday Artday: hell

Posted by on

The challenge this week at Monday Artday is (not surprisingly) …… “hell”

teeth are extruded and bones are ground/And baked into cakes which are passed around

Just like last week’s word, “heaven“, hell is a strange concept. I suppose it is the place you go after you die to spend eternity, if you were a real jerk when you were alive. Again, that sounds like a load of philosophical crap. However, if such a place exists, and if I were a jerk (Hey! Watch it!) I can’t imagine a more horrible fate than spending eternity fishing with Jim Carrey, Jerry Lewis, Lucille Ball and Jim Morrison…… completely surrounded by asparagus. That would be enough incentive to (gulp!) be nice to my fellow human.

Good thing I don’t believe in hell.

Comments

comments

SFG: red

Posted by on

The challenge at sugar frosted goodness is “red“.

aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! it be red!

I did a traditional (traditional for me, anyway) drawing for “red” for illustrationfriday.com a while ago (you can see it HERE), so I thought this would be a good opportunity to try something different. I hand-drew the black only, in my sketchbook, and then scanned the drawing and colored it in Photoshop. This is my first attempt at full-color in Photoshop.

Let me know what you think.

Comments

comments

Monday Artday: heaven

Posted by on

 The Monday Artday challenge this week is “heaven”……

Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth?

The concept of heaven means different things to different people. I really never gave much thought to it, as I always found it very strange. I guess it is supposed to be the place you hope to go, after you die, to spend all eternity…. if you were a good person during your time on earth.  I see that as philosophical baloney. However, if such a place exists, and we are presented with an individually-tailored scenario, I would spend my afterlife surrounded by pizza, ice cream, Oreos and a TV showing an endless “Andy Griffith Show” marathon (minus the Warren Ferguson episodes and the ones with Ken Berry).

Comments

comments

IF: twist

Posted by on

This week’s word on illustrationfriday.com is “twist“.

It's a cookbook! It's a cookbook!

The quintessential twist-ending Twilight Zone is “To Serve Man“. This episode has been parodied and referenced in countless movies and TV shows. It is so typical of Twilight Zone, that I thought it fitting to honor it as the subject of this week’s drawing for Illustration Friday.

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Comments

comments

Monday Artday: artist

Posted by on

The challenge word on Monday Artday this week is “artist“. That certainly is a challenge……
it was either this or retail

“Art is a lie that helps us to realize the truth.” – Pablo Picasso
“Art is the most beautiful of all lies.” – Claude Debussy
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he – for some reason – thinks would be a good idea to give them.” -Andy Warhol
“Believe it or not, I can actually draw.” – Jean Michel Basquiat

“It’s all bullshit, kid.” – Marlon Brando, to a 17-year old Laurence Fishburne, on the set of “Apocalypse Now”

Comments

comments

IF: camouflage

Posted by on

This week’s word at illustrationfriday.com is “camouflage“.

he was an awfully BIG marine

I love Stan Ridgway! He is one of the most talented and underrated singer-songwriters in modern music. One-time leader of L.A. new-wave band Wall of Voodoo, Stan’s solo career has spanned twenty years and still continues. In 1986, he released his first solo album, The Big Heat. This album featured the song “Camouflage“, a story of a soldier stuck, alone, in a Vietnamese jungle. When the situation looks hopeless, a mysterious marine enters the scene and the fights off Charlie with ease. The story is a re-telling of the urban legend, “The Vanishing Hitchiker“. “Camouflage” went to the top 5 on the British charts, but went relatively unnoticed here in the US. Stan continues to release great albums as a solo artist and with his side project, Drywall. His music is worth seeking out.

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Comments

comments