Fun Art Fridays: GPK Family Portrait

I thought I'd share a recently finished GPK style portrait I created. It was based off of a Garbage Pail Kid from the original series, Jolly Roger. Below you'll see the initial pencil sketch, color rough done in photoshop, and final oil painting on canvas. I wanted to make it fairly large, so it ended up being around 24 x 30. I'm really happy with how it came out. Enjoy!





Illustrations © Mark Pingitore

Fun Art Fridays: GPK Flashback Concepts 2

Here's the second round of concepts from the Garbage Pail Kids Flashback "Where Are They Now" set I worked on. It was a lot of fun to revisit cards that I loved as a kid and update them. Again, I've included the original card next to my WATN concept.





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Fun Art Fridays: GPK Flashback Concepts

This week, I thought I'd share some more of my concepts used for the recently released Garbage Pail Kids Flashback series. These are more "Where Are They Now" concepts, which give us a look at what the Kids from the original 1980's series are up to now. I included images of the original cards and my corresponding WATN concepts, and I'll be back soon with another batch!





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Fun Art Fridays: GPK Snowman

I was recently invited to attend a card show in Baltimore. I decided to take it as an opportunity to revisit some of the first GPK concepts I ever submitted. Below you'll see the original card based on my GPK snowman concept, my new pencil version, and a colored version I had displayed at the show.






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Original Card (top image) is Copyright © The Topps Company Inc.
Illustrations © Mark Pingitore

Fun Art Fridays: Bony Joanie

I recently did some work for the new Garbage Pail Kids Flashback Series. This painting was done for the "Where Are They Now" subset. The idea behind it was to get a look at what the Kids from the original 1980's series are up to now. Above is my final painting, with my concept sketch and printed card of Bony Joanie below. I figured with today's pressure to stay thin in the modeling world, she'd be a perfect fit. I've also included the original Bony Joanie card for comparison. I'll be posting more of my concept drawings in future posts, so be sure to check back!




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