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!





Card images are courtesy of geepeekay.com!

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Animation: Good Morning Coffee!

Some people live and die by their morning coffee. I myself prefer a bottle of Mountain Dew and a donut, but as they say, different strokes for different folks. If I were to picture what a cup of coffee would be like if it were to come to life, I think this animation is pretty dead on. This peppy little guy cracks me up!



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Character Design: Auxilium Bad Guy #2

In the last of the three Auxilium spots that 2A created, the client wanted to go with a surfing theme, and wanted a second villain. I was excited to hear this, as it meant I could take this fun style and create a new nasty bad guy for it. Can't you just see me snickering as I twist my evil mustache?



Since both the original villain and the Auxilium hero were starring in this spot as well, I wanted to use a different body type for the new baddie. I went with a very round and robust form, with a bushy mustache and an awkward wisp of hair that looks suspiciously like a toupee. Add a gaudy striped swimsuit and voila! A new villain is ready to thwart a do-gooder.

I was really pleased with how this fellow turned out, as I feel he has that classic "old-timey" feel to him. Thankfully he looks way more dangerous than he really is, and his surfing leaves a lot to be desired!

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Background Design: The Poochinos' Pool Hall

Here’s a look at a background 2A! created for The Poochinos animated short… which also happens to be my favorite from this production. It’s one angle of the “pool hall” interior, which is used in the scene where Dominick has to pop a well-known television mobster.

First up, is the rough sketch that Joe drew while creating the Flash animatic.



Next up, we handed off Joe’s rough to Jimmy Nock who did a tighter pencil layout in Sketchbook Pro.



Last but not least, here is the final background painted in Photoshop by Jimmy Nock and Greg Kleid.



I’ll be sharing more of these in future posts, so be sure to check back. In the meantime, you can also check out more Poochinos artwork and videos here!

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MMMs: "P" is for Penguins

It's time for some cute and fuzzy Monday Morning Motivators! We decided to sketch Penguins today, since they were the most suggested idea over on our Facebook page. Thanks again to everyone who made a suggestion!

Next week's theme is anything that starts with the letter "Q," so anyone interested in making a suggestion can drop us a line here or on our Facebook page. Become a fan, suggest a theme, and if we dig it we’ll draw it.

For those that don’t know… MMMs is our weekly exercise where we pick a theme and spend the first hour of each week sketching. The sketches can be loose or tight, but the point is to work out the weekend stiffness and draw something new.

Now without further ado, we present... "P" is for Penguins!






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