FA+
Shop
2231 submissions
My arm was twisted ... damn, that arm is getting sore from all that twisting! But as a result, I've got two old drawings that I've restored a bit in Photoshop, and can post. I wonder if I should though? Am I being paranoid, or will all the art in the world someday be claimed as the property of Microsoft, Google or FaceBook? If so, I hope they all die in the lawsuit wars that steals the all the art in the world. The art was somewhat damaged by time. The zipatone shrank, for one thing. I learned to stop using that crap after experimenting with it for a year or two. But I wasn't using Mylar page protectors, yet, so ink from the art below in in my 1985 folder bled through to the art above! Nothing can be done about either problem with the original art. I am thinking about painting out both the zipatone and the bleeding in Photoshop. But that would mean work, and I have to ask myself what purpose would it serve? The art was posted quite a while ago, but modified as the cover of "The Rocky Interview."
Category All / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 990 x 1280px
File Size 404.9 kB
Do you still have the original art for this? You could probably just peel the Zip-a-Tone off of it and rescan it. Might be quicker (and truer to the original) than futzing with Photoshop.
This is, unquestionably, the very first drawing of yours I ever laid eyes on. Terry at The Comic Den set the interview booklet aside in my box and I remember being really dazzled by it. I loved the art style, the take on Rocky (and Bullwinkle) was fresh and imaginative, and you were in town, too. It was a couple/few more years before we actually met, thanks to you reaching out with an invitation. Still, I can't look at this piece without that same little quiet thrill of, "Wow... now here's something new and interesting." More power to you if you do decide to recover the linework. I'd love to see what you do with it if you decide to colour it.
This is, unquestionably, the very first drawing of yours I ever laid eyes on. Terry at The Comic Den set the interview booklet aside in my box and I remember being really dazzled by it. I loved the art style, the take on Rocky (and Bullwinkle) was fresh and imaginative, and you were in town, too. It was a couple/few more years before we actually met, thanks to you reaching out with an invitation. Still, I can't look at this piece without that same little quiet thrill of, "Wow... now here's something new and interesting." More power to you if you do decide to recover the linework. I'd love to see what you do with it if you decide to colour it.
I believe that I tried that, years ago. The film stuck to the paper to the extend that is sometimes tore the surface of the paper. As well, there was some inherent discolouration. I could probably remove the zipatone by PS in an hour or so. The anti-glare surface of the P-51 Mustang I planed to ink in black, which is accurate for some models of the plane. And the tires, of course.
Probably for the best, yeah. I've been looking around and I saw someone advocate for softening the adhesive by microwaving the art, but I don't know that I'd experiment with a piece like that. In Photoshop, you can experiment and mess up over and over until you get it right and no harm done; just some time spent doing something you enjoy anyway.
Remember when you came out here for visit back in 1984? We drove over to the Jay Ward Emporium and studio on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. We visited the Emporium first, then walked down the block to the studio, a collection of little gingerbread houses with a giant statue of Bullwinkle holding Rocky over his head with one hand in front of them. Around the statue was a patio of little cement rocks with the studio staff's names engraved on them. Originally, there were rubber hands sticking up out of all the rocks except one, which had a foot instead and was inscribed "Walt Disney". The hands and foot were stolen by tourists over the years. You wondered if it was possible to meet Jay Ward, and walked back to the Emporium to ask. I lingered behind because I wanted to check out some of the names on the rocks. Then I followed you, passing a man walking the other way towards the studio. Then you ran past me, almost knocking me over, and caught up with the man just as he was going into the studio. It was Jay Ward himself, and I remember the excited conversation you had with him. He was surprised, but gracious, but had to keep the meeting brief because he had work to do. That was the most excited I've ever seen you, and I think meeting Jay Ward made your visit, and I know it inspired you to create this drawing and the Rocky interview. I also know you sent copies to Ward, and he responded, though I don't remember what he wrote back. Anyway, it was fun to see deadpan you so excited and happy.
Me, happy? Pshaw! I just have been putting it on just for your satisfaction... But, let us say that it was a memorable moment that I haven't forgotten. I've followed the history of that Bulwinkle statue every since, and have photos swiped from the news about the statue being relocated to a public space, after the old studio was demolished only a year or two ago. I still the letter I got from Ward about the Rocky Interview. I wanted to follow up Ward's advice to contact his lawyer about finding a publisher for the Interview professionally, but the idea of talking to a lawyer about anything was too intimidating, and I just let the idea go. I probably should have had. I think the guy's name was Peter Piech or Pieche, and he may have been quite willing for Ward to make a few bucks. But now my cynicism is rising, to remind me that no Ballantyne or Avon was likely to ever think a Rocky Interview book would make enough money for publishing to be worthwhile, whether Ward was willing or not.
Comments