Mouse, off-model

"The Hijacked Icon" Here is the hijacked piece in its full looney glory: ... and this is the original piece by John Hench: Original artwork (c) Disney. All rights reserved.

... and here is the hijacked John Hench piece in its looney glory.

Disney's Aristocats: rare production photo

Ink and paint department, ca. 1969.

The Litterbug (1961)

Love the art direction on this.

(c) Disney. All rights reserved.

Update: Here are two Donald Duck model sheets from that period (images via Tom Simpson):

Space Age Monday, let's just say

"André Courrèges’ 1960s Space Age Fashion and clear plastic blow-up furniture by Emanuelle and Quasar Khan."

via Atomic Flash Deluxe

One million dollar photo: construction of the Atomium

Monument and symbol, built for the World Expo 1958 in Brussels. (Photo by/courtesy of Dolf Kruger)

What Carl Spitzweg saw and what I see really differs...

Hägar the Horrible

I always have been a huge fan of Chris Browne's Hägar the Horrible, so, a short while ago I did this kind of an animated-feature-ified version of Hägar for a character design demo at FH Salzburg. The background is borrowed from an Albert Bierstadt painting, again.

... and some details.

Carl Barks: The Dickens of Duckburg

This is an article on Carl Barks which appeared in the 1992 periodical, Comics Scene Yearbook.

via Filmic Light; image scans courtesy of Dan Alexander Dizmentia

Enjoy your weekend!

via Church Of God The Utterly Indifferent

Beak-free drawing

"Tom" ©/courtesy of Warner Bros. All rights reserved.

Beak-free Thursday

Jimmy Cauty

James Francis Cauty, one of my artist heroes.



Especially, I loved his "Splatter" exhibition at the Aquarium in London, from quite a couple of years back. (Photos via Hypebeast)