Cartoonified
With the magic of photoshop I was about to transform a normal photo of myself into a cartoon version of me like they’ve been doing in some of the commercials recently. If you remember what commercials please tell me.
And no I’m not obsessed with myself but I’m the only person I have full rights over my picture and I don’t have any models because I don’t have money like that. So like many artists I will keep doing self portraits until I can get someone to pose for me or something. Look Vincent Van Gogh did a ton of himself. We share the same birthday among other things.
Kagehime
Maus
I finally read Maus. It’s a graphic novel split into two books, although you can find them in one, in which the comic artist portrays himself as trying to understand his father’s past. His father was a Polish Jew who survived the concentration camps during World War II. This book is not just about his father’s experience, but also about the artist’s experience with his father.
The graphic novel is truly a survivor’s tale: the father’s and the son’s. If you think comics are just for kids or the child at heart think again and read this semi autobiographically comic. Spielgelman uses the art form of comics to the fullest. The Germans are depicted as cats while the Jews are mice. There are also a few times in which the people are depicted in human form to separate to reality of making the comic and the comic itself. The use of exaggeration available to comics also helps with the storyline. The art is the basic black and white with square boxes that many comics have and its easy to follow.
If you’ve read Maus what do you think about it?
Kagehime
Rainbow Brite’s Makeover :-(
Remember Rainbow Brite, the 80s character and her friends with the super bright clothes? Well she’s getting a makeover. I guess that comes with getting older, because that’s what she’s doing getting a little older. Now she looks like barbie meets anime with a big head and slim waist, kind of like a Bratz doll.
Now the boys are gone, because with the bright colors they they were wearing I guess someone was afraid they were too “colorful” and I thought we were trying to move toward some type of equality. Guess not. Boys can wear bright colors if they want. But what’s Brite supposed to do now that she’s probably into boys now that she’s older and they are gone?
Kagehime
Some Cartoon News
Recently there’s been some crossovers between the real world and the cartoon world and some updates which has provided some interesting cartoon news.
Marge Simpson graces the cover of playboy. She’s looking good for whatever age she is. I don’t think she’s aged a day since the beginning of the show.
And Sponge Bob plans his wedding to Sandy. This pic wasn’t drawn by me, but I thought it portrays the mood of their wedding well. Sponge’s getting married and the guests are out of this world! They include Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, LeBron James, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Will Ferrell, Craig Ferguson, and Rosario Dawson.
Winnie the Pooh sequel. There’s an otter and Eeyore’s” more proactive”? What’s that supposed to mean?
What do you think about this?
Kagehime
