Showing posts with label dinosaur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dinosaur. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Sunday, April 20, 2008
primitive (or dinosaur)
The challenge word this week on another illustration website is "primitive", however it also qualifies for this week's Monday Artday challenge of "dinosaur".
My mom collected records, a hobby I picked up and, in turn, my son inherited from me. My mom and I shared the same unusual sense of humor, and it was reflected in our similar taste in music. I was introduced to Spike Jones by my mom. Spike Jones was essentially the "Weird Al" of the 1940s. Along with his band, the City Slickers, he performed goofy takes on popular songs of the time. He is most famous for "Cocktails for Two", the raspberry-laden "Der Fuhrer's Face" (which Hitler hated, much to Jones' delight) and "The William Tell Overture" complete with a horserace announcer and his cries of "Feetlebaum!".
My mom also introduced me to the 1960 one-hit wonder by the Hollywood Argyles - "Alley Oop" written by Dallas Frazier.
Press the "play >" button below to hear the Hollywood Argyles version of the song.
With its "oop-oop" backing vocals, the song told of a caveman allegedly appearing in "the funny papers". When I was a kid, I read the Sunday comics religiously. I never saw or heard of any character called "Alley Oop". Much the way I currently obsess over useless trivia, I felt this situation called for some research.
Alley Oop was a syndicated comic strip, created in 1932 by cartoonist Vincent T. Hamlin. Alley Oop, the strip's namesake and leading character, was a caveman living in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo who rode his pet dinosaur, Dinny, carried a stone war hammer, dressed in nothing but a pair of fur shorts, and obviously would rather fight dinosaurs in the jungle than deal with his fellow countrymen in Moo. In spite of these exotic settings, the stories were mostly satires of American suburban life. Alley Oop's name derived from the French phrase allez, hop!, (meaning "let's go!") used as a cue by French gymnasts and trapeze artists. Hamlin wrote and drew Alley Oop through four decades. When Hamlin retired in 1971, his assistant Dave Graue took over. The last daily by Hamlin appeared December 31, 1972, and his last Sunday was April 1, 1973. Graue wrote and drew the strip through the 1970s and 1980s until Jack Bender took over as illustrator in 1991. Graue continued to write the strip until his August, 2001 retirement; on December 10, 2001, the 75-year-old Graue was killed in Flat Rock, North Carolina when a dump truck hit his car. The current Alley Oop Sunday and daily strips are drawn by Jack Bender and written by his wife Carol Bender.
Alley Oop has been referenced throughout pop culture. A thinly disguised Alley Oop was the central figure in Philip José Farmer's The Alley Man, a 1959 novella about the last Neanderthal who has survived into the 20th Century. An educated Neanderthal known as Alley Oop is a character in Clifford D. Simak's science fiction novel The Goblin Reservation (1968). In the 1970s, the song "Alley Oop" was used by the American choreographer Twyla Tharp in her ballet Deuce Coup. Alley Oop was a segment in Filmation's 1970's animated series Fabulous Funnies alongside Broom-Hilda, Nancy and Sluggo and The Captain and the Kids. It has even been said that Alley Oop was the inspiration for The Flintstones and Jurassic Park.
And that Hollywood Argyles' song "Alley Oop" has been covered countless times by such bands as The Bonzo Dog Band, Ray Stevens, Buck Howdy, George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers and The Beach Boys.
Press the "play >" button below to hear the The Beach Boys cover of the song.
My mom also introduced me to the 1960 one-hit wonder by the Hollywood Argyles - "Alley Oop" written by Dallas Frazier.
Press the "play >" button below to hear the Hollywood Argyles version of the song.
With its "oop-oop" backing vocals, the song told of a caveman allegedly appearing in "the funny papers". When I was a kid, I read the Sunday comics religiously. I never saw or heard of any character called "Alley Oop". Much the way I currently obsess over useless trivia, I felt this situation called for some research.
Alley Oop was a syndicated comic strip, created in 1932 by cartoonist Vincent T. Hamlin. Alley Oop, the strip's namesake and leading character, was a caveman living in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo who rode his pet dinosaur, Dinny, carried a stone war hammer, dressed in nothing but a pair of fur shorts, and obviously would rather fight dinosaurs in the jungle than deal with his fellow countrymen in Moo. In spite of these exotic settings, the stories were mostly satires of American suburban life. Alley Oop's name derived from the French phrase allez, hop!, (meaning "let's go!") used as a cue by French gymnasts and trapeze artists. Hamlin wrote and drew Alley Oop through four decades. When Hamlin retired in 1971, his assistant Dave Graue took over. The last daily by Hamlin appeared December 31, 1972, and his last Sunday was April 1, 1973. Graue wrote and drew the strip through the 1970s and 1980s until Jack Bender took over as illustrator in 1991. Graue continued to write the strip until his August, 2001 retirement; on December 10, 2001, the 75-year-old Graue was killed in Flat Rock, North Carolina when a dump truck hit his car. The current Alley Oop Sunday and daily strips are drawn by Jack Bender and written by his wife Carol Bender.
Alley Oop has been referenced throughout pop culture. A thinly disguised Alley Oop was the central figure in Philip José Farmer's The Alley Man, a 1959 novella about the last Neanderthal who has survived into the 20th Century. An educated Neanderthal known as Alley Oop is a character in Clifford D. Simak's science fiction novel The Goblin Reservation (1968). In the 1970s, the song "Alley Oop" was used by the American choreographer Twyla Tharp in her ballet Deuce Coup. Alley Oop was a segment in Filmation's 1970's animated series Fabulous Funnies alongside Broom-Hilda, Nancy and Sluggo and The Captain and the Kids. It has even been said that Alley Oop was the inspiration for The Flintstones and Jurassic Park.
And that Hollywood Argyles' song "Alley Oop" has been covered countless times by such bands as The Bonzo Dog Band, Ray Stevens, Buck Howdy, George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers and The Beach Boys.
Press the "play >" button below to hear the The Beach Boys cover of the song.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Steggy the Dino
I love the Stegosaurus. Perhaps its the protective plates. I just think they are fabulous. Anyways, here's my submission for Dinosaur. Oh, and I added the stages. I think they are all different. I think the plain purple watercolor wash is my favorite of the three.
Candace Illustration
dinosaur
This is a painting I did last year for the 5 year old son of a friend of mine. I think every little boy would like to have his own pet dinosaur!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Is Nessie a dinosaur ?
That is the question !
This illustration is part of a bigger one done for illustrating a story,
here it is :
http://coraliecolorie.blogspot.com/2008/03/drago-le-pizzaiolo.html
Give me your impressions !
Coralie
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
dinosaur
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is "dinosaur".
J Mascis formed the short-lived hardcore group Deep Wound with Lou Barlow and Scott Helland in the early 1980s. He started out on drums, but moved to guitar when he went on to found Dinosaur Jr. with bassist Barlow and drummer Emmett Jefferson 'Patrick' Murphy (aka 'Murph') in 1984. His vocals have been described as "Neil Young-like" and his guitar riffs as "monolithic." After Mascis dismissed Barlow from Dinosaur Jr. in 1989, he recorded several more Dinosaur Jr. albums until 1997, including a 1996 acoustic solo album. In 2000, he then went on to produce albums with his new band, J Mascis and the Fog. In April 2005, Mascis rejoined with Barlow and Murph, as the original trio of Dinosaur Jr., to begin a tour celebrating the re-release of the group's first three albums.
Weekly Challenge - Dinosaur!
This week's challenge is:Dinosaur!
Create an illustration that expresses your vision and style of those prehistoric giants known as dinosaurs. Have fun!
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