I was thinking about possible Halloween porch decorations today, something to scare the Trick or Treaters. How about something like this (above) looming over the front door?
Is it okay to put up menacing circus posters on Halloween? The gorilla in this poster looks like he's about to bash his tormentors with one of their own.
Before recent times people must have been terrified by gorillas. Here's (below) an excerpt from a gorilla adventure story:
Above, a Picasso-influenced picture, perfect for a Halloween porch decoration. Very nice!
Above, a dark ride figure.
Where did I get this? I forget. It looks like the top of a haunted House ride. I like it because the shapes suggest how houses could be made to look in real life. This should be the second floor of a two-story house. I don't believe in wasting interesting detail on the tops of high buildings.
This (above) reminds me of scenes in the sci-fi thriller "Inception."
Above, a couple of stills from Mario Bava films.
Geez, even I can be a mask (above)! Wait a minute...I just noticed that my nose has the texture of an orange.
Here's a caricature done by Bill Peet. If you're a cartoonist and you have an old newsprint pad and some crayon stubs lying around then you can do what Peet did and make all the porch decorations you'll ever need.
Above, more porch cartoon ideas...but who did these? Dan Krall? I forgot to write down the name.
Jane Goodall studied chimps, not gorillas....
ReplyDeleteJohn: Thanks for the correction!
ReplyDeleteDian Fossey was the gorilla researcher.
ReplyDeleteNow that I think about it, there are so many possibilities for Halloween costumes based on your face. I really ought to play around with that and draw some.
ReplyDeleteDonB: Dian Fossey? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the style of what I like to call "Vintage cookbook art"
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of, I have no idea what that style is actually called, maybe you can help us out Eddie! You know a thing or two about cartooning!
Try a google image search for "vintage cookbook art" you'll find hundreds of examples. Typically, it's typified by a clean line-art drawing with a deliberately off-registered monocromatic colored polygons. Sometimes the color is for background, sometimes, the shape is incorporated into the line-art. It's a lovely style popular in the 50's.