My older brother religously bought Mad Magazine. I reaped the benefits by reading them too. I loved the various artistic styles and the humor was/is great. The Alfred E. Newman/Jason morph really IS quite scary, isn't it. We also had the Mad board game. "Sit on your hands and cluck like a chicken". That was my favorite "action" card.

A fun, albeit late, project. Who would have thought that a poor boy with a paper route in Kansas City would grow to bring so much happiness to so many people. It really is a small world after all. Great topic!

"Almost Famous"

Before George Lucas would be famous, he first needed to be forged from the depths of Hell.

Sorry George, just had to get a dig in after that Prequel trilogy.

This is my very first post as an Outsider and since I am a day late it pertains to week 5, Almost Famous.

Holy Schnikey! As a child Chris Farley was very clumsy and when his pratfalls received laughs he discovered there may be a future for him in comedy.

I picked Frida as my famous person. I think she once took care of a band of monkeys before she became famous, so here is my interpertation. :) A couple of her self portraits have monkeys in them.

I suppose it's pretty cliche to pick an art related subject for this topic. And I suppose it's pretty cliche to use Painter for an artsy piece about the artist who did this type of art... Hope ya dig anyway.

Ryan sent out a link about how some people believe the renaissance artists were cheats because they may have actually used lenses and mirrors to project images on to the canvas. Pretty interesting. It got me thinking that a guy like Picasso couldn't be accused of cheating with his abstract view of the world. So this is him when he was younger. Yeah, his classmates would give me nightmares too...

As overwhelming Painter is, pushin' the paint around was pretty intuitive for the somewhat more "realistic" rendering (comparitively) on Master P. himself. Felt pretty natural.

World War 1 ace pilot, Manfred von Richthofen. As a kid, he was taken hunting regularly where he developed his marksmanship and killer instinct. Oooooooooo. Spooky.

"The Donald- Contemplating his future on the thinking pot."

What a demanding little child this kid had to be! I was stumped trying to figure out who to draw this week, but then when Donald Trump came up in yesterday's team meeting (because he fired Carolyn) he seemed like an obvious target. Can you imagine that guy as a kid? YIKES!

Well, I finally got my act together enough to submit a piece by the deadline. In case anyone has wondered where I've gotten off to, you can check out several new pieces on my blog; if no one has wondered where I've been, that's okay, too. Anyhow, this drawing is entitled, "Incident at a Connecticut Nursery, 1948". Take care, all, and thanks for looking!

Don't know if anybody has ever heard of oh Marc Ecko before... But he dropped-out of college, and now is famous for his fashion line, Ecko Unltd. Comment's/crits anyone?

Alright, I know this doesn't exactly fit the bill since Pete Yorn isn't an important historical figure, but I was listening to the Live From New Jersey CD and he just happened to say he used to work at a bar in NJ and people kept getting pissed that he wouldn't make them drinks since he wasn't the bartender. He's famous...this is before he was famous...I figured it was as close as I'd get right now, I'll think on another figure in the meantime.

Here is my piece for week 5.

Who would have thought a farm boy from a small town in Austria would grow up to be 4 time Mr. Universe, 7 time Mr. Olympia and the 38th Govenor of California... oh yeah and that little movie career he had too.

Sorry, everybody. This one was too obvious. I am ashamed.

Joseph

Merrick

(not historically accurate)

Week 05

Almost Famous
Outsider Art Club, session 105

Scotty Hammond gives us this week's theme, and here is his short and sweet description:

Someone you consider an important person to history, just before they became famous

Very unique theme this week Scott. Who's everybody gonna pull from the pages of history?

Mixmaster Bizob is up next week : we expect great things from you Bob! Don't disappoint.