With Apologies To Cesar Romero
I've been pretty busy lately, but I've been slowly chipping away at a couple different illustrations, which should be showing up here soon. In the meantime though, my friend Ollie once again asked me to draw something for her band, The Oohlas (I did this image for them last year), for a poster/flier for their upcoming LA show with Stellastarr*. And since Ollie encourages me to be as weird as I want, I just couldn't turn her down.
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The genesis of this image was a series of text messages which went something like this:
Me: Any particular theme I should run with?
Ollie: Idunno dude, just go crazy, but maybe something Ronettesish.
Me: Ronettesish? Is that defined as "related to or involving the 1960's trio The Ronettes?"
Ollie: Yes. I'm really into them lately.
Me: Okay. So, hypothetically, if aliens with paper Ronettes masks were feeding a sea monkey, which celebrity or historical figure's head would the sea monkey have?
Ollie: Jack Nicholson or Heath Ledger.
Me: How about a two-headed sea monkey, with both heads? The two jokers. Sea monkeys have built-in joker hats, it was almost meant to be.
Ollie: Perfect! This is going to be amazing.
Me: I feel kind of guilty for excluding Cesar Romero, but at least now I can call the image "With Apologies To Cesar Romero." It has a great ring to it.
Ollie: You're insane.
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The genesis of this image was a series of text messages which went something like this:
Me: Any particular theme I should run with?
Ollie: Idunno dude, just go crazy, but maybe something Ronettesish.
Me: Ronettesish? Is that defined as "related to or involving the 1960's trio The Ronettes?"
Ollie: Yes. I'm really into them lately.
Me: Okay. So, hypothetically, if aliens with paper Ronettes masks were feeding a sea monkey, which celebrity or historical figure's head would the sea monkey have?
Ollie: Jack Nicholson or Heath Ledger.
Me: How about a two-headed sea monkey, with both heads? The two jokers. Sea monkeys have built-in joker hats, it was almost meant to be.
Ollie: Perfect! This is going to be amazing.
Me: I feel kind of guilty for excluding Cesar Romero, but at least now I can call the image "With Apologies To Cesar Romero." It has a great ring to it.
Ollie: You're insane.
Labels: bizarre, creatures, design, pop culture
posted by Rob at 2:04 PM. [ permalink ]
16 Comments:
I agree. You ARE insane! but I like the poster XD
it is amazing to me that someone says "ronettesish" and this is the first thing that comes to your mind! weird and cool :)
thats crazy, I like it. gotta go peace.
that is one hell of a brainstorm session haha.
HAHA, I love the sea monkey!You sure do have a lot of ideas.
The last show I went to was at the Troubadour! that show was AMAZING!
Thats a great strange poster!
Not as strange as, oh,... a musical of Fight Club?
lol...
That poster kicks ass, seriously.
the good kind of insane
damn.. you have the best job on the planet!
that drawing is crazy:)
Cool poster. I'm looking forward to your upcoming sketches!
:)
Insane? Nah! You are just an arteest! And I think your "insanity" has made me infatuated with your art
no really he's insane. thank goodness.
i'm sorry, i had to wiki Cesar Romero, cos i'm from a far country to the Empire, but now still laughing. i remember this series from my neverwas childhood, bang, pow, crash, you rule Cezar! and thanks Rob. nice work.
sea monkeys...man i forgot how much i loved sea monkeys. i used to stare at them for hours, actually thinking that magnified super big they'd really look like they did on the box. never got it to work, but i always thought it might if i got a good enough magnifying glass :P
if i have kids they're definitely getting sea monkeys.
i'm going to the show, kick-ass....oh and I like the poster, can I get a copy? ha
i think this poster is great! honestly when you see it you wanna know what will happen on stage!
You've been quite! Anything to do with Ghosts I-IV? Hehe
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