Dork Art: Mark Draws Bruce Campbell

Happy Birthday, Bruce Campbell!  And to celebrate, artist Mark Hammermeister just posted this beautiful painting on his Facebook page.  It definitely popped out on the drab timeline; Hammermeister has been executing some striking color pallets of late, very much reminiscent of the Famous Monsters of Filmland of yore.

And in case you were wondering, here are my personal favorite bits of Campbell goodness.  Obviously, Evil Dead 2 leads the way.

There's no clip from his guest spot on the "Justice" two-parter from Homicide: Life on the Street but I think it's one of Bruce Campbell's finest hours.  Mustached and seriously depressed, his grieving cop represented the best of what this show had to offer: morally complex characters filled with rage and contempt for the beat life.

--Brad

Dork Art: Mark Draws The Walking Dead

Mark Hammermesiter has been outdoing himself lately with his Basil Gogos inspired prints for Universal's Dracula and Frankenstein, but he might have outdone himself with this exceptional piece of The Walking Dead.  I literally just finished the latest episode, "Cherokee Rose" (way to go, Glen!) and I'm just jonseing for more.  Thankfully I've got Mark to keep my appetite wet.

Bonus Video:  Check out the mad minds at KNB rig the Well Zombie from last night's episode!

--Brad

Dork Art Update: Hammermeister's Dracula with Gogos Colors!

Mark Hammermeister updated his blog with a color version of his Dracula.  He writes, "I went in and added color to my Lugosi painting. I took my visual cues here from the work of the great illustrator Basil Gogos, who gained fame in the 60's and 70's for painting many amazing covers for Forry Ackerman's Famous Monsters of Filmland. One of the things I loved most about those covers were the artist's remarkable color palettes he used. They were all ultra bright and shouldn't have made any sense, but somehow they did."

All I have to say is Bravo sir.  I thought the black & white was perfect, but now that I've seen the Gogos colored one...I'm in awe.  Definitely my favorite Hammermeister portrait so far.  Take a look below at some of Basil Gogos' original paintings to get an idea of what Hammermesiter is going for.  I think he nailed it.

--Brad

Dork Art: Dracula

Here's another stunner from Mark Hammermeister.  Sometimes, I think I'm growing tired of Bela Lugosi's Dracula.  The Wolf Man, The Creature, Frankenstein's Monster.  I'll watch those guys all day long.  But my Lugosi love kinda waxes and wanes.  But then I see something like this and I'm reminded again at how creepy and stately Lugosi's Dracula really is.  I need to watch Universal's Drac real soon.

--Brad