THIS is why I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE painted art!

[enyawd72]

I watched Count Yorga, Vampire for the first time last night, and loved it!

So I found myself googling poster images when I ran across a fantastic painting...which I assumed was vintage poster art...probably French or Italian. To my surprise, it was newly commissioned art for the European blu-ray release by artist Graham Humphreys.

Just LOOK at what this artist was able to create with a rather non-exciting still photo! THIS is why I love painted art so much more than photos when it comes to poster/packaging art. You are in total control and can create something truly original, capturing a look, feel, and mood just not possible otherwise. The colors alone are simply amazing.

[Meule]

Yeah, I'm a huge fan myself. Every year for my son's birthday Dafne makes a horror poster as birthday invitations (his birthday is close to Halloween, so we always have a Halloween birthday party) for the family based on the costume he's wearing. They're all based on existing painted movie posters, but altered to have ourselves in them... So far we've done Son of Dracula, Son of Frankenstein, Son of Godzilla, House on haunted Hill, The Curse of the Werewolf and House of Dracula.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I agree. A properly painted image just adds that level of "epic" to everything. Count Yorga is a lot of fun too! Plus, Remco used a painting based on Yorga for their 9" Dracula box!



Chris

[Hedji]

This is a subject near and dear to my heart. First of all, Graham Humphreys is really, really talented, no doubt.

Sorry to say, it seems another casualty of the digital age. Thumbing through concept art books for films isn't as fun as it used to be, knowing all of the artwork is done digitally. You can tell. I just love painterly commercial art. From toy packaging to John Berkey's posters for King Kong and Orca. You can just... smell the paint and feel the textures of the brush strokes.

I have to learn to paint before I leave this Earth. It's on my bucket list.

[Hedji]

Yeah, I'm a huge fan myself. Every year for my son's birthday Dafne makes a horror poster as birthday invitations (his birthday is close to Halloween, so we always have a Halloween birthday party) for the family based on the costume he's wearing. They're all based on existing painted movie posters, but altered to have ourselves in them... So far we've done Son of Dracula, Son of Frankenstein, Son of Godzilla, House on haunted Hill, The Curse of the Werewolf and House of Dracula.

Those sound really cool. Could you post some? Would love to see.

[J.B.]

Just an observation: Why are Quarry's blue eyes brown in Humphreys' art, the Remco art and the artwork for The Return of Count Yorga?

[PNGwynne]

I thought the eyes were red-orange, not brown.

[J.B.]

I thought the eyes were red-orange, not brown.

Alright, Mr. Wisenheimer, then why did his blue eyes turn to red-orange in all the art work?

[enyawd72]

Alright, Mr. Wisenheimer, then why did his blue eyes turn to red-orange in all the art work?

So you're okay with the green skin then? LOL...no, I think they're meant to be red "vampire" eyes. They're very bloodshot too. It's just artistic license...red eyes look more monster-ish.

[Klosterheim]

Cool. That's something. I love paintings.

I would have thought that art was old, and published in a Fangoria or something.

[Meule]

Those sound really cool. Could you post some? Would love to see.

My apologies for the bad pics
The first one was made by Rik, our other Belgian member
That was Kyrian's actual Dracula costume for his first birthday, as you can see in the next pic





For his second birthday we asked Rik again, but he had too much stuff to do, too little time to it all, so Dafne tried it herself



After that she kept on doing them. Most of the times they're a copy of an existing movie poster, sometimes they're a combination of elements taken from different posters







For this one Dafne drew our own house in the background



We have 'em all hanging in the hall way, should be another one in a couple of months.
Let's see how long we can keep this up before Kyrian is fed up with dressing up for Halloween.

[Hedji]

Big thumbs up! Those are something to really cherish. Thank you for sharing them.

[enyawd72]

Meule, those are fantastic...what a fun family you have!

[MIB41]

This is why I always loved the AT GI Joe packaging because you always got a well painted and imaginative depiction of the character or playset. To me, this always catered to my imagination and was a deep influence on my desire to want the product. It's sad, you don't see much of anything like this anymore.

[palitoy]

Painted toy packaging like AT Joes is why I picked up the brushes myself. Nothing better IMO.

As much as Star Wars was imprinted on my young brain, nothing and i mean nothing beats stuff like this: