Thursday, August 26, 2010

A slice of UPA goodness

Welcome back! Thx for being willing to renavigate and all--I hope this new blog is cool enough! Definitely a work in progress, so any suggestions would be awesome.

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Lately I've been doing Mr. Magoo speedpaints. I never liked UPA stuff much until I worked with Bryan Beach, whose retro stuff I really admire. Now I think UPA is juicy!


These were done with a custom flat brush & the square chalk in Painter. I can haz wanted to try one of my own:
I know, I know. Another Mary Poppins. Next post will have new subject matter, I swear. I don't want you guys to OD or anything. (Although it wouldn't be a bad way to die)

11 comments:

  1. Really appealing Mary P., nice work!

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  2. I like the new blog. And I love your cover!! Are they going to give you the dress to wear to book signings? Because just think how fun that would be to navigate around a store!

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  3. It's wonderful funderful! You don't have to make excuses, after all, Mary never explains anything.

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    Nice Magoo speedpaints. If you hadn't stated that, I would've never guessed.

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  5. Lovely, lovely! You're much too kind. Great work as always!

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  6. I enjoy your blog. Your brother is one of my neighbors and mentioned your blog and that you are a story artist. Awesome blog, keep it up!

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  7. I was really hoping you would go with evilcookies for your new blog name, but story-monster is good too! Great illustrations, you are so talented!

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  8. Hi Heather!
    For the non-artists among us, what is UPA? Utopian Painting Association?
    Glenn

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  9. Hey Dad! UPA stands for United Productions of America, a company that started in the 1940s and started the retro/limited animation trend. Mr. magoo was their most popular.

    Kinda like Utopian Painting Association...I think that's my new name for it.

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  10. these are veeeeerry cool. nice palettes too!

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