So, I Had This Dream Last Night ...
by j reed on May 14, 2010 1:59 PM EDT
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.... that during a Phillies/Mets game, Mr. Met, convinced he had evidence of Phillies sign stealing, staged a sit-in protest on home plate until his request to plead his case to the umpire crew was granted. After the umpires, laughing hysterically, dismissed Mr. Met's claim that the Phanatic conveyed stolen signs with his "'whammy" dance and hip gyrations, the angered mascot began chasing the umpires at which point, he was justifiably tased into submission by the Phanatic.
So, as it seems customary at TGP to deal with the trials and tribulations we endure as Philadelphia sports fans with creativity and humor, I, in light of the recent events, tried to render a scene from this dream with Photoshop, but as I am a bit Adobe dumb, my attempt to frankenstein all the mascot body parts I cut from various jpegs to a news photo I choose for a base, failed. However, refusing to let the 3 hrs. spent go to waste, I decided to use the same photo and instead, just drew it. I think it's done, although it could use a caption.
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that picture immediatly just became my computer desktop
"I want to hand this trophy to the MVP of the Super Bowl -- and the MVP of the entire league, Drew Brees.''
-- Sean Payton
by DeuceisLoose926 on May 14, 2010 7:18 AM EDT reply actions
EPIC PICTURE
Rec’d. It does need a caption worthy of the pic itself. Thinking WC and Dajafi can come up with something funny. I sure can’t.
I’m not shy with the clever turns o’phrases, but yeah, I’m coming up blank, as it should be.
Bravo, j reed. Just, just… Bravo.
by Wet Luzinski on May 14, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I second this notion… But interject that it should be a fully colored version
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
Unfortunately it’s a pencil drawing. The two best illustrator mediums for color are guache and watercolor. Both are bitch and guache is utterly unforgiving – once it dries (and it dries quickly) you can’t rework it like watercolor and it doesn’t layer like oil paint. Some great examples of guache/watercolor can be found in Andrew Wyeth’s work ; Winsolw Homer is probably one the greatest watercolorists and also many comic book artists have taken the these mediums pretty far – the Wolverine/Havoc series is one that comes to mind – beautiful stuff.
there are colored pencils and pastels (oil and chalk) but they are not the right tools for this particular picture….it would be hard at any rate. Colored pencils are great for architectural sketching. Pastels- landscapes and less complex figurative work (portraits in particular)
Don't bother with Photoshop
It’s a tool for people (like me) who can’t draw. You sir, can draw. Cudos.
Well done, sir! I think this should go on T-shirts everywhere. Cafe Press?
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on May 14, 2010 2:34 PM EDT reply actions
At the very least, I’m tipping this into heavy .jpg rotation for Phils-Mets game threads.
Brings to mind the WFC sketch with the Phanatic on top of a pile of dead mascots, driving the stake of the flag through Mr. Met’s head.
by Wet Luzinski on May 14, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Realization
That there isn’t a mascot for the Yankees (or the Red Sox) to receive the Phillie Phanatic’s thrust. Perhaps the ghost of Babe Ruth could do, or maybe a Jeter bobblehead.
by phillyinportland on May 15, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Oops
I had no idea. What do they call him/it? The Green Monster?
by phillyinportland on May 15, 2010 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
All the other mascots beat Wally up, and make him eat dog poop. Seriously what a dumb fucking mascot.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
Looks like something out of Sesame Street before they had a budget to hire a designer.
by phillyinportland on May 16, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome
Just awesome. With this post and the group sign-stealing plea, I’m very happy to be a part of this blog over the last couple of days (and to be free riding on your worthy contributions!).
Thank You J Reed
An old time Long Island buddy and I keep in touch and I can’t wait to see his comment when he opens up his email. Again Thank you.
If you were to make them into t-shirts
I’d buy one and send it too my grandma in Brooklyn.
Please make this happen somehow.
New Yorker looking for sports talk and debate!
by Gelatin on May 14, 2010 6:14 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I just wanted to say
That I am more than capable of putting rivalries aside, and state that this is arguably the most epic drawing that I have seen in like, a decade.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
That is really really awesome dude. You don’t need photoshop though. For a guy that can draw like you Illustrator is where it’s at. Just get that and a wacom tablet and you can do some amazing shit. Seriously that’s so f’ing cool. I want to ink it and color it like a comic.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on May 17, 2010 11:56 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks. If your an inker give it a shot. I’d be honored. An old friend of mine did some ink work for Marvel. She said it takes a particular knack much like silk screen which your excellent at. Me not so much. When it came to print media I was more at home with etching. Let me know the particulars. So what is Illustrator? I do have a wacom talbet but that was for more detailed work with photos and also I was having elbow/mouse issues – switching up back and forth between the pen and mouse has helped allievate some of these issues. If could draw right on something that opens up a world of possiblities.
First of all, you knew an inker at Marvel? That is awesome!!
Illustrator is an Adobe program that lets you work with vectors. Vectors are a way of creating an image that can be scaled to any size, large or small, and not lose resolution. It’s kind of hard to explain but you play with things called nodes. It’s most like the pen tool in photoshop, I don’t know how much you use that.
As far as tablets go it’s all about getting your settings right and playing with the shortcuts and what not so that it’s comfortable for you. There’s some great design websites that offer tutorials on setting them up and using them to ink/color sketches. If you saw my Teddy Howard, Shane Simian and Charlie Manubull on here, they were all done with a sketch and my wacom tablet.
Do you have a larger/higher resolution version I could work with to ink it?
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on May 18, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
It’d be much easier to work with if your serious about letting me play with it.
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on May 19, 2010 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah KD just give me your info and I’ll send it to you. I am assuming that your not gonna destroy the original though. I figured it would be easier for you to resize and what not if you had the original.
Wait, did you mean send me the original piece of paper? I don’t need that, just a bigger/higher resolution than what you posted here. I don’t actually have a scanner so the actual paper wouldn’t do me any good. Did you just take a picture of your paper? If so that original picture is all I would need.
Are you one of the BSHers that are my friend on facebook? If not you can just send it to my gmail which is KreiderDesigns
Mancrushin' on Geoff since April 20
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on May 20, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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