Steve, get your website going, man!
I am a huge fan of Steve Purcell as I'm certain everyone else who is interested in Sam & Max are.
Steve needs to get a website to display his artwork on.
He doesn't even need to structure it, just a bunch of pictures on a page would be fine, hell, I'd even make him the webdesign.
I've been to the Pixar campus a few weeks ago and saw Steve's painting of Bud Lucky, and it really inspired me. The guy's a damn genius. And after seeing this:
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3765
I just know we need to see more of Steve's art. He's so awesome and he needs to share his awesomeness with us.
Please?
Steve needs to get a website to display his artwork on.
He doesn't even need to structure it, just a bunch of pictures on a page would be fine, hell, I'd even make him the webdesign.
I've been to the Pixar campus a few weeks ago and saw Steve's painting of Bud Lucky, and it really inspired me. The guy's a damn genius. And after seeing this:
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3765
I just know we need to see more of Steve's art. He's so awesome and he needs to share his awesomeness with us.
Please?
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But now it is gone, living only in archive form.
STEVE, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, WE LOVE YOUR ART!
I also think Telltale should reprint the prints they used to have. I only got my hands aroung the Cowboy print
Im still working on content and structure for my purcell fansite but last time I talked to steve he still had plans for a site.. just said "busy busy busy" so lets just assume he is busy :P
What kind of purcell stuff do you have! let me know!! I love seeing new stuff!
PS
pssst is Luckey! not lucky! :P and wow youve seen that in person! holy cow.. anyone have even a glimpse of this pic ive only heard about it.
this comes CLOSE :P doh!
http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/blog1/2005_12_01_ronniedelcarmen_archive.html
I don't really have anything, the only two purcells i own are the street print and the cowboy print. I really wish I haven't missed out on all the other ones, I hear he sells a bunch of different ones at comicon.
Man, it would be amazing to see his original background paintings for "Hit the Road".
Luckey, sorry, that was typo.
Had I been at least a little sneaky I would've taken a picture. I kind of felt like it would be disrespectful or something, so I didn't. But alas, Purcell is truly a master of illustration. To see his brushstrokes is really awesome and surely very hard to replicate. I can't even get an idea at how he approaches his drawings.
BTW, thanks, your blog reminded me I still wanted to buy some Lou Romano prints for myself for xmas
Personally Id love to see more Toyboxx comic art
Jake? Do we have a thread with purcells E-cards anywhere? If not and you have them maybe throw em up? Havent seen a new one in a while. (One of them is a Toyboxx art!)
A few of those paintings I havent seen before. The bone kids under the tree and the snake kissing Medusa.. never heard of those. The rest ive seen at one time or another.
I once listed all my purcell stuff in jakes old samnmax fan site. Beelz got mad.. so ill refrain from doing it again. But lets say only a few things have passed me by and most are hundreds of dollars.. IE original page prints from bad day at the moon, A rare jacket worn by the canadian crew working on the cartoon.. grr darn you jfeil!
I do have tons of great stuff... and i know more people that have others.. jaaakkkkkkkkke those glasses will be mine one day.. oh yes .. they will be mine.
(Right like another pair exists in full condition! lucky SOD!)
Personally Id love to see more of exactly what purcell does with pixar SPECIFICALLY (story dev is vague). His work is kinda blended in a group and nothing specific is shown. I know he had to have been freaking on ratatoullie .. he loves rats! haha.
As for endless prints my friend.. I was born in san diego, sadly moved to sacramento and away from the comic con scene, TONS AND TONS of stuff has been printed.. lets just say that, even I dont have much in the scheme o things. Some of the vets will prolly concur
PS some of my prints esp fizzballs are brown almost going to nothingness AHHH! wish I had a friend in the preservation dept at a museum!
I've accidentally missed a couple of fizzball prints myself. Ebay, about a year ago. Still angry.
And an embossed Hit the Road poster.
I know, his position at Pixar is very vague. I really wish they'd alter the stylistics of each movie heavily so as to provide a vessel for Purcell's aesthetics. I think he storyboards a bit, if I'm not mistaken. I really wish he would be more publicized.
Hey, I recall seeing a screencap from what I assume to be the Cars DVD, with Steve in it, apparently giving an interview. Anyone know anything about that? I searched the DVD and couldn't find squad.
BTW One of the fizzball prints on ebay last year found a happy home. Its framed on my wall now.
I don't suppose you'd want to put some of the art you saved up, would you? I never caught spudvision in its heyday.
Besides, does anyone know what happened to the Spudvision book? Did Steve just flake out on it?
onto my fav.. toyboxx.. cant believe more havent heard of it.. them.. ahem. The subject is still sorta vague. I only know of two of the names Suda and Ernie which he happened to put on an E card... JAKE WHERE R U on this pal ! haha I lost my pic set ere!
There is no real comic for the gals but a few make appearances.
Fast Forward 1992
http://www.mycomicshop.com/viewissue?IVID=3617571
The back cover of nocturnals only
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/Kaldire/NocturnalsBack.jpg
Between that and random art and e cards ive seen hide or hair of em.
Embossed hit the road poster? All I know of is the 3d relief and the flat poster. Could it have been fanmade? or just one of those rare things?
For other oddball steve art that most dont like due to the fact that the comic or book with it isnt that great ill list below. Jake might remember syth gerbil and I going off about this in our "comedy hour"
A refresh HAHA the good ole days! wait that wasnt that long ago!!
OK an old post from jakies old site
http://www.lucasforums.com/archive/index.php/t-141215.html
Huge list of purcells stuff, totally incomplete, but informative. all my links still work as they are owned by me etc. Dunno about the rest
http://www.mycomicshop.com/viewissue?IVID=3346901
is a great picture.. and done in somewhat the same style as the Medusa kissing her snake hair pic we just saw in the online mag link
Picture is titles AUTUMN...
In my link to jakes old site you may see the runequest covers. Steve says hes not proud of these but I like em!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/Kaldire/ah85711.jpg
in example...
I personally have 3 toyboxx arts.. 2 are in a books but Ill try to scan them asap. I dont like to touch them though. Once they are in that case....
Hmm wonder where synth gerbil went anyway.. he always knew alot about steves work.. just had no taste
BTW I am probably going to upload the pictures from the website tonight when I get home.
I think i check ebay everday for anything rare sam & max or steve purcell. It's getting tiring.
Kaldire, yeah I meant the 3d relief. Is it true Steve sells the Hit the Road posters and other merch at ComicCon? I just HAVE to go next year.
Just kidding about steve, obviously. He's close to a greek god, rather than a horrible human being.
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-cover.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg001.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg003.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg009.jpg (FYI: blue bottom was part of the site design, image is not corrupt)
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg010.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg011.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg012.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg013.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg017.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg018.jpg
http://www.meelworm.com/stuff/sp-pg019.jpg
And yes sometimes steve does sell older and odd things at comic con in sd... but most time its mainstream stizzle with a few oddball things. The hat I knew about as well as he said something about a new shirt as well.. I hope its true.. the cap thing was. He actually wore the cap in the last few comic gatherings I think
(wasnt at recent ones but I saw pics)
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TgDMHDsWWk1M8JGpDa53Tfg2tHmWckArvSOAfXHsioS4gvHq6xfUjMc!aLdANJwfsP9ztAAQFGHMYmQ*St*1ay1ZSl376oJhNUYgMls5TNSNLfQiBMLHDQ/full20031227120627.jpg
Sam & Max Christmas Card
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RgDUDxMVdOr*YTzMKbZch!aOx4Hz20M4nphWSBvkB7Vxkzo*MA2kg0WeMu1PsXefzt1fpW4mBjfQ0cSOVKP5TRosF5N!XtINrGJ!WKjQzC8/sammax2005.jpg
Sam & Max New Year Card
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RQDMGiAVUuo4ZXgJ2DwzDdZ1!4MUKTNYMytGjdAvCltsj4SgFIinIU7F1oiFghbIl2UzJOPWYjuMBCOIWAMBQpqr*cZx1iy2!ztjagfP1Ao/samnmax06.jpg
...and I would really love to have a bigger version of this, but I think it was a personal drawing done for someone.
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TACvD3IYKtXXNeH0dnyPZ4*JfDX*fN6CXqN29v1WugAjM27KPg6pE6Me*RI91Cwkjh5gAx0M95OEbuv6dbtoz4!gsBuldRR8plu0!4wjR92b6J3!9XyIqw/santasamgreeting.jpg
Hopefully these all work.
Also to bring it up lets not forget zak mckracken in case most of the younger gen doesnt know about it(how could they not with the remakes and scumm). Still one of my all time favs. Love the artwork there.. and I WONT mention that nose glasses display I long for ... DOh I did!
http://spudvisionblog.blogspot.com/
I wonder if that was a response to our request...
I just remember the ole links on the old spudvision page were separate eyes on starchie..thats how I got a full screen pic(it was really like 6 pics in one but I screenshot'ed it
this blog art is awesome.. sudamylove.. come to me