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Another Billy Goat, How Gruff.

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TREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF, CONTINUED…

Artist Jim Madsen’s take on the three billy goats gruff. 

bully goat by Jim Madsen

So I was trip trapping on Facebook last night and my best friend Jim Madsen had posted a digital painting he did of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff, and boy did he make a big troll. He says don’t worry about the little goat.

Don’t feel sorry for the goat. Remember that killer rabbit from Monty Python’s Holy Grail? This goat has the same amount of whup arse as him. My dad used to tell the 3 billy goats gruff story nightly to me and my brother… never got old. ~Jim Madsen

 

Since we just posted a Billy Goat blog, and we said, use a big troll, and we also posted on that post, a Jim Madsen illustration, a twist on the old NC Wyeth’s, Blind Pew, and then I saw this, I wanted to hurry and put it on the blog. Nice work Jim.

Billy Goats & a Troll, Three Blind (Pew) Mice, Illustration wit a Twist

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 Put a new twist on an old idea

Why not make the troll HUGE!

Troll SketchThis is an image for a fun little book project I was doing awhile ago and unless you just arrived on this planet you already know what the story is.
I had done another book project that was for a fractured fairy tale called The Three BULLY Goats. A cute little story where the goats were the bullies and the troll was kind and gentle.
I guess that led to me wanting to

illustrate another troll under a bridge with a goats story. I wanted to make an image that would bring a slight twist on the classic BILLY Goats Gruff tale and I thought that playing with the scale of the troll might make my piece more unique. I’ve always been puzzled when musicians re-make a well-known song yet fail to put their own artistry into the performance. I hope I can give this book freshness so that both adults and children can appreciate it.

CAN YOU TELL IF I PAINTED THIS TRADITIONALLY OR DIGITALLY?

Part of my process has always been to work from a warm tone over the entire surface – and then I add tone to the shadow areas. Weather I used acrylics, oils or an iPad or other digital devices, I would still go from a toned canvas, to toned shadows to to the finished piece.

I combined two different sketches to get it right. 

I combined two sketches because I was having a hard time drawing the Troll where I wanted him in one sketch. I used Photoshop to get it right…and the painting was also done in Photoshop. – Brushes that never run out of paint! Undo! Copy Paste! Endless Adjustments! Speed! No Shipping Costs!

A new look at an old illustration

3 blind (pew) mice. A  new take on an old favorite by NC Wyeth called the Blind Pew.

0003 Jim M. 3 blind mice. A new take on an old favorite painting from NC Wyeth called the Blind Pew.
Artist Jim Madsen, (Wayne Andreason is his best friend) copied “Blind Pew” with a twist. He took an old favorite by NC Wyeth, the Blind Pew and put it to Three Blind Mice.

The Blind Pew ~NC Wyeth

NC Wyeth's illustration, the Blind Pew
Compare the mouse on the left and the house in the background. And the color pallet and painting technique. Although Jim’s is a digital painting. Way to go Jim.