I've never loved anything the way I loved He-Man when I was 5-7 years old. This was when I called Saturday - Cartoon Day. My brother and I would get up so early Saturday mornings that we would watch the color code thing until the broadcast would start at about 6 am and be swept away in a blissful haze of terrible animation and toy commercials for 4 hours. Smurfs, Thundarr the Barbarian, Transformers, Thundercats, Voltron, and, of course, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. The 80's was a great time to be a kid.
I love popping in on your blog every once in a while to see the latest. You are a fabulous artist.
ReplyDeleteAhhhh...the 80's. It was good to be a kid then - plus, we can't be held responsible for the ugly fashions and hairstyles of the day (blame our moms instead). And, of course, the 80's had Reagan, but we were too young to appreciate him then.
ReplyDeleteYou really should do a picture of She-Ra. I had the Crystal Castle, her see-through horse, the boat, her nemesis Evilyn. She was awesome. Good times - wish I hadn't donated it all to the D.I.
THIS IS AWESOME! I love your work! I love the detail and I too was an 80's kid. I always thought He-man and She-rah should've gotten married. As I child I never fully got the concept they were brother and sister. Maybe that is too much information....
ReplyDeleteMan Kev..Always jaw dropping work
ReplyDeleteWhat a total blast. It is always fun to look back at what was fun for us in the past. Great painting.
ReplyDeleteYour art certainly rekindles wonder and amazement i felt as a child gazing at cartoons.
ReplyDeleteAnother total great picture from Kevin Keele, The Great! also thanks for commenting on my latest post, i drew him mainly for you!
ReplyDeletevery cool as usual! great melodramatic pose.
ReplyDeleteI can almost hear the evil cackle!
ReplyDeleteThe 80s are but an era of legends for me--though the 90s did have some decent cartoons, too, even if I couldn't fully appreciate Animaniacs until years after they were taken off the air. :(
Great style and lighting effects. I have to say though, this Skeletor is far better than the Saturday morning cartoon Skeletor. Also I want more Halloween stuff.
ReplyDeleteAahhh, I miss the days of good saturday morning cartoons. All I see on there today is stupid Power Rangers...is that show ever going to leave TV! At least cable TV offers some good cartoons.
ReplyDeleteHey, Kevin. I was googling for friends blogs and found yours. It's fun to see your art again. If you're interested in seeing my blog, it's www.bobatharoo.blogspot.com.
ReplyDeletefantastic lighting!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool, I love Skeletor.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great posts. You stuff just gets better and better.
ReplyDeletePowerful piece!
ReplyDeleteWow! Wonderful work! and yeah, the 80's was a blast.
ReplyDeleteI so loved He-Man as a kid! Mom wouldn't let us watch it. Apparently it made us stupider.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't seen it, there's this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Nc8RCLy1s You can just feel your brain cells disappearing.
dude--YES
ReplyDeletehe-man was where it was at when i was a kid--i never wanted a fur bikini so bad in my life....oh yeah, and a sword--of course a sword, too....
Another eye-popping example of why I come around. You're work is amazing.
ReplyDeleteHey I loved this guy!!!! I agree, the 80's ruled!! He-man and the Masters of the Univers where my favorite of all times! Well done!!!
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