Pufnstuf Was Watching Too...

LIVE ACTION SEQUENCE...

This stuff is so sweet - it'll be a shame to paint them.

Here are some of my latest Ebay purchases - well the phonograph horn and brass eagle claws anyway. The turntable I found at a flea market in Aberfoyle, Ontario.

I'm going to build the Pufnstuf Music Machine for the live action sequence of the opening.

Anyone know where I can find a rainbow colored record?

BUT WHO WOULD GET THERE FIRST...

CLEANED AND COLORED...

Pufnstuf Has Saved The Day...

She Waved Her Wand...

Bring On The Poses...

I've started to create the rough assets and custom posing for the promo - not a hard task when you start with Paul's rough board panels.

A Boy And His Magic Golden Flute...

The Pufnstuf storyboard is almost done and I couldn't be more jazzed. Paul Watling has really done some killer work here. I snuck a panel and colored it up while he had his back turned.

This things really starting to take shape;) We plan to color key the whole board out - I'll post as we go.

Color Test...

Evil Minions...

Jimmy Walker...

Ruff Puf Keys...

Pufimation...

Just havin' some fun trying to move Pufnstuf around - I'll post the ruff anim when I'm done.

Orson...

Well, somehow I got this far and didn't realize he was missing his neck - ha!

I'll have to give him another go at some point.

Jimmy Gets His Hair Did...

Now that we're heading into boards I've really got to nail down these characters. Re-designs won't affect the thumbnail board but we can't really finalize anything until we're settled on the proportions and size relations of the characters to one another.

Ruf Puf Rotation...

Once Upon A Summertime...

*NEW* Pufnstuf Theme Song...

My buddy Paul Watling introduced us to James Black and Rick Jackett of Finger Eleven. These two super talents created a new "Pufnstuf Theme" for us. We are hoping to use it as the soundtrack to our upcoming animated promo.

Thanks Guys!!!

Freddy Flute...

Freddy was the one character that was burned into my brain as a child. There was a creepy-ish quality he had that I just couldn’t shake - probably why I've waited so long to give his design a try - I wasn't quite sure how to handle it.

On one hand the creepy factor is the main reason I loved this character and on the other there's a reason Pufnstuf only ran one season. Do I go with what I remember or try to re-envision something that may be more appealing to the masses?

I feel this take has tons of potential - but is it Freddy?

H.R. Pinsnstuf...

Shady Characters...

Here's one of the pieces I'm putting in for the SHADY CHARACTERS show that my buddyJared Deal is putting on at the Live With Animals gallery in NYC at the end of July.

Because most of my color work is created digitally, I've included the original ruff and the clean without color to go along side the finished art.

below originated at cartoon brew

"Shady Characters" is an art show that opens Friday, July 28th, at the 'Live with Animals' Gallery (210 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211; entrance to the gallery on Metropolitan). Opening reception is from 6-9pm. The show, curated by Jared Deal, is "simply a tribute to all of the creepers and tweakers, outcasts and outlaws, and freaks and geeks, we encounter daily." Participating artists include Deanna Marsigliese, Clio Chiang, Steve Lambe, Gabe Swarr, Rex Hackelberg, Anna Chambers, Mark Ackland, Todd Kauffman, Joel Trussell, Bobby Chiu, Martin Wittig, Aaron Augenblick, Phil Rynda, Peter Browngardt, Danny Kimanyen, Randy Ramos, Garnet Syberg-Olsen, Jamie Mason, Chris George, Eric Nocella, Dino Alberto, Jason Levesque, Tim Shankweiler, Eric Brown, Mark Pecoraro, Pat Pakula, Kevin Schmid, Kaori Hamura, Richard Mather, Rod Filbrandt, and Deal himself. Stay tuned to Jared's blog for additional details.

Back To It...

My good friend Darren and his band are recording our new Pufnstuf theme song next week. I'm really jazzed about it cuz I've been itching to start thumbnailing the board for the opening. Suppose I should stop farting around and actually nail down the style. Any comments on the style direction would be greatly appreciated ;)

Andrew -thanks so much for Freddie Flute. I have him sitting on my desk coxing me on.

Craig - thanks for the much needed nudge. This blog has been sitting idle far too long.

My Most Recent Acquisition...

Concepts...

The last thing I wanna do is draw what already exsists. I'm hoping to recreate and still have the loyal fans say "Yah, that's different but it's still Pufnstuf".

Mini Puf...

Just Playin'...

Living Island

Ruff Mockup...

Super fun for a first run mock up - still needs tons of work ;)

Rescue Racer...

This is a very slight variation on the "Renegade" style. It's super fun to draw and I think something similar would lend really well to such a fantastic world. I plan to do more studies like this in the future.

Now I just need to figure out how to get to the future.

Hi...

See more Seymore...

Seymore the Spider...

This is a pretty graphic interpretation of Seymore. I've since redesigned him to be more animation friendly - not as limited.

A Gift from Pufnstuf ???

Witchiepoo - "SEYMORE!!! Call the Bomb Squad!"

Witchiepoo has so far been the most difficult to design in the series. She's tons of fun to draw but I think this pic is more silly looking than it is good. I'm not 100% happy with her and most likely will redesign her a bit.

Here she is with a black line. Made some changes and it seems to help a tad. Witchiepoo had this strange eye make-up in the series that i don't want to lose - but creates color issues.
I'll throw some color on it after Christmas.

I lied - here it is. - HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE!!!

Merry Pufn-Christmas...

Finger Lickin' Good...

I had to post this - Puff looks like he's gunna chew his freakin hands off - it's hilarious to me for some reason. Anyway, wanted to share.

Color...

Pufnstuf Babies...

WOW, I've JUMPED THE SHARK already!!!

This little Puf is about an inch high, drawn on the side of a script I was reading. I'm driven to simplify for some reason.

I'll clean him up and color him when I get a free sec.

Ruff to Puff...

Cling & Clang...

Witchiepoo arms...

Had tons of fun drawing these.

Witchiepoo...

Jimmy concept...

Here are some ruffs I did for Jimmy. Number 4 seems to be everyones favourite so far - I'm not sure yet...still needs some tweaking.

Updated News...

Walker Edmiston dies at 81 - Edmiston did numerous voices, including Dr. Blinkey and Orson the Vulture on "H.R. Pufnstuf," Sparky the Firefly on "Bugaloos," Enik on "Land of the Lost" and Sigmund Ooze — and Sigmund's brothers Blurp and Slurp — on "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters."

The beloved Lennie Weinrib, voice of H.R. Pufnstuf, has died at age 71.

Jack Wild died Wednesday at the age of 53.

'Pufnstuf' and 'Land of the Lost' remake dropped by Sony?: 11/23/2000 Article by Jerry Beck suggests that Sony has stopped production of all big screen movies including HR Pufnstuf remake."Focusing its efforts on TV production, direct-to-video features, Internet content and property licensing, Sony Pictures Family Entertainment has quietly scrapped its development plans for theatrical feature films...theatrical projects had included H.R. Pufnstuf with Krofft Entertainment..."Land of the Lost is also rumored to be a Sony project. Is that remake also in jeopardy?

H.R. Pufnstuf

H.R. Pufnstuf was the name of a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. There were only seventeen episodes of this show, which ran from 1969 to 1970, but it was so successful that NBC kept it on the Saturday morning schedule for a full three seasons.
H.R. Pufnstuf introduced the Kroffts' most-used plot scenario, revolving around a boy ("Jimmy", played by Jack Wild) who had accidentally stumbled into an alternate fantasy world. The leader of the community of this world was a friendly dragon named H.R. Pufnstuf (played by Van Snowden and voiced by Lennie Weinrib, who also wrote the episodes). Jimmy had been lured to the island by Freddy the "magic flute," which was another of the main characters. Their nemesis was a wicked witch named Witchiepoo, played by Billie Hayes, who rode on a broomstick with a steering wheel. Apart from Witchiepoo, all of the characters on Living Island were realized via large, cumbersome costumes or puppetry. Since everything on Living Island was alive - houses, castles, boats, grandfather clocks, candles, books, trees, mushrooms - virtually any part of any of the Living Island sets could become a character, usually voiced in a parody of a famous film star, such as Mae West, Edward G. Robinson or John Wayne.
The show's popularity in the psychedelic era of the 1960s led to the release of a movie based on the show, called Pufnstuf, in 1970. The film featured guest appearances by Mama Cass Elliott and Martha Raye. Both show and movie were notable for bright colors, fast edits, sped-up film, musical segments and pop-culture in-jokes, and appealed to young adults almost as much as children.
The seventeen episodes of the TV series are available in a DVD box set. The film has never been legally available on home video.
The show was the subject of a successful lawsuit against the fast food restaurant McDonald's, whose McDonaldland characters were found to have infringed its copyright.