The Art of Greg Oakes

“Scramble!” Art by Frank Frazetta

21-Year Old WWII Soldier's Sketchbooks Reveal a Visual Diary of His Experiences

28 Years Ago !?! 🤯 (gettin' old lol)

morbid beauty is a flower in gloom
©1996-2010 GregOakes.com
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too many nights are like tonight
as i walk the unlit path
with dove-winged skull of death
it reminds me of something i fear nothing of
yet do not welcome anytime soon
a shadow chases me
though i only hear it
and continue
to dance alone
~~~

Via Dan Collins Cartoons

"It's here. You want the good stuff? This is it. Nudeness, rudeness and crudeness. It's got it all. Please share!"

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Dirty Cartoons As long as cartoons have existed or perhaps even before them, there were undoubtedly what we would nowadays call “dirty cartoons”. Early man created artistic cave paintings and if we looked hard enough, might we also find “dirty” cave paintings in a heretofore undiscovered crevice or cavern?...

On this day in 1975, Ralph McQuarrie finishes his first concept painting for Star Wars. Ralph's incredible art had a significant impact on the script at the time. - Mike.

The Real Popeye

His real name was Frank "Rocky" Fiegel.

He was born in 1868, in Poland and, as a child, immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled down in a small town in Illinois.

As a young man, Rocky went to sea.

After a 20-year career as a sailor in the Merchant Marines, Fiegel retired.

He was later hired by Wiebusch's Tavern in the city of Chester, Illinois as a ‘Bouncer’ to maintain order in the rowdy bar.

Rocky quickly developed a reputation for always being involved in fighting (and usually winning). As a result, he had a deformed eye ("Pop-eye").

He also ‘always’ smoked his pipe, so he always spoke out of one side of his mouth.

In his spare time as a bouncer, Rocky would entertain the customers by regaling them with exciting stories of adventures he claimed to have had over his career as a sailor crossing the ‘Seven Seas.’

The creator of Popeye, Elzie Crisler Segar, grew up in Chester and, as a young man, met Rocky at the tavern and would sit for hours listening to the old sailor’s amazing ‘sea stories.’

Years later, Segar became a cartoonist and developed a comic strip called ‘Thimble Theater.’

He honored Fiegel by asking if he could model his new comic strip character, ‘Popeye the Sailor Man,’ after him. Naturally Fiegel was flattered and agreed.

Segar claimed that ‘Olive Oyl,’ along with other characters, was also loosely based on an actual person. She was Dora Paskel, owner of a smallgrocery store in Chester.

She apparently actually looked much like the Olive Oyl character in his comics.

He claimed she even dressed much the same way.

Through the years, Segar kept in touch with Rocky and always helped him with money; giving him a small percentage of what he earned from his ‘Popeye’ illustrations.

Who didn't love the cartoons??? We watched them religiously ... so funny, so moral ... each story had a good ending ... Who knew he was a real man??

by Yalokin Nihsle

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End of a lousy year Sale. If you don’t have the book , Get it now and get two original doodles. Only through Direct Message. You know what to do. Happy New Year to all of you! Please share this post, as I have been shadow banned by Instagram. Few people will see this post if you don’t share it. Thank you in advance! Stay safe! #artbook #sketchbook #figurative art

I think that the fusion of spirituality and creativity is a very natural thing. It's restorative for the soul, for any of us that have a creative path and practice. No matter who we are, or what it is ~ whether it is gardening, journaling, painting, sculpting... all of these are great forms of creative expression. The more of ourselves or our soul that we put into them, the higher the vibration our collective becomes. If you can see the gift in your life, then you are evolving. And you are going to be healing no matter what has happened. You need to listen to your gift, and not pretend that you don't have one. You have got to own whatever your creative gifts are. Our consciousness sculpts our thoughts, so how will we craft our consciousness and life choices? That's an artistic question. Every day we have an aesthetic opportunity to observe the spectacle that God has created for us. We either appreciate the spectacle that is displayed, or find it's somehow lacking. Is that not a constriction of our own spiritual eye, that couldn't see God at work there? The objective is to see God every day, in everything, as much as possible. To recognize that you are witnessing a sacred mirror unfolding.

Portrait of an Artist, 1997

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C'mon Manitoba - do better!! 😉 And you middle-aged women out there - -esque chicks with huge don't do it for you!? 😕 Alas - to each their own. 🙃

Friendly reminder

She's still ((( 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 )))

FINISHED PIECE

Note: The "EYE TRI" photo from the Brassworks Gallery website was taken near its completion (technically "unfinished"). A few details were tweaked after the photo had already been submitted.

((( 𝗕𝗨𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘 ))) 😉

"EYE TRI" ((( 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 )))

@ Brassworks Gallery (Portland, Oregon)

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C'mon Manitoba - do better!! 😉 And you middle-aged women out there - #Yoda-esque #triclops #alien chicks with huge #knockers don't do it for you!? 😕 Alas - to each their own. 🙃 Friendly reminder She's still ((( 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 ))) FINISHED PIECE Note: The "EYE TRI" photo from the Brassworks Gallery website was taken near its completion (technically "unfinished"). A few details were tweaked after the photo had already been submitted. ((( 𝗕𝗨𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘 ))) 😉 "EYE TRI" ((( 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 ))) @ Brassworks Gallery (Portland, Oregon) https://brassworksgallery.com/collections/first-annual-postcard-show-2023/products/eye-tri-greg-oakes ... #art #fineart #lowbrow #popsurrealism #lowbrowart #underground #undergroundcomix #undergroundart #brassworksgallery #gregoakes73 #gocrazy #gocrazygraphics #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #freak #freakmagnet #violentfemmes ...

Friendly reminder

She's still ((( 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 )))

FINISHED PIECE

Note: The "EYE TRI" photo from the Brassworks Gallery website was taken near its completion (technically "unfinished"). A few details were tweaked after the photo had already been submitted.

((( 𝗕𝗨𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘 ))) 😉

"EYE TRI" ((( 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 )))

@ Brassworks Gallery (Portland, Oregon)

https://brassworksgallery.com/collections/first-annual-postcard-show-2023/products/eye-tri-greg-oakes ..

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Friendly reminder She's still ((( 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 ))) FINISHED PIECE Note: The "EYE TRI" photo from the Brassworks Gallery website was taken near its completion (technically "unfinished"). A few details were tweaked after the photo had already been submitted. ((( 𝗕𝗨𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘 ))) 😉 "EYE TRI" ((( 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 ))) @ Brassworks Gallery (Portland, Oregon) https://brassworksgallery.com/collections/first-annual-postcard-show-2023/products/eye-tri-greg-oakes ... #art #fineart #lowbrow #popsurrealism #lowbrowart #underground #undergroundcomix #undergroundart #brassworksgallery #gregoakes73 #gocrazy #gocrazygraphics #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #freak #freakmagnet #violentfemmes ...