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[Haunted hearse]

So what did the back of the Munster House actually look like? I decided to try my hand on what it could look like.  In the first season's "Low Calorie Munster", there is a round attic window, similar to the one used in the Bates House from Psycho, and the Simmons Mansion from the "Ghost and Mr. Chicken".  Since this window does not appear on the visible sides of the house, it would have been on the reverse.  I also assumed the Gambrel roof would have continued to the back, and the Mansard roof might have also been continued onto  the rear of the house.  Typical of many 19th Century homes, I decided 1313 Mockingbird lane may have had a one story shed addition to the rear, which would have been useful for the icebox and laundry.  Since many Victorian homes had a simpler acrhitectural treatment on the rear of the structure, I kept the architectural treatment simple. 

[Haunted hearse]

It's interesting to me, that the drawing of the house seen on the title, where the words "The Addams Family" flashed on the screen, appears to be a lot more run down and spooky, then the painting used of the house as the episode opened.  In this case, I edited out the letters, for a better look at the spookier house.

[Dr. Madd]

It's interesting to me, that the drawing of the house seen on the title, where the words "The Addams Family" flashed on the screen, appears to be a lot more run down and spooky, then the painting used of the house as the episode opened.  In this case, I edited out the letters, for a better look at the spookier house.

That's a Charles Addams drawing.

[Haunted hearse]

It certainly is. Charles Addams based his drawing on an actual house on Adams Blvd. in Los Angeles, used to film the pilot. He changed the roofline look of the house, and a few other details, to give that house a look more in keeping with the style of the house from the New Yorker carttons.  I simply edited out the letters, to get a better look at the Charles Addams redesign.  When they did a painting of the Charles Addams reimagining of the actual house, seen in each episode opening.they made the house look less run down.



This is a photo of the house used in the pilot.  It has since been demolished.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

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[Terry]

http://flic.kr/p/a2RSs7

Even My Dog Gizmo Gets into the Spirit, This is his "Devil Dog " costume. 

[Batfink]

A recent commission of Claude Rains as You Know Who.....

[charp13]

Oh...WOW!! That is a handsome piece of artwork!! I have never seen anything like it and I can only hope I see more legends of the cinema in this style.    How wonderful!  Thanks for sharing your amazing creativity and talent!

[Batfink]

Thank you very much for your comment, charp13-- glad you like the art!

[Batfink]

Done for Caricaturama Showdown 3000, a fun Facebook group. Images are voted on and the winner gets to pick the next week's subject. Its VINCENT PRICE this week--

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150514636197926&l=df685c51a5

[artboy]

Bob, those drawings are terrific!

Here's a rendering I did of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN in one of her most famous poses from the Universal publicity department. It's twice life size and I painted it with acrylics on canvas.

[artboy]

Here's a pencil rendering I did of the gillman with most of his scales burned off from THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US.

[artboy]

While pencils and acrylics have been my weapons of choice for the past 30 years in commercial illustration, I have since gone over to the "dark side"....that's right, I have meddled in things man was not meant to ....DIGITAL ART!!!!

Here's a digital piece of mine...Rondo Hatton as THE CREEPER! 

[Batfink]

Nice work artboy!  I've also been a "traditionalist" with my art/illustration. Nothing wrong with the digital, imo.  My fine art is traditional, my commercial illustration is  traditional or digital. Acrylic on canvas will always have an organic quality that can never be replicated....

Love the Rondo!

[Batfink]

A sketch of Gary Oldman as Dracula.