Who can take the immortal world’s angriest dog and make him real? Well, Brian Tiemann, PowerPuff Girls pencil in hand, took up that challenge. He first sent me this as his conception of Chomps.
Chomps, Take 1
I was quite impressed. I thought the chains were two busy, though, and I wanted more of a growl than a bark. Thus I asked Brian if he could try revising it. And he did.
Chomps, Take 2
Well, moving in the right direction, but the mouth and ears are too big (or the head is too small). Also, it’s a little two cartoony. So Brian took another try.
Chomps, Take 3
Okay, better, but now he looks more like a bulldog (I want a rottweiler). And I’m not feeling the growl. I want him to stare right at me and look like he’s about to explode. Brian tried again.
Chomps, Take 4
Now he is looking forward, but he appears more startled than angry. Also, he’s lost his dogginess and looks more like an ogre. At this point, I started calling Brian a no talent hack, and he responded by making unflattering statements about my mother.
Will Chomps ever get drawn?
TO BE CONTINUED…
The third one is the best. And it looks the most like a Rottweiler.
Man, I opened picture number 1 and
immediately dove for cover under my desk. I like it.
The last 2 look more like a slighly miffed terrier, though.
Are you sure that #2 isn’t just Chomps in an Easter Bunny costume? Big floppy ears are just not Chomps…
maybe if ya went a bit more surreal and dramatized the TEETH and eyes, kinda a rough ink outline thingy?and have it cover the entire front of the T?
The first one is best.
just take # 3 and make the ears a bit more roti (smaller?)and you are there.
suggestion: pieces of hippy stuck in teeth
#1 is the best one, though with all the chains he reminds me of Mr. T.
I like #3 best.
It’s very very tough to draw a vicious Rottweiler because Rottis are actually quite sweet 🙂
I like #1, too, except maybe without chains and a bit smaller ears.
You didn’t ask, but I liked #1 the best. Lose the chains and close the mouth a bit and you’ll be set. Keep the elephant tag though.
Hippies will cower in fear.
#3 was the best of them. Shouldn’t there be bits of hippie strewn about him though?
1) #3 is the best. #1 scared me the most, but probably I was getting used to Chomps after that.
2) Re: #4 – DaVinci himself couldn’t draw a scary dog looking straight at you – if you point the nose straight at the viewer, you’re going to f- up your perspective.
The first one was the best so far… just use that one without the chains.
Two cool four words! 😉
Chomps should be an English Mastiff. Read up on what English Mastiffs (not bull mastiffs) were bred for, and how they react to an intruder, and you will agree. English Mastiffs aren’t suppose to bark. They were bred to sneak up on the bad guy, scare the shiot out of him, and then keep him detained until help arrives. If the bad guy resists, the Mastiff will then rip him to shreds. Peace through strength! Go chomps!
1 or 2. The others are not angry enough… i care nothing for what kind of dog Chomps is, as long as it’s ANGRY!
Very angry…
Needs a light blue UN hat!
The last one looks like Scooby Doo on steriods. I’m sorry. Scooby Doo doesn’t scare me? How about a Beagle. Snappy – the worlds quickest witted Beagle!
Chomps. What have they done to you. He’s going to be angry. Very angry.
the first one is the best of the four
it just needs some work on the shoulders to make them look normal
I think number 3 looks like Chris Mathews interviewing Michelle Malkin. Is it just me?
i heart the tag in the first picture. “if found contact d. rumsfeld and hide.” hahahahaha.
I really like the bite out of the ear!! It says “You should see the other guy!”.
I think the first one is the best. Don’t think of it as barking. Think of it as his gaping, fanged maw yawning wide to take a huge chunk out of Michael S’Moore.
As for the chains, they can be photoshopped out (or GIMP’ed out, or Painter’ed out, etc etc) later.
OT…sorry Mr. J.
I got to rant…
What is this BS?
There is an Islamofascist giving the invocation at the RNC.
Man we are sunk.
Where are the Conservatives?
Guess what, there are none.
We have lost our party.
Rise up fellow Infidels, rise up!!!
Time for the silent majority to be silent no more!!
RROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRR!!
Thanks…
And i can’t wait to see the Chomps shirt…. Bring it on already…
Frank,
of course Brian couldn’t do justice to Chomps. Being a resident of the “Silicon Valley” (read correctly, The Second-Most PC Region in The Peoples Republik of Kalifornia, after San Francisco, ‘natch) one isn’t supposed to represent anger in any form unless it’s directed at The President.
I know of what I speak, being a former resident of the area for 35 of my 36 years on this Earth, until last November.
And Brian’s preference of computer might also make him less qualified to do Chomps properly, as we all know Apple Computer was founded by two notorious hippies, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
And we all know Chomps gets VERY angry at hippies..so maybe Brian really does “Think Different”, is all I’m sayin’.
tongue firmly planted in cheek on the latter topic, but less so on the former
Chomps 1 made me poop my self, go with that one, I will buy the shirt.
SK slipped up and told us it was done already anyway so why are we even critiquing?
Bring on the shirt we know we will love it.
I told you it was done already. Do you people even read what I post?
I heard ya Frank.
Bring on da chirt
How about one with him smiling?
Like several others, I hope you went with no. 1, with or without the chains.
Dogs have two growls (at least): the closed-mouth, or partially-open, “cringe in fear, rabbit!” threat, and the mouth-open, “I will eat you now!” declaration of intent. The first can be de-escalated by, e.g., the other dog rolling over and assuming a submissive posture. The second means two choices: run away or get bitten. In the first picture Chomps is definitely into the second mode. That isn’t a bark, and he isn’t actually growling. He’s clearing his throat for easy passage of the gobbet of meat he’s about to take.
That’s Chomps. Colorize and print.
Regards,
Ric Locke
For him to be really scary on the eyes should camouflate i.e. blend with the rest of the face.
All the drafts have big, cute eyes that stand out just like a 80’s cartoon. And 80’s cartoons are sometimes scary, but “what in the world is that” scary, not “angry rottweiler” scary.
Frank– How do you expect us to read what you post when you proceed to show us pictures of the world’s angriest UN Peacekeeper? People always go for the pretty pictures instead of the text. I saw “Chomps” and was on the links like naplam– er, I mean stink– on a hippie.
Besides, you said that the “[This week] The Chomps predesigns and then final t-shirt design will be revealed!” That could mean:
1. Everything’s done, which is apparenly what you meant, or:
2. you’re still deciding but plan to be done deciding and start announcing later this week, which is how I and apparently others took it.
good drawings… but #4 looks like a pissed off Scooby Doo.