Alister Lockhart CaveatScoti Illustration Location: Brunswick, Australia Member Since: February 2005 Last Updated: 16 December 2008 Portfolio Views: 30363 Chosen as Favorite: 33
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When Somebody Loved Me... Painter, Photoshop June 2006
Did this one for the Daily Sketch Forum- the subject was "Evil Versions of Disney Characters". I got the idea came from Sergio Leone, who cast Henry Fonda, the perennial all-American good guy, as stone-cold killer 'Frank' in "Once Upon A Time In the West". The Irony was lost on audiences at the time- almost no-one went to see it. Today it's recognised as the best western of all time (although personally, I call it the slowest).
Anyhow, I reckon Woody's been modelled closely on the kind of good guy Fonda made legend, I thought I'd mine it for irony just one more time.
This one is especially dedicated to anyone working as a floor salesman in any store selling big-screen TV's around the time 'Toy Story 2' came out on DVD. Yeehaa.
Disclaimer: 'Sheriff Woody' and 'Cowgirl Jesse' are registered trademarks of Pixar Animation and The Walt Disney Company.