Just a Ralph Sketch
Ralph taught at the School of Visual Arts for a few years around 2000 and 2001. One of his former students Morgan sent us this drawing that Ralph sketched one day in class. Thanks Morgan!
1 comment May 29th, 2007
Archive for May, 2007
Contact Us At Ralph’s Spot
In an upgrade to the blog, our page navigation has disappeared. Until we have the time to investigate further, the only other page of interest on the site is the contact page anyway. It still exists, so here is a link directly to it:
Contact Page. Write with any questions or comments to Jon and Chris directly.
Above is a detail shot of one of Ralph’s constructions.
Add comment May 29th, 2007
Barry Jackson Lord Of The Rings BGs
Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings budget provided a rare opportunity for the studio to indulge in things that other studios took for granted such as extensive pre-production development and having hundreds of artists working together to complete the picture. This was the only way to realize the grand vision of Tolkien’s books. Many beautiful backgrounds were painted and drawn for this feature. Here are two exciting pan backgrounds from Barry Jackson.
1 comment May 25th, 2007
Ralph and the New York Dolls
Book production is cruising along. A second research trip is in the near future. Artifacts and art are being unearthed. Check out this shot of Ralph on the live-action set of Hey Good Lookin’ with the band the New York Dolls. It was a scene in the Stompers club house. Hey Good Lookin’ has a long and strange production story that spanned several other features that Ralph made simultaneously. It will all be in the book. More soon!
2 comments May 18th, 2007
Spumco Days
Here’s some posts about Ralph from Spumco bigshots Jim Smith and Eddie Fitzgerald:
Jim’s art from a dirty road movie Ralph was toying with while he was at Spumco for a few weeks.
Eddie’s great write up on Ralph, one of his heros.
1 comment May 17th, 2007
Layin’ Out Fritz
We are currently working on the Fritz the Cat chapter. The layouts are going well. There’s lots of development art included that’s never been seen before, such as the original piece that Ralph used during the meeting to sell the project. This however, is a scene from the film in which Fritz has a good time in Harlem.
Add comment May 11th, 2007
Progress!
We have been busy. Research trip #1 went off without a hitch. Research trip #2 is booked. Updates will now be forthcoming regularly from here on out. We are scheduling them in! We appreciate every bit of interest in this project and all the responses we have gotten so far. Onward.
1 comment May 4th, 2007