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Rick Baker’s realistic Popeye

08/29/2009 by 14 Comments

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  1. Ian says:
    08/29/2009 at 12:28 pm

    That is horrifyingly beautiful. I’d love to see Baker’s take on him, post-spinach.

  2. Oz Carver says:
    08/29/2009 at 1:22 pm

    I think it looks amazing, but he made him look too old. It’s like a Popeye/Pappy mashup.

  3. Donovan says:
    08/29/2009 at 2:25 pm

    Of course he looks old, a lifetime at sea with the sun and wind will do that to you.

  4. michael says:
    08/29/2009 at 3:29 pm

    Creepy as hell! O.O

    But I don’t think he would’a been so wrinkled? And I echo Ian’s post! :)

  5. Kelly says:
    08/29/2009 at 4:23 pm

    Can ears really be that big?

  6. Bobby Timony says:
    08/29/2009 at 4:50 pm

    I agree, it looks amazing, but there are a couple of things that could be done to make it look more like Popeye, and less like an old sailor.
    For one, he’s missing the wrong eye. Popeye’s Right eye is the one that’s missing.
    Also, where is the famous chin cleft? That’s one of Popeye’s defining facial characteristics, and it’s completely missing here.
    It may seem nitpicky, but its the details that really sell something.

  7. Steve Taylor says:
    08/29/2009 at 10:19 pm

    That ain’t Popeye!!!!

  8. Joe Harris says:
    08/30/2009 at 1:09 pm

    Yeah I’m not liking that. He’s too old looking and more “3D animated cartoon” looking. How about this instead:

    [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i116/azbat/real_world_popeye.jpg[/IMG]

    Link just incase the above doesn’t work:
    http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i116/azbat/real_world_popeye.jpg

  9. Synsidar says:
    08/30/2009 at 7:25 pm

    Old Popeye

    Above is another take on “old Popeye” that might be more realistic.

    From ROFL.TO.

    SRS

  10. Torsten Adair says:
    08/31/2009 at 8:40 am

    If that’s Popeye, what does the Sea Hag look like?

    Has anyone done a realistic Jeep?

  11. Hector Lima says:
    08/31/2009 at 9:49 am

    how about Frank ‘Rocky’ Fiegel, the short tough guy E.C. Segar based Popeye upon?

  12. Hector Lima says:
    08/31/2009 at 9:51 am

    http://www.ncs-glc.com/GLC/ed_black/segar/rocky.gif

  13. Joe S.Walker says:
    08/31/2009 at 10:26 am

    Strictly for those who worship at the altar of pointlessness.

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