LEGO JOHNNY
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CORDUROY JOHNNY
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My two versions of Johnny Five were made out of Legos and Corduroy. I liked them so much that I also drew pictures of them pretty often... especially Corduroy Johnny. He seemed to work well as a sort of simplified cartoon version of Johnny Five. He also made a neat puppet. Lego Johnny also made a few appearances in my artowrk, as above in this prospecitve logo for a sort of fictional graphics company that I hoped to have one day.
This is my Christmas card from 1991.
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And this is my Christmas card from 2000.
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This was always one of my mom's favorites. It's just a doodle I did one day - I can't remember when.
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This was from an idea of what it might be like for the real Johnny to interact with a cartoon version of himself. In real life Corduroy Johnny would not have been too easy to animate, so I made up this more agile and mobile cartoon version of him.
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Due to his soft and cuddly nature, Corduroy Johnny always seemed to me to have a sleepiness about him that made him a sort of relaxed daydreamer type. I always pictured him lying in the grass somewhere in Montana without a care in the world.
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And since Corduroy Johnny is younger and less worldly, his real-life counterpert has to teach him the ropes. There is also a colored version of the original drawing of this owned by Tim Blaney. I drew it for him in 1990.
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I drew this off-the-wall rendition of Corduroy Johnny for my second drawing class in my freshman year of college. Pretty weird, huh?
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This is my Lego Johnny along with the bigger more detailed version built by my cousin. During the summers these two robots were virtually inseperable.
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