For those of you like me who grew up in the '80s watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on TV and playing with the toys, you'll appreciate this rad set of rare artwork for the franchise. These were created by Errol McCarthy, and here's little excerpt from an article written about the artist,
In 1981 Errol was brought onto the Masters of the Universe brand as a freelance artist by his friend Mark Taylor. His ability to produce a great deal of work in a short space of time resulted in him working at Mattel for many years. One of Errol’s most iconic illustrations was that of Castle Grayskull. The image was reused time and time again, and can be seen incorporated on numerous other Motu illustrations, where Errol simply photocopied and pasted the castle in the backgrounds. In order to maintain the house style that Mattel...
In 1981 Errol was brought onto the Masters of the Universe brand as a freelance artist by his friend Mark Taylor. His ability to produce a great deal of work in a short space of time resulted in him working at Mattel for many years. One of Errol’s most iconic illustrations was that of Castle Grayskull. The image was reused time and time again, and can be seen incorporated on numerous other Motu illustrations, where Errol simply photocopied and pasted the castle in the backgrounds. In order to maintain the house style that Mattel...
- 2/18/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In 1981 Errol (McCarthy) was brought onto the Masters of the Universe brand as a freelance artist by his friend Mark Taylor. His ability to produce a great deal of work in a short space of time resulted in him working at Mattel for many years. One of Errol’s most iconic illustrations was that of Castle Grayskull. The image was reused time and time again, and can be seen incorporated on numerous other Motu illustrations, where Errol simply photocopied and pasted the castle in the backgrounds. In order to maintain the house style that Mattel were often aiming for Errol would utilize Fred Carrillo’s drawings of He-Man’s head on his own submissions. This way he knew that he would not be asked to redraw the face of the most powerful man in the universe! ....................................................... The Power and The Honor Foundation is proud to house high quality scans featuring all of Errol’s artwork.
- 2/17/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
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