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Episode 51 - How to Draw Dinosaurs w/ Johnny Crap
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago50 min listen
Highlights
- Johnny Crap was referred to Stern by Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti) after Greg Freres reached out to him for Jurassic Park
- The initial Jurassic Park project (three art packages) had a 7-8 month timeline
- The Universal licensor for Jurassic Park approved Johnny's submitted artwork without requiring any redraws
- The Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary edition is Johnny Crap's personal favorite among the five variants he created
- Greg Freres provided art direction and feedback in a humorous, supportive manner during the Jurassic Park project
- Sean Erby approached Johnny Crap to create artwork for the homebrew game Eight Ball Beyond, seeking professional-level art vs. photoshopped designs commonly seen in homebrew
- Johnny Crap comes from the gig poster community and knew Jeremy Packer through that network before pinball
- The backglass is typically where Johnny starts the art package design process to set the tone for the entire piece
Notable quotes
“It comes from how I play drums... buddies of mine wanted to start a band i had never played any instrument and i ended up being behind the drums... johnny johnny crap because i played like crap”
“don't go online don't look at any of it like it doesn't matter you do your thing”
“if you were really off track he would really tell you like in a humorous way... he was very nice... you just do your thing”
“No stress. It's just the biggest name designer probably at the time with one of the biggest licenses in pinball. But you get to do it in half the time, first pinball machine out of the gate.”
“i would say like pick one thing and go with because like my problem is like i love too many things um i have too many hobbies”
“i would go with the 30th like the 30th if uh greg sent me a bad glass and uh like right away at first i was like i'm gonna put it on the wall and then i'm like no you know what like i want to play and just see that one”
“the challenging part is really like it's the play field you know because like you you want to show the shots and then at the same time put your touch on it... not gonna distract from like the game itself”
“the licensor was pretty easy to work with... they sent me some stuff with dinosaurs and then I drew dinosaurs... there's nothing i had to redraw once we submitted to the licensor”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Universal· company
- Eight Ball Beyond· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Limited Edition· game
- Jurassic Park Home Edition· game
- gigposters.com· organization
- Maximum Rock and Roll· organization
- Wedgehead Pinball Podcast· organization
- Alan· person
- Alex the Waterboy· person
- Greg Freres· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeremy Packer· person
- Jonathan Bergeron· person
- Sean Erby· person
- Northstar· venue
