"Ogre" ("Shrek the Third")
When it comes to pictures based on the "Shrek" movies, this website is cursed. Our attempts never come out the way they want them to and while we do our best, they always seem to strike out. So for our third attempt, I just grabbed a bunch of ideas and let the chips fall where they may. Maybe realizing whatever I'd do would stink pretty much set me up to fail from the get-go, but trust me - after doing this for so many years, it's sometimes easier to accept the inevitable.
The main idea for this picture was simple. As soon the release of "Shrek the Third" got near, the media was bombarded with all sorts of crazy product advertisements tying into it that it made George Lucas seem modest with his "Star Wars" properties. Wherever you looked the famous Ogre and his Donkey pal were hocking soft drinks, Wal-Marts, digital cameras, happy meals, and microwave lunches among others... and doing a lousy job at it! I mean, actual commercials where the Gingerbread Man was trying to persuade the evil prince to open a checking account at TCF. The whole thing went beyond ridiculous, and then some. Thus was born the idea for the fourth leading cause of cardiac arrests in the near future: Papa Krapp's Fruit Wraps! (which is a tip of the hat to the cheesy Hostess Fruit Pie ads which ran in the comic books years ago.) - Jake