The "Pig and Sheep" Series

Ok – I realize this is stupid. Incredibly stupid. But here’s something I put together tonight. The sheep and the pig in the pictures below were obviously not made by me; they are picture frames. I guess the idea is you take a picture of yourself or your kid or something and you put it in the frame. But the result is really stupid looking. It doesn’t look like your head or your kid’s head is the head of the pig or sheep. It doesn’t even look like they’re eating your head. It just looks like crap. So instead I drew a mouth for the sheep, and photographed my mouth and sized and cropped it for the pig. I think the sheep has a really sort of manic look to it which is kind of funny, and the pig looks like it’s singing. As a result of my work, I’m giving myself credit for this being “my” work of art. Oh, then I just screwed around with Photoshop and made a couple other versions using various filters. Lame? Yeah maybe.

- "Pig and Sheep" - 2006 - Mike Gries


- "Pig and Sheep face the Arc of the Covenant"

- "Turn on, Baah in, Oink out."

- "Pig and Sheep enter the Black Hole"

- "Pig and Sheep get Nuke-u-lar."