July 8, 2010
All Glory To The Hypnotoad
When I asked my brother what image he might want embroidered to hang on his wall, he immediately said “Hypnotoad.” I have to admit, that wasn’t what I expected him to say, but I was happy to comply.
For those who might not know, Hypnotoad is a random minor character from the alive-again Futurama. As his name implies, he hypnotizes crowds with his crazy eyes. My favorite Hypnotoad moment, an extra from one of the Futurama movie DVDs, is here:
I did a quick online search to find a Hypnotoad image and was overall unimpressed. I felt that no matter how I did this, there would be no way I could get the eyes right. But further searching led me to this picture, a Shepard Fairey-inspired Hypnotoad, and I knew this image could convey all that is Hypnotoad, even without the sound.
The final piece is 8×10 and has roughly 6 billion stitches in it, mostly outline stitch and back stitch. If I ever say I want to make something this big, completely filled in, again, please slap me.
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Donnell said,
July 10, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Your hypnotoad is fabulous.
norm said,
July 13, 2010 at 4:13 pm
that is fantastic! hope you don’t mind me grabbing a copy of the picture. ;o)
like your brother, the hypno-toad is one of my favorite incidental characters from futurama. i like the shepard fairey look and the ‘obey’ just seems so fitting!
the link is to a photo i posted on FB, taken from the promo for the new episodes. i did a screen grab of him once before and had the same problem with the eyes…i had to keep playing and pausing to try and get the pupils in a good spot. it was such a pain i didn’t bother on this one and just took the still from where it happened to grab it. 🙂
Katie said,
July 15, 2010 at 10:17 am
Love it 🙂
Mary Mactavish said,
July 15, 2010 at 11:15 am
The color scheme is the best. 😀
Pam said,
July 15, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I’m so happy with how – ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!
Bernard said,
July 15, 2010 at 5:05 pm
I want one. How much would you charge to make me one?
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