#skummie

WELCOME TO "BOOT THE FOOT"!

Howdy, folks -- welcome to day one of "Boot the Foot", a fun little project conceived by Kory "Skummie" Schuerman and Jared "BeastPop" Moraitis.  Too huge for just one person to handle, we have combined to form "SkumBeast", so we can bring you this onslaught of tremendous artwork from some stunningly talented folks!

We will be presenting a new design from a different artist (except today, when we double up) every weekday until we run out, and we have a LOT of amazing artists involved!  We encourage you to reblog and share each post with others, of course, but we also encourage you to check out the various artists through the links we provide.  Follow them on Facebook, Tumblr, DeviantArt, Twitter, wherever they may share their art -- and if you like what you see, buy something from them, too, if they happen to sell things.

Okay, first up is the mastermind behind this whole crazy thing, SKUMMIE who gives us the evil turtle known as SLASH in that distinctive Skummie-style!

BeastPop:  How would you describe your art style and what influences have helped shape that style?

Skummie:  I would describe my style as Low brow heavy metal monster art. Lighting and grunge being the glue holding it together. My influences artists like Ed Roth, Jim Phillips, Rob Zombie, and early 90's comic art of Todd Mcfarlane and Jim Lee.

BeastPop:  Share a bit about your history with TMNT and tell a bit about why you chose this character and decided to interpret it this way. 

Skummie:  TMNT was a huge part of my youth. I was even in a club where we would draw ninja turtles and come up with our own characters. Ok so the club consisted of 4 kids, but still haha.  Slash was always my favorite character as far as the way he looked. He was kinda a dope on the show. I remember he gets all his gear from a junk yard so I tried to give him a sorta Mad Max "found armor" look. Even gave him a knee brace!

You can follow more of SKUMMIE's work (as well as buy some of his awesome shirts, stickers and buttons) at:

THE OFFICIAL SKUMMIE WEBSITE

SKUMMIE'S FACEBOOK PAGE

SKUMMIE'S TWITTER