Overton Loyd is an artist best known for creating the cover art for the Parliament album Motor Booty Affair. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product or Album. Parliament was an African American music band most prominent during the 1970s Motor Booty Affair is an Album by Funk band Parliament. Released in 1978, it contains two of the group's more popular tracks "Rumpofsteelskin" His style of art varies often from work to work, and can range from loose sketches and paintings to fully fleshed out pieces. He is a friend of George Clinton of Parliament, and most of the subjects for his art are either Clinton or Parliament.
Loyd's contribution to Motor Booty Affair was considerable. The original LP was released in several different configurations, each taking advantage of Loyd's unique talents. The main release consisted of a gate-fold album cover, with Loyd's artwork on the front and back covers. His illustrations included cartoon portraits of some of the "characters" mentioned in the songs on the album, including "Mr. Wiggles the Worm. " There was also a picture disk, with Loyd's illustration printed directly on the vinyl LP. Finally, there was a special edition that included cardboard cutout figures featuring Loyd's cartoon illustrations of most of the characters mentioned in the songs.
When Parliament went on tour in support of Motor Booty Affair, Loyd designed costumes for members of the band based on the cartoon illustrations he had made for the album cover. [1]
In 1977, Loyd illustrated a comic book that was included in Parliament's Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome, portraying the epic battle between Sir Nose D’Voidoffunk and Starchild (see P-Funk mythology). Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome is a Funk album by Parliament, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music) The P-Funk mythology is a group of recurring Fictional characters themes and ideas related in a series of Concept albums and live shows primarily from George In the cartoon, which echoes the lyrics to the songs on the album, Sir Nose, who is determined not to dance, is ultimately defeated by Starchild, who is equipped with his Bop Gun, when Starchild shines a Flash Light on him. " Bop Gun (Endangered Species " is a song by the Funk band Parliament, the lead track on their 1977 album Funkentelechy Vs " Flash Light " is a song by Funk band Parliament, released in January of 1978 on the album Funkentelechy Vs
Loyd was also responsible for the artwork on Bootsy's Rubber Band's This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N and Parliament's Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tail on the Funky), both released in 1979. Bootsy's Rubber Band was a P-Funk band led by pioneering bassist Bootsy Collins. This Boot is Made for Fonk-N is the fourth album by the American Funk band Bootsy's Rubber Band. Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tail on the Funky is an album by the funk ensemble Parliament.
Loyd was recognized by Billboard for "Best Use of Computer Graphics" for his 1982 video for George Clinton's "Atomic Dog. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics " Atomic Dog " is a song by George Clinton from his 1982 album Computer Games. "[2]
Loyd was the featured caricaturist on the American television game show Win, Lose or Draw. A caricature is either a Portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness or in literature a description The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Win Lose or Draw was an American Television Game show that aired from 1987 to 1990 on syndication and NBC [2]
In November 2006, Loyd was the guest art director for two episodes of the animated television series Class of 3000 on Cartoon Network. The term art director is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in Advertising, Publishing, film and Television, the Internet The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Class of 3000 was an American Emmy Award -winning comedy Animated television series on Cartoon Network that was created executive produced [3]
References
- ^ Diem Jones, #1 Bimini Road: Authentic P-Funk Insights, the Motor Booty Affair, Sufi Warrior Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-9653764-0-0.
- ^ a b Valerie Wilson Wesley, "African-American Illustrators", American Visions, August, 2000. Valerie Wilson Wesley (b November 22, 1947) is an African-American Author of Mysteries, adult-theme Novels, and Children's
- ^ Class of 3000 Guest Art Director Biographies, Turner Pressroom, September 27, 2006. Turner Broadcasting System Inc (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS Inc Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Further reading
- David Mills, Larry Alexander, Thomas Stanley, and Aris Thomas, George Clinton and P-Funk: An Oral History (New York: Avon, 1998).
- Rickey Vincent, Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996) ISBN 0312134991.
- Grant Scott, Barry Miles, and Johnny Morgan, The Greatest Album Covers of All Time (New York: Sterling Publishing, 2005) ISBN 1843403013. Page 121. Available at Google Book Search
- Wax Poetics Issue 18, Parliament-Funkadelic, August/September 2006, interview by Richard Edson and Edward Hill entitled "Bop Art". Page 121. Available at Wax Poetic Back-issues, Overton Loyd Interview.
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