An extremely rare photo (circa 1965) of Jim Henson’s next door neighbor(s) Ernie and Bert Shwartz, the supposed inspiration for Sesame Street Muppet characters Ernie and Bert (inset).
(photo courtesy of Jane Henson)
This compositing thing you’re doing is getting more and more intriguing, Ken! A wonderful work of imagination, with flawless execution! When art meets humour in such capable hands, the results are eye-opening! Thank you for the image and the inspiration.
Wow, soo real and a great story! THe texturing and coloring to combine with the picture is just amazing!
-ChadC
HA! 
Great concept. snicker
I really like the way you think. Not only did you attempt the BW photo thing BUT a siamese twin joined at the skull.
First one!
hey, Ken. wonderful backward thinking process =D
I like.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Mommy, are you a boy or a squirrel? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Blown away once again. I always did think there was something about Bert & Ernie… wasn’t sure what it was; now I know.
Here’s a question, do you plan out your images with paper and pencil, or simply dive right in?
lol on that little story ken…i just want you to know that i cant stop laughing now … great image …
The great thing about ZB is that you can just jump in and start “sketching” in 3D. So, for the characters I usually do that with little more than a vague idea in mind. And if the final image is just a head floating in space, that’s how it will go; no pre-planning.
But for images with more complex composition, I usually rough out the comp in Photoshop with an unfinished version of the model, just crudely drawing in other elements I might want.
For the images that use real world photos, I find the right background first (usually through a cheap, near-useless photo-cd collection)The image picked will dictate somewhat the final comp.
cool 
Disturbing, funny and excellent. The B&W photo look is extremely well done!
Ken,
This is an amazing image. Strangely, when I fisrt saw this my thought was… hey, this would be a great “photo” for the “Weekly World News”. It’s so much better than the art in that paper, though. I would however get a kick out of the article.
Fantastic.
Ryan
Absolutely incredible…
Story, modeling, lights, texture, expressions, compositing…
wow.
absolutely fantastic. what a great idea and way to accomplish it and so on… kudoskudoskudos
- juandel
you have a wonderful imagination
and a lot of talent…
huh? How do you jump in and sketch in 3D I dont get it?
I don’t post very often or get a chance to read all the threads, but I’m sure this has been said before …
Ken, you’re “Brilliant!”
Adman
Lori,
What I meant by stetching in 3D is this: In ZB, create a 3D sphere and just push, pull and sculpt it until you see something you like, much like doodling with a pen and paper. If you’re not happy with one, quickly move onto another. Later, if you’ve saved any, you might come back to these designs and develop them more.
Thank you everybody. This image was a lot of fun to do.
Ken, you’re a twisted, twisted man…
Your posts are hilarious in that darkest of comedy ways. In addition to the splendid modeling, I love the details … especially the graininess of the black-and-white photo.
You should be committed – if only so that you can devote all your time creating your wacked artwork 
dave
Holy Cow Ken B this is fun to the extreme. I think I may have shown this to more people then anything else ever posted @ ZBC
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!
jd
Ken THank you ! Im gonna master this someday!