Color Me Psycho

Pie Day, Dragon Style

2010-03-15T12:13:00.000-07:00

So, to honor 3.14, March 14, or "Pi Day," I decided to post a li'l page about pie - or rather, a li'l page Nom changes to be about pie. And anatomy.

Original: Exactly as it appears - Nom only added the caption.

Fav detail: the "mutant" clusters of three berries - gross. And wrong. Or the sad, single berries - forlornly dangling all by themselves...again, gross. And wrong. But then, I guess that's pretty much us: gross and wrong. Don't lie: you love it.

Potato Sack Race Gone Wrong

2010-03-02T15:27:00.000-08:00

The weather is finally getting warmer! With spring officially just 18 days away, we give you this tribute to a time-honored outdoor activity: potato sack races! Only with Twisted Sistah's influence...

Original: just as it appears - without the caption. The pages with just creative coloring and merely a caption are perhaps my favorite. There is a degree of difficulty in using only words to spin a picture completely around and T.S. has done it masterfully.

Fav Detail: Zoe's red-rimmed eyes.

NOTE: We do not think child abduction or abuse is funny. This page merely shows how an innocent thing like a potato sack race could be twisted into something else. And twisting things is usually funny.

Another Two-Page Spread

2010-02-24T14:24:00.000-08:00

Boy, it's been a while! Inconsistency in posting seems to be the hallmark of this blog. Well, that and the PURE HILARITY of our PARODY!

So, since our last post was a two-page spread, I thought we'd follow it up with another...

This one is done by yours truly, Lieutenant Warp. It comes from a generic Cinderella book, except, as you can tell form the edges of the pages, the book is not in the traditional rectangle shape - it's kind of scallopy.

Inspiration: The Prince wasn't happy and the step-sisters WERE bending over a bit too much, in my opinion so I came up with a reason 'why' the Prince wasn't happy with the ladies who came to the ball...

Altered: Clearly, I hand-wrote in another sentence to help explain the artwork. I erased the necklines of the sisters and lowered them, making the more...ahem, interesting. Then I erased some lines in the front of the dresses and drew in some new ones to make it look like the sisters were parting their voluminous skirts. Finally, I added the legs. I also drew in a lacy bottom and colored it so it the 'interior' of the skirt was a different color than the 'exterior.'

Fav Detail: The pantaloons on the sisters. The fact they wear saggy under-things only makes them LESS attractive.

Be sure to click on each picture so you can see the details. I shrank them on the blog view so you could see them side-by-side but if you click on them they will come up full size.

Coming Out Party

2009-10-26T12:00:00.001-07:00

Here's another post in the"costume" theme.

This one is a rare "two-page spread" - i.e. the coloring book had two pages opposite each other that go together.

Inspiration: Oscar was descending the stairs, in drag. SERIOUSLY?! Why did they draw him in drag? The paparazzi were snapping pictures, looking amazed and amused. There was a feather boa. All these things pointed to a Hollywood-style party...

Original: no booze bottles/cans, no birthday banner, no caption...click on the pics to see them full-sized.

Cross-Dress for Success

2009-10-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

In honor of Halloween approaching, we've decided to post a series of "costume-themed" pictures...

This one comes from...I want to say Cinderella II - or maybe III. I can't remember. What I can remember is that the Grand Duke is planning a wedding and Stepmother isn't happy about it.

Original: no bra on the Grand Duke - I drew that in. I really liked the idea that he was a skeezy perv. I also made a caption and a failed attempt at turning up the corner of his mouth into a sneer. And I erased the period at the end of the sentence at the top of the page and added my own ending. Stepmother is completely unaltered.

Trivia: it took FOREVER to color the banquet table and its sugary spread in the background.

Our Favorite Detail: The cups on the bra are saggy. Totally gross.

Dancing Queen, Part 2

2009-03-15T15:13:00.000-07:00

Ok, here's the much anticipated, extremely belated follow up to last DECEMBER'S posting.

This one's by Twisted Sistah.

Original: The instructor didn't have an angry face. Or a fencing foil. And naturally, T.S. added a delightful caption...

Dancing Queen, Part One

2008-12-06T09:53:00.000-08:00

Okay, it's been a while but we're back. Promise. and just in time for the holidays!

Speaking of the holidays, we don't really have any "holiday themed" pages to share. So I thought I'd make a REALLY tenuous connection. Ready? Here goes!

The holidays = parties. Parties often = dancing. Here is a pic done by the Artist Still Known as Nom about dancing. Enjoy!

Accidents Happen

2008-10-20T18:50:00.000-07:00

So, it's been a while since we've posted. Sorry. Things got busy - deal with it.

Now, on to our next post. We've decided to introduce you to another category of pics - Sesame Street. We don't have a ton of these pics yet as the books are relatively new (so we haven't had as much time/opportunity to use them). Still, we thought it would be good to let you know our Psycho World extends beyond Disney.

This is another pic by "Nom." He still hasn't decided on a "crayon name" yet so he's still Nom (Nom, if you're reading this, GET ON THE BALL and CHOOSE YOUR NAME).

Original: No hammer or question mark after the word "accident." Also, Nom drew in the hand and arm of Bert on the ground. I'm guessing the "accident" originally intended by the artist was Ernie tracking mud on Bert's game. I like Nom's version much better.

Stuck On You

2008-10-07T20:10:00.001-07:00

Here's another Puppy Page. A shining example of how simply adding a caption can change everything. Occasionally a few of the pages will have some crossed-out words - the page below is an example of that. Once in college when I was showing the coloring books to some friends of mine they decided to write dirty things on some of the pages. We had to scribble them out but the damage was done: if it's on the original, it's on the blog (except our signatures, of course).

Original: Exactly as it appears - minus the caption, which I added.

So Hard to Get Good Help

2008-10-01T21:54:00.000-07:00

Thus far, we've only posted pictures warped and twisted by myself, Lt. Warp, and Twisted Sistah. But there is another artist...whose depravity has truly made him a freak. As of yet he has not chosen a "nom de crayon" so I'll just call him "Nom."

I just received a comment on our First Posting from "kay without a t" wondering if we had any pages with "bloody puppies." Oddly enough, we do. Always ready to please, I was only too happy to comply. So, kay without a t, this one's for you - if you only knew what you were asking...

It should also be noted that the Puppies have a honored place next to Cinderella in our hearts - we've got LOTS of puppy pages...

Original: Nanny was holding up her hand to count the puppies - nom erased her finger and drew in the board. Nom also gave Nanny "angry" eyebrows and added tears in the eyes of some of the puppies. Color in some of the "spots" with red and presto! Instant hilarity.

Cinde-Raver

2008-09-27T17:27:00.000-07:00

Here's another Cinderella - the pic is from Cinderella III (I guess we're not the only ones who can't get enough of the girl). In the story Stepmom has stolen the magic wand, said "Bibiddy-bobbidy-boo!" and changed the past so Princey marries one of the step sistahs.

In this pic Cindy has snuck into the castle and dressed as a maid in order to get to the Prince.

Original Pic: Cindy's holding a mop and an unlabeled bucket. I erased the mop part and drew a sign on the end of the handle and then added some words to the bucket. I also added some ugly ruffles to the hem of her dress and then used some really revolting colors to finish off the effect.

Crapper-ella

2008-09-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

Make no mistake, Cinderella is indeed our favorite to parody. Somehow she just sparks our imagination- it must be the Disney magic.

Original: I think you'll typically find that Disney generally avoids depicting bodily functions of animal and human alike. Also Twisted Sistah added the thought bubble.

Our favorite detail: Cinderella's left hand- delightfully grotesque.

Cooking with Cinderella

2008-09-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

Cinderella has truly become our favorite Disney princess. For some unknown reason the artists who draw her in books always make her look psychotic. Generally, it's seen in the eyes.

Original Picture: No speech bubble, no arm or bowl, no tail in her mouth, no title on book's spine. Also, I changed Gus' face, added a right arm being inserted into his mouth and made a pee spot. I should emphasize - her eyes HAVE NOT been changed at all.

It also looks like Jacques is pointing to another mouse like, "Not me, eat her!"

You can see part of two of my fingers that must have been sticking out when I scanned this page into the computer...

Domestic Goddess

2008-09-15T11:31:00.000-07:00

I guess Barbie took "skin tight" clothing one step further...

Original text: "Only a few finishing touches left."
Original picture - clearly, no blood, torso or pain-seized arms.

Pinocchio

2008-09-11T22:48:00.001-07:00

NOTICE: If you are new to this blog we encourage you to start from the bottom post and read up. This blog is rather new, so you don't have too much catching up.

This was a very early entry - circa 2001 - by Twisted Sistah. It was actually the very first time a picture was altered. Can you guess what the original drawing was?

Original: When Twisted Sistah first saw the original, unaltered page in the coloring book she thought to herself, "What in the world could prompt that kind of response/expression from Geppetto?" Then it came to her. The only change Twisted Sistah made was to erase part of Pino's hands and then draw in the severed arm of the Blue Fairy. Pino's saccharine-sweet smile and Geppetto's revulsion were what the coloring book artist originally drew.

Before and After, Part One of Two

2008-09-10T17:22:00.000-07:00

By way of example, here is a Little Mermaid page before I defiled it:

And here's after: I thought how odd she looked; reaching up towards that really bright star like she was offering it something. So I added a bloody heart in her hand and a caption.

Let's Start at the Very Beginning

2008-09-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

What is Color Me Psycho?
A Web-site displaying the coloring books we've defaced over the years.

How did it start?
Initially it started out innocently enough. We were teenagers who wanted to "artistically" color, like so:

Nice, but boring. Then one fateful day in 1996, everything changed. One of our brilliant friends simply added a caption to an "Emperor's New Clothes" page:

Suddenly, our entire world changed. We realized that adding a few humorous words could COMPLETELY alter the meaning of the coloring book page. But we didn't stop there...
Soon we learned how to change the pictures themselves. We could take things out or draw them in - all by hand, of course.

Finally, we got to the point where we can alter the picture AND add a caption. The original picture had a bug sitting between the puppy's eyes. Twisted Sistah removed it, drew in a lump, brick and lop-sided smile and PRESTO! Instant hilarity.

Remember, that these images HAVE NOT been altered digitally. We scanned the pages directly from the coloring books - that's why some of the edges are shadowy - but all of the work was done by hand. In order to protect our true identities, after we scanned the pages into the computer we removed our signatures (Can you blame us? This stuff, while a laugh riot, is pretty incriminating). But that is the only way these coloring book pages have been altered digitally.

Thus ends the tutorial. We’ll be adding a new picture as often as we can so check back often and tell your friends! We LOVE comments so please let us know what you think. Also, you can email us at thatissowrong@gmail.com. Enjoy!