Fine Art
Cartoon Paintings
John Garvin has been painting fine-art cartoons
in oil for over 40 years. Contact us if you'd
like to commission a painting.
Let's Take a Sea Cruise
16x20 oil on MasoniteBased on "Reading the Scandal Sheet" (#12-72) by Carl Barks. The collector who commissioned this painting wanted the Walt Disney Comics #108 cover.
Taking a Bath in the Gold Market
16x20 oil on MasoniteThis original oil is based on the popular "money bin" paintings by Carl Barks. The painting is now in the permanent collection of a German collector.
Hunger
16x20 oil on MasoniteThis painting is featured in Garvin's After Carl Barks: Painting Fine-Art Cartoons In Oils. The book details how the painting was created using techniques learned from Carl Barks himself.
Their Sails Unfurled before the Blaze
16x20 oil on MasoniteAn original painting based on the colored pencil drawing "Home Are the Sailor, Home From the sea" by Carl Barks, which was based on the colver of Walt Disney's Comics No. 108.
Fleeing the Gilded Man
20x16 oil on MasoniteBased on the cover of Donald Duck FC No. 22 and a colored pencil drawing "In the Realm of the Gilden Man" by Carl Barks.
Mice in the Money
24x18 oil on MasoniteWhat happens when Uncle Scrooge goes home for the night? The mice come out to play -- when they're not chewing on $10000 bills.
As Time Goes By
14x18 oil on MasoniteA cartoon homage to the classic film Casablanca.
A Treasured Moment before the Flames
24x30 oil on MasoniteA greedy king leads his soldiers on a fabled treasure hunt. As they celebrate their discovery of an unguarded dragon hoard, their unexpected host returns home!
The Heartless King
16x20 oil on MasoniteIn the dead of night, beneath the sign of the "Old Crow" Inn, a heartless King drags away a poor family's only daughter. Will they ever see her again?
The Hidden Temple of Xochiquetzal
30x24 oil on MasoniteInspired by the treasure paintings of Carl Barks, this painting captures a happy moment for these adventerous fowl. The moment will be fleeting.
Mouse Trapped
18x24 oil on MasoniteAnyone who grew up in a very large family will recognize the chaoas that these put-upon parents live through every day. Mom is at her wit's end.
The Flightless
18x24 oil on MasoniteInspired by Gustave Doré, Gavin's painting depcits the poverty and despair in 1870s London.
Misery
12x9 oil on MasoniteInspired by old masters' depcitions of hell, this painting is based on a drawing Garvin completed while in Italy in 1990.
Painting in the Court of Madame de Pompadour
10x8 oil on MasoniteInspired by a 19th century drawing, Madame is meant to parody the style of the old masters' depcitions of artists and palace intrigue.
Madonna with Eggs
10x8 oil on MasoniteInspired by a Gustave Doré illustration, the figure was originally intended to be included in Garvin's painting The Flightless.
The Greedy King
10x8 oil on MasoniteAn early painting inspired by Carl Barks.
Cartooning and Art
Books
Books on painting, art and cartooning
written or edited by John Garvin.
The Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning.
The mail-order cartoon course taken by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Roy Crane, Milton Caniff and many others.
In the early 1900s, Landon's pioneering mail-order correspondence course was made possible by a confluence of events: The exponential growth of automobile usage and production, making delivery of mail faster and more reliable; the innovation of industrial printing presses which helped fuel the rapid expansion of newspapers and readers; and finally, the resulting celebrity of cartoonists, inspiring an army of young boys who desired to become one.
Video
Games
John Garvin has been making games for over 30 years,
as a director, writer, designer, art director and artist.
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Days Gone
Writer, Director, DesignerCredited as the writer and director, Garvin was also the principal narrative designer, creating the high level world map, defining points of interest and designing all golden path missions. In addition, he direct and over six hours of cinematics and hundreds of hours of VO.
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Uncharted:
Director, Writer, Mission Designer
Golden AbyssIn addition to writing and directing, Garvin was a lead mission designer and layout artist.
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Uncharted:
Director, writer, designer
Fight For FortuneConsidered an add on to Uncharted: Golden Abyss, this was Garvin's first and only card game design.
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Resistance Retribution
Writer, Director, mission designerIn addition to writing and directing, Garvin worked on mission design and 3D mission layouts.
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Syphon Filter:
Director, writer, art director
Logan's ShadowOn this final Syphon Filter title, Garvin wrote, directed, art directed and worked on mission designs.
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Syphon Filter:
Director, writer, art director
Combat OpsGarvin worked on level design, final art and 3d layouts for this PSP multiplayer game.
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Syphon Filter:
Director, writer, designer
Dark MirrorFor the first Syphon Filter on PSP, Garvin wrote, directed, art directed and designeds.
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Syphon Filter
Writer, directorBuilt with a team of less than 20 people, in addition to writing and directing, Garvin wore many hats, including mission design,
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Syphon Filter 2
Writer, directorCompleted in a little over a year with the same team, Garvin continued designing levels and creating level art.
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Syphon Filter 3
Writer, directorAs the team ramped up for Playstation 2, Garvin continued to work on mission design, art direction and level art.
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Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
Writer, directorIn addition to writing and directing, Garvin art directed, designed missions, the Zeus files and helped with level art.
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Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow PS2
Writer, directorNot much additional work was done for this port of the PSP game to PS2.
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Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror PS2
Writer, directorNot much additional work was done for this port of the PSP game to PS2.
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Bouncers Sega CD
Writer, art directorBasically a one-man art team, Garvin did the cover art, concepts, characters, animations, backgrounds and cinematics.
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Stellar-Fire Sega CD
Writer, art directorGarvin also did the cover art, backgrounds, cockpit interior and cinematics.
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Willy Beamish Sega CD
Art directorA port from the PC to the Sega CD, Garvin helped convert the artwork and create cinematics.
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MissionForce: CyberStorm
Writer, directorIn addition to writing and directing, Garvin created the cover art, art directed, designed missions, modeled and animated the Hercs and Bioderms.
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CyberGladiators
ArtistGarvin provided early character 3d proof of concepts and animation.
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CyberStorm2:
Artist
Corporate WarsFor the sequel to his popular MissionForce: Cyberstorm, Garvin modeled and animated Hercs.
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The Adventures Of
Artist
Willy BeamishGarvin painted backgrounds and contributed animation gags and converted scanned art to VGA, EGA and Amiga formats.
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Heart Of China
ArtistGarvin converted scanned art and photos to VGA, EGA and Amiga formats.
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Rise Of the Dragon
ArtistGarvin converted scanned art to VGA, EGA and Amiga formats.
Contact
John Garvin
If you are ordering a book and would like it signed or inscribed,
or would like to commission an original oil painting, drop us an Email.
We look forward to hearing from you.