Artist Shares His Nightmare-Fueled Versions Of Scooby-Doo Villains, And They Will Keep You Awake At Night

"I made creepy paintings redesigning the villains of Scooby-Doo."

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• March 21, 2023

Kyle La Fever is an illustrator, designer, and comic book and storyboard artist who is a big fan of art and pop culture. Originally planning only to make five or six paintings, La Fever ended up dedicating 200 hours to redesigning the villains of Scooby-Doo, giving them power upgrades and making them actually scary.

La Fever wanted to be an artist from the moment he realized it was somebody's job to draw comic books, and although it did not come easy, he saw steady growth and went to college for art. During the Covid pandemic, La Fever bought a new tablet and software and started doing digital paintings during a life drawing class.

This eventually led to the successful Scooby-Doo series, which La Fever started in October as a way to relive the first ghost stories he remembered from the "Scooby-Doo Where Are You?" show.

I started the series in October. I was thinking back on my childhood and realized that the Scooby-Doo series was probably the first ghost stories I ever heard. Those villains were always iconic-looking, but just people in masks.

I wanted to explore what if those villains were a real threat, really scary, and had serious power upgrades. I was only expecting to do five or six through October, but the feedback was so positive I kept the series going.

Take a look at his illustrations:

1. The Creeper

2. Ghost Of Elias Kingston

3. Ghost Clown

4. Charlie The Robot

5. The Wax Phantom

6. The Green Ghosts

7. Space Kook

8. The Black Knight

9. The Witch Doctor

The artist says: "I loved painting these and messing around with beloved characters and bringing some of the over-the-top comic books looks to some of the villains. The hard part is that these are beloved characters, so you kill Fred a couple of times because it's funny.

You're thinking, In many ways, he is the most capable character, so of course, the bad guys would go for him first. To you, he was always the positive, athletic boy scout that you did not relate to, but to some people, he is their guy, and they get mad when you mess with him, and they let you know about it."

10. Ghost Of Zen Tuo

11. Miner Forty Niner

12. Redbeard

13. Puppet Master

14. Mr. Hyde

15. The Ape Man

16. Mummy of Anka

17. Gypsy, Wolfman, Dracula And Frankenstein's Monster

18. The Phantom

19. The Indian Witchdoctor

20. Headless Specter

21. Witch And Zombie

The artist created a series of cartoon villains, exploring He-man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Puff Girls, Transformers, etc. They have also begun looking back at cereal mascots, exploring what they would be like in real-world scenarios.

The artist still enjoys playing with Scooby-Doo and has plans to create modern-day mashups of Scooby-Doo with pop culture icons. We can't wait.

Damjan