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NEW PUNISHER ART – A remake of my old art.

Jan 31, 2019

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About 5 years ago, when I first began creating Punisher Harp Art, I drew a non-harp image showing Frank doing what he does best – punishing!

I drew the art free-handedly using only pencils. Then I scanned the image and used Photoshop to finish the rest. The results were not to my liking. Turns out to be bad, not as good as the other Punisher art I did before that. To be honest I didn’t like it at all. So I threw the pencil art away and tried to get rid of all the copies of the art from my PC.

I got rid of some of it, but not all of it as you can see. The original above was left on my old Flickr account long before I deleted it upon finding out about Flickr’s plans to revamp itself under SmugMug, a different image site.

So I salvaged it and tried to make it better by changing the image of Frank around to improve his looks.

Frank’s no longer gritting his teeth and carries a bloody knife. He’s firing two pistols instead of one and his coat is darken in shades of black. That remake satisfied me for awhile until today when I decided to take the first original version of my Punisher art, put it on my Photoshop, and redo it to make it look much better than ever and be satisfied with its results.

Here it is, folks. The remake version of my original “Frank’s no angel” Punisher art.

Second remake and much better than the original.

As you can see, Frank’s face have been changed from his gritted teeth to the shape of his head. I reshaped the eyes, the mouth, the hair, the ears, darken his coat a bit more, added a belt to his black jeans, put a little shading on his large AK-47 rifle, redid the outlining, redid the handle of the knife, made the bloodstains much redder, and widen his torso.

Frank still looks menacing to evildoers, but I like him a whole lot better than he was when I did the original version of him back in 2014.

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Sherry Konkus lives in Owosso, MI. She is the proud owner of the Camac Athena EX Concert Grand Harp named “Grover” and Camac Mademoiselle named “Ernie.” She’s also the proud author of The Punisher Harp Zone. Sherry is the one who came up with the idea of portraying The Punisher from Marvel Comics as the punishing harpist who plays the harp in memory of his family who was killed by the mob years ago.

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Why does The Punisher play the harp?

It’s easy to imagine The Punisher shooting up criminal hideouts and blowing off the heads of thugs and mob bosses as the ultimate punishment for their crimes. But it’s hard to imagine (and believe) that there is also very gentle side to The Punisher no one knows about except for The Defenders (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist), Microchip (aka David Linus Liberman), and Spider-man (aka Peter Parker) who actually saw and became amazed at him doing something no one has ever thought he could do with his violent hands– play the harp. A gentle stringed musical instrument no one could ever believe that The Punisher would have such talent and ability to use his otherwise destructive hands to gently and tenderly pluck and caress its strings.

Indeed, it’s very hard to imagine and believe that the Punisher’s violent hands that brake bones, strangle necks, and punch out guts are the very same hands that softly and tenderly pluck, caress, and gracefully sweep across the strings of the harp.

Why does he do it, you asked? Because Frank is doing this in memory of his family whom he communes with through songs, poems, and prayers as he gracefully wave his battle-scarred arms and hands across the strings to fill his private family shrine with harp music that moves The Punisher to joyful tears.

Where did the Idea of The Punisher and his Harp come from?

It’s a concept I, Sherry Konkus made up myself. It combines my new found obsession with The Punisher that I had since 2014 and my life long love for the harp. It is the very best concept I ever made. This is my version of The Punisher from Marvel Comics who is portrayed by me as the punishing harpist who plays the harp in memory of his late family who got killed by a criminal mob years ago and whenever he needs a break from waging a one man war against organized crime.

The Punisher was created by Gerry Conway with the help of artists John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru. His name coined by Stan Lee. The Punisher is owned and trademarked by MARVEL.

The idea, concept, and inspiration behind The Punisher’s portrayal as The Punishing Harpist who plays the harp in memory of his family is in fact my own. Sweetest. Idea. Ever.

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NEW PUNISHER ART – A remake of my old art.