Boxing Trainer- Contemporary Tradigital Art / Painting / Drawing

My friend Al Alvir has a very popular Boxing/Mixed Martial Arts blog- http://shootafairone.com/ and I decided to create a character for one of the writers he has on staff (O'Toole). Allen is a big fan of Mike Tyson (heavyweight champion) and his legendary trainer Cus D'Amato who also trained managed Floyd Patterson (olympic and heavyweight champion) and Jose Torres (light heavyweight champion) so I made this character with D'Amato in mind. I used D'Amato reference photos for my initial drawing but also had fictional "Rocky" trainer Mickey Goldmill in mind (portrayed by Burgess Meredith). Using these two icons; one from pop culture one from reality, gave me an interesting image to illustrate. In this video, I documented my process.

I started out with a pencil drawing that was based on reference photos of Cus D'Amato and fictional character Mickey Goldmill. Next, I cut out two boxing gloves from a photograph and glued them down. Then, I added a layer of illustration marker to quickly put down some color. I followed the markers with a layer of color pencil and I exadurated the wrinkles. I also use color pencil to prime the artwork for painting. Then I added some paint. The paint mixes very well with the color pencil. Next I scanned the artwork and opened it up in Paint Shop Pro 9. I didnt like the pose of the body so I changed it. (Arent digital possibilities wonderful?) I juxtaposed hands legs and feet. Then I printed it again. The print is like a dried layer of paint. I started layering with color pencil again and I followed it up with oil paint. Mixing traditional mediums with digital technologies is called tradigital art.

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[noriiikk]

I like so much your artworks because I like so much to draw and your works inspired me so much =)

[kazanjianm]

Wow! Thank you again!!! If you ever have a question, don't be shy!

-Merrill

[noriiikk]

beautiful

[kazanjianm]

noriiikk,

Thanks for the comments (this and the one that you left on my profile)! I appreciate them a lot!

-Merrill

[bassamry]

nice 1!!!!!!!

[kazanjianm]

bassamry,

Thank you so much for that!!!! Sorry about the delayed response!

-Merrill

[OrangeMonkey92ART]

Awesome!!!!!

[mattlinnane]

AmAzInG :)

[kbgraffiti]

Great technique.. turns out nicely, at first I was thinking it was a lot of extra work, but it really shows through..

KB

[mcteal]

POPEYE??

[XllClan]

Amazing Drawing!!! 1000/10 :)

[MUNIMIFIED619]

That´s so fuckin´amazing! an creative! daamn you've got talent dude keep doing it like that :)

[Jorjeca]

this is POPEYE!

[panic1844]

This is way to much work for one painting, I could of just done this with color pencils...

[bonehomie3]

stupid fuckin artform.. what a waste of supplies and time.

[noriiikk]

ok I'll do it =) thank you =)