SNAP INTO THIS ILLUSTRATION, OOH YEAH!

There are some people in this world that just scream “draw me.” And then there’s Macho Man Randy Savage—who leapsoff the turnbuckle and demands it.

I recently had the absolute pleasure of illustrating the Madness himself in a commissioned piece, and you better believe I went all in. I chose his early pink-and-yellow gear (because peak ‘80s wrestling should look like a highlighter exploded), and I captured him mid-flight, elbow cocked, coming right for ya. If you ever had the joy of watching Macho Man sail through the air with all the grace of a sequined missile, then you know exactly why I had to draw him this way.

A Little Madness Goes a Long Way

Randy Savage wasn’t just a wrestler. He was a force of nature. The voice? Gravelly perfection. The promos? Unhinged genius. The in-ring ability? Unreal. He could go from top-rope acrobat to technical wizard in the blink of an eye, making every match feel like the main event.

But here’s a fact that might surprise you—before he was snapping into Slim Jims, Savage was swinging for the fences. Yep, Macho Man played professional baseball! Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals right out of high school, he spent a few years in the minors as a catcher. When an injury took him out of the game, he did what any reasonable person would do—reinvented himself as one of the most electrifying wrestlers of all time.

A Flying Tribute

This illustration is my love letter to one of wrestling’s greatest performers—a guy who made everything larger than life, from his wardrobe to his elbow drop to the way he said, “DIG IT!” And if you have a favorite athlete, musician, or pop culture legend you’d love to see immortalized in art, you know where to find me.

OHHH YEAH!

More wrestler character designs

   Hi there, friends and neighbors. I've slowly been chipping away at the wrestler designs I started a while back. I've reworked a few things I felt weren't working and kicked out a couple new designs. I've got a name for their wrestling organization as well: the Intergalactic Wrestling Federation. The IWF. I'll post some logo sketches soonish as well as some promo cards for each combatant.
   Here's where we are so far:

Updated: Bruise E. Homemaker

Updated: Lord Deville

Updated: Nigel Quarkbottom

Grimly Mynock 5'5" 315 lbs. From the Cave Planet Holio

"Supernova" Luto Graham 6'10" 310 lbs. From Hulkaterrania

Wall Ride

Skaticus Maximus Odobenus Rosmarus

A skateboarding walrus? Busting a wallride? Yeah, that's whas sappeneen.

Notes from church June 23rd 2014

Oh hi there! When my wife and I go to church I love taking notes. I typically get a sketch or two done that corresponds to the sermon in some way. Interpreting the sermon visually as well as with traditional notes gives me a fresh way to understand the text.

This week was Psalm 56:

1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;

all day long an attacker oppresses me;

2 my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many attack me proudly.

3 When I am afraid,

I put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they injure my cause;fn

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They stir up strife, they lurk;

they watch my steps,

as they have waited for my life.

7 For their crime will they escape?

In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8 You have kept count of my tossings;fn

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your book?

9 Then my enemies will turn back

in the day when I call.

This I know, thatfn God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

in the LORD, whose word I praise,

11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;

I will render thank offerings to you.

13 For you have delivered my soul from death,

yes, my feet from falling,

that I may walk before God

in the light of life.

Here's my sketch:

And here's the final image painted.

We attend RealityLA, here's a link to the sermon associated with this drawing:

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The Twitter homie John Hendrix does this at his church too-his church notes blow my mind.