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!
Catching up with the ABCs of Pro Wrestling...
Oh man, it's been a while, blog.
Let's catch you up on the ABC's of Pro Wrestling
Let's catch you up on the ABC's of Pro Wrestling
The ABC's of Pro Wrestling - B is for Bodyslam
Hiya kids!
It's Bill Main here with another installment of your favorite Rat Fink-y, weirdo, pro wrestling, t-shirty, ABC booky fantastic-ness!
Whew...that was a mouthful.
When thinking about what piece of wrestling terminology or move might best encapsulate the letter B, I wanted to go super classic. Even people with a passing knowledge of pro wrestling will be aware of the friggin' BODY SLAM! Say it with me now folks, "Baaaaaaahhhhhhdeeeeee Slllllllaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmm!"
Ahhhhhh. Thanks for indulging me in that. What are these illustrations gonna end up as? Definitely a book, hopefully some t-shirts. Got any other ideas for things you might like to see these bad boys and girls as? Let me know in the comment section!
Check out my illustration for the letter A here
It's Bill Main here with another installment of your favorite Rat Fink-y, weirdo, pro wrestling, t-shirty, ABC booky fantastic-ness!
Whew...that was a mouthful.
When thinking about what piece of wrestling terminology or move might best encapsulate the letter B, I wanted to go super classic. Even people with a passing knowledge of pro wrestling will be aware of the friggin' BODY SLAM! Say it with me now folks, "Baaaaaaahhhhhhdeeeeee Slllllllaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmm!"
Ahhhhhh. Thanks for indulging me in that. What are these illustrations gonna end up as? Definitely a book, hopefully some t-shirts. Got any other ideas for things you might like to see these bad boys and girls as? Let me know in the comment section!
Check out my illustration for the letter A here
ABC's of Pro Wrestling - A is for Atomic Drop
Hey there everybody!
I'm hoping today finds you feeling good in your respective neighborhoods. Respect to Applebee's. I think that's an Applebee's slogan- maybe not. Either way, even though the answer is literally a few finger presses away- that will have to stay the way it is. Time is of the essence here folks.
All Applebee's aside, I started a new project! I'm making a children's book (of sorts). I probably won't be reading this to my kid till he's able to decide not to pile drive his schoolmates for fun buuuuuuut maybe your kid has more self control than I perceive mine will have. I digress.
The project is a collection of illustrations in the style of an alphabet book! Ultimately, I'd like to have it printed and bound and hopefully, have T-shirts made as well.
I loved going to the Pomona Swap Meet with my dad as a kid. When we'd go, I'd walk up and down the aisles of used car parts, checking out old carburetors, beat up fenders and lenses for headlights that no one makes anymore. Yet by far, my favorite thing about going would be when we would turn a corner and see good ol' Bert "The Shirt" Grimm slangin' Ed Roth's Rat Fink T-shirts! My dad would always buy me one (they were really fairly priced and Bert is an awesome salesman) and it started my love and obsession for all things Roth.
I bring you the first illustration from The ABC's of Pro Wrestling.
I'm hoping today finds you feeling good in your respective neighborhoods. Respect to Applebee's. I think that's an Applebee's slogan- maybe not. Either way, even though the answer is literally a few finger presses away- that will have to stay the way it is. Time is of the essence here folks.
All Applebee's aside, I started a new project! I'm making a children's book (of sorts). I probably won't be reading this to my kid till he's able to decide not to pile drive his schoolmates for fun buuuuuuut maybe your kid has more self control than I perceive mine will have. I digress.
The project is a collection of illustrations in the style of an alphabet book! Ultimately, I'd like to have it printed and bound and hopefully, have T-shirts made as well.
I loved going to the Pomona Swap Meet with my dad as a kid. When we'd go, I'd walk up and down the aisles of used car parts, checking out old carburetors, beat up fenders and lenses for headlights that no one makes anymore. Yet by far, my favorite thing about going would be when we would turn a corner and see good ol' Bert "The Shirt" Grimm slangin' Ed Roth's Rat Fink T-shirts! My dad would always buy me one (they were really fairly priced and Bert is an awesome salesman) and it started my love and obsession for all things Roth.
I bring you the first illustration from The ABC's of Pro Wrestling.
75 Year Old Batman may be Senile but He's Still Got Gadgets
Dear Director,
A longtime supporter of the various Arkham Treatment Facility, Mr. Bruce Wayne is treated with the utmost care. Mr. Wayne's is a complex case. He is suffering from multiple psychological issues that, we think, arise from living under the public eye for so long. Of course, we all know the Bruce Wayne of days past-that billion dollar playboy. In and out of the tabloids and newspapers, Mr. Wayne was constantly under public scrutiny. It is our belief that such a long standing relationship with the public eye in such a negative light has created what we can only refer to as neurotic episodes of paranoia and delusions of grandeur.
Mr. Wayne has upon repeated occasions broken out of his room during night hours, donned a makeshift costume and crept through the halls doing what he calls "stalking". It seems, as sad as it is, that Bruce Wayne believes that he is the Batman (the costumed vigilante that once caught criminals in Gotham City proper).
It would be wrong of me not to note that Mr. Wayne has a tremendous amount of physical damage to his body. Most of this shows itself in the form of scarring, evidence of poorly mended broken bones and a general lack of any cartilage in any of his extremities. It seems that Mr. Wayne may have been hiding these psychological problems from the public for some time.
Further observation is needed. Thank you sir.
-Dr. Bill Main
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:
Here's where we are so far:
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Grimly Mynock
5'5"
315 lbs.
From the Cave Planet Holio
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| "Supernova" Luto Graham 6'10" 310 lbs. From Hulkaterrania |
This is a crazy T-Shirt graphic!
- I worked up this graphic this week. It's an odd bird that is inspired by the graphics of 1960's hot rod and surf culture. This dude is in the zone, shredding the waves in full beast mode. This was a self started project that started as a sketchbook drawing. Those tend to be the funnest pieces I work on. I'd love to get some shirts pumped out from this guy!
Pre-Final Drawing
Bebop and Rocksteady chasing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
As part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the Sketch Dailies site, I created this animated gif of bad boys Bebop and Rocksteady! They're just doing what they do best...which happens to be being super irritable at turtles.
Mr. E pity the fool that doesn't eat their vegetables
Seriously, he does pity those fools.
He's part of a little something I've been working on that's in the final stages. Updates soon(ish)!
He's part of a little something I've been working on that's in the final stages. Updates soon(ish)!
The Wicked Witch of the West
Here's another Sketch Dailies sketch. Today's hashtag was WICKEDWITCH so here you go!
With her little flying monkey groupie in tow, the Wicked Witch of the West has spotted her prey! Come join the fun over at Sketch Dailies and connect with me on Twitter so we can have some fun together. When you connect, say hello!
Conan O'Brien and his mad monster party
I posted a little sketch for the Twitter account @sketch_dailies yesterday. The prompt was #CONANHAIR so we had to hook it up with anything and everything as long as it had Conan's famous coif. Here's mine:
Wrestlers VS Aliens
Aliens have invaded our world and the only way to stop them is to wrassle em' into submission!
I set a goal to create character designs for an imaginary wrestling video game or cartoon. The self-imposed prompt was to give the characters a whimsical feeling while still allowing them to look powerful.
Bruise E. Homemaker
6"0"
325 lbs
From Pasadena, CA
6"0"
325 lbs
From Pasadena, CA
Finn McCracken
6'2"
380 lbs
From the Scottish Highlands
6'2"
380 lbs
From the Scottish Highlands
Lord Deville
6'9"
330 lbs
From Parts Unknown
6'9"
330 lbs
From Parts Unknown
Johnny Lightning
6'4"
301 lbs
From the Concrete Jungle
6'4"
301 lbs
From the Concrete Jungle
Thin Lizzie
5'9"
130 lbs
From Detroit, MI
5'9"
130 lbs
From Detroit, MI
Glorox
7'2"
441 lbs
From the Kartac Peninsula on Glutoc 5
7'2"
441 lbs
From the Kartac Peninsula on Glutoc 5
Nigel Quarkbottom
6'5"
301 lbs
From the Wrong Side of the Rings of Saturn
This is an ongoing project.
Let me know what you guys think!
Mongo the front pushing freak
That being said, there is still one thing that pretty universally gets hate in the skateboarding world internationally: pushing mongo.
To push mongo, one must use their front foot to push themselves rather than their back foot. There are Youtube videos exemplifying the heinous behavior, websites devoted to hating on Mongs, and an overall bad attitude toward kids who prefer to skate this way.
I've heard all the arguments against pushing mongo my whole life but you know what? I just won't stop. I can easily go back and forth between standard and mongo but I always prefer to push mongo in general.
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available here!
To celebrate my terrible decision, I've made Mongo, the front-pushing freak. Now you too can celebrate your utterly horrible skateboarding with this mini print over at my Etsy.
Insert Chuck Norris joke
If you've never seen Lone Wolf McQuade, please treat yourself to the best Chuck Norris movie ever made. Lone Wolf gets buried alive in his awesome supercharged Dodge and has to escape. Look, I won't tell you what happens but the Dodge survives...
With all the Chuck Norris beard trivia flotsam floating around the internet over the past few years I wonder why this drawing hasn't already been made. Seems it wasn't and I needed to fill that gap- for you, the good people of the internet.
I bring you: Chuck Norris
With all the Chuck Norris beard trivia flotsam floating around the internet over the past few years I wonder why this drawing hasn't already been made. Seems it wasn't and I needed to fill that gap- for you, the good people of the internet.
I bring you: Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris prefers to fight like a man--with his hands. Yet his beard is a ruthless killer, bound by no code but BLOOD.
Jake the Snake Roberts
Here is another of my favorite wrestlers from childhood. Jake "the Snake" Roberts is the creator of the DDT (essentially, you grab a dude's head like you would for a suplex, and then proceed to plow it through the mat by dropping onto your own back while still holding said dude's head). He was always kind of scary and mysterious to me but not necessarily because of his snake Damien.
Morning sketch
Morning sketch for a painting of my grandpa as a viking shot caller. Yeah, they had those. Still have major kinks to work out but the potential for goodness is there. See you soon!
Undertaker sketch
Here's a quick little sketch of the pro wrestler, the Undertaker. I hope to tune this and a few more of his "friends" up and update again soon.
the Undertaker is ©WWE