Hello New York City. I wanted to be the first to tell you to get ready to fall in love with a Detroit Tiger. Pudge will be missed in Detroit but I’m sure I speak for many Tigers fans when I say, we wish him nothing but the best.
This image of Pudge is 1024×768- desktop wallpaper size, if you’d like to use it as such.
See more of my art (including tigers art) in the gallery of grafixjam.com
The term Monsters of Metal or Monsters of Rock evoke a certain “larger than life, high energy, kick ass and take names imagery in my mind.” In this illustration I decided to illustrate the monster in a more “Rock God” pose. He could and can be screaming and thrashing but, he doesn’t need to. One look and you know you bought a ticket to the right show.
I remember the first time I heard the term Monster of Rock. Several bands where coming to the Pontiac Silver Dome. Van Halen, Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken, Kingdom Come. What an unforgettable show. Even though the Dome has to be the single worst place on the face of the earth to see a show for several reasons, at the end of that day, you felt like you had traveled to another place in time or another planet and seen something the world had never seen before. It was a Rock and Roll one-two punch with a few upper cuts and knock out.
One of my favorite people to draw caricatures of has to be Steven Tyler. The man has to be a favorite of all caricaturists more than likely. He comes with built in exaggerated features.
If anyone was born to be a rock-n-roll bands front man it has to be him. The way he moves across the stage while belting out the most creative lyrics ever written for a rock tune, is truly a class in “the right way to rock an audience.” My cat is jealous of his moves.
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I met Ted back in 1991 and introduced myself with something profound like “hey Ted, I’m an artist.” We talked on the phone a few weeks later about some samples I sent him and I’ve been creating art for him ever since.
This is the latest piece I created for Ted. If you catch his tour this summer you will see it prominently displayed on stage. I found a piece of video on youtube.com (ted nugent’s 6000th show at DTE in detroit) that shows the art pretty well, posted by DetroitDan2. Audio isn’t great but you can see how it is used.
Ted is one of those guys who you either love or hate. The man has an opinion and can articulate his point of view in a way that leaves no doubt as to where he is coming from. I’ve had many conversations with him over the years. Whatever you think of him, I tell you this. The real Ted is a “Good Joe.” His guitar still puts a chill up my spine, and I’m proud to have my artwork be a part of nuge history. Get a wallpaper of the art at tednugent.com. Go to the tour page and click on the “band” link. scroll down
Also found some great photos on “SF weekly.com all shook up” blog
Another Fantasy Illustration of a Detroit Tiger. The bats are hot in the “D”
