Nico Di Mattia is an illustrator, sculptor and toy maker. He created the Rusty Balboa piece above (and the pencil art below). Rusty Balboa is just one of the many pop culture pieces that include Rusty Sarah Connor, Rusty Ripley, Rusty Leon, Rusty Wick, Rusty Corleone and Rusty Eastwood just to name six. You can see more of Nico Di Mattia’s art here and here.
