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Today we have Sly as Rocky with Burgess Meredith as Mickey drawn by Shawn Surface. The scan doesn’t nearly come close to doing this piece justice — it doesn’t show all of the art and the contrast is off.
Shawn is an all-around nice guy and his art should be getting more attention. So why not check out his site and give him some love?
On April 2, 2014, Business Insider Australia posted Dirt-Poor Sylvester Stallone Turned Down $US300,000 in 1976 to Ensure he Could Play Rocky.
On March 5, 2014, Bleacher Report posted their choices for The 50 All-Time Greatest Sports Movie Quotes.
Sly made the list 6 times! Coming in at…
#1 “Yo Adrian! I did it!” – Rocky Balboa from Rocky II
#14 “I must break you.” – Ivan Drago from Rocky IV
#24 “All I wanna do is go the distance.” – Rocky Balboa from Rocky
#28 “Let’s start building some hurtin’ bombs.” – Duke from Rocky Balboa
#34 “I don’t hate Balboa. I pity the fool.” – Clubber Lang from Rocky III
#44 “You’re gonna eat lightnin’ and you’re gonna crap thunder.” – Mickey from Rocky
Today we have Rocky by Drew Moss. This is my second sketch from Drew. You can see the first here.
If you’d like to see more of Drew’s art, you can here. – Craig
On February 7, 2014, Sly spoke with HeyUGuys about the impact of Rocky Balboa and the new Rocky Heavyweight Blu-Ray Collection.
On January 25, 2014, Digital Spy posted Re-Viewed: Can Stallone’s Classic Rocky Still Land a Knockout Blow? by Ben Rawson-Jones.
The article is worth a read, but the short answer is, “Yes, it can.” – Craig
On January 22, 2014, Entertainment.ie posted their choices for the Top 5 Sylvester Stallone Scenes.
Thomas Boatwright is back!
Thomas recently ran a watercolor sketch sale and I jumped on board for a couple. Thomas came up with the idea of bookending the Rocky series. Here is his take on Rocky. I’ll be back next week with his riff on Rocky Balboa.
If you’d like to see more of Thomas Boatwright’s art check out his blog and his DA site. Send him some love.
If you get commissions, you should consider a piece from Thomas. He keeps you totally in the loop on his progress, finishes his commissions on or ahead of schedule, has very reasonable prices, is a fantastic artist and always gives you more than you’re expecting! – Craig
