Bill Pruitt’s Step by Step: Lords of Flatbush

SZoner, Bill Pruitt checked in to say:

Hi Craig,

Here’s a step by step hourly process of the Lords of Flatbush painting. [The FINAL piece is posted to the left.]

I am working in a new quicker style with acrylic, color pencil and oil to make the originals affordable on Ebay for potential collectors..Bill

Bill, I find this kind of stuff fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

If you’d like to see more of Bill‘s work you can. Simply click HERE! – Craig

Bill Pruitt Stallone Originals Offered!

SZoner, Bill Pruitt checked in to say:

Hi Craig,
I wanted to show you some Sly art I have on Ebay. There are 2 original studies from 1990 and another one I sold from Rocky 4 I hope you can post on your update for next week:


Bill, I think that it’s great that fans will get an opprotunity to purchase an original from you. Hopefully a ZONER will win the auction!

If you’d like to see more of Bill‘s work you can. Simply click HERE and tell him I sent you! – Craig

Gerardo Moreno’s Rocky and Rambo DVD Packages!

Gerardo Moreno checked in to the SZ with pics of his design work for a Rocky and Rambo dvd packages sold
overseas.

If you’d like to see more of Gerardo’s work; he specializes in illustrations [traditional and digital], graphic design,  as well as sculpture and photography; then check out his website and tell him I sent you! – Craig

Bill Pruitt’s New “Old” Stallone Art!

SZoner, Bill Pruitt checked in to say:

Hi Craig,
I wanted to send these paintings I did exactly 20 years ago right around when Rocky IV was out. The boxing ring was done in early ’86 and the other was done in late ’86. I had only been painting in oils for about a year at this time but not seriously yet since I was still in school. I’ve obviously come a long way since then.Bill


Bill, you were an amazing artist then, and continue to astound us with your talent. Thanks for sharing!

If you’d like to see more of Bill‘s work you can. Simply click HERE and tell him I sent you! – Craig

Gerardo Moreno’s New Stallone Art!

Gerardo Moreno checks in to the SZ from time to time with some of the nicest Stallone art that you’ll find anywhere.

Gerardo sent me an e-mail saying that the two pieces of art shown below were sent to the SZ, to share with Stallone fans worldwide. That’s got to be the best Rocky VI teaser yet!

If you’d like to see more of Gerardo‘s work; he specializes in illustrations [traditional and digital], graphic design, as well as sculpture and photography; then check out his website and tell him I sent you! – Craig

Samuel Hiti and his Rambo Quotes of the Week!

Samuel Hiti is a 30-year-old artist, who made his graphic novel debut in New York with his Xeric Award-winning End Times/Tiempos Finales.”

One of the biggest buzz books of 2004, Mike Mignola, creator of the cult favorite “Hellboy,” said it was the best graphic novel of the year; and Samuel was nominated for “Best New Talent” for the 2005 Harvey Awards. Samuel has worked for major companies such as Nike, The New York Times, Disney, and adapted The 2004 Paramount/Dreamworks movie of “Lemony Snicke t- SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS” into comic book form for Nickelodeon magazine.

I discovered Samuel’s site while surfing the web. While enjoying Samuel‘s art, I also learned that he’s a Rambo fan. Samuel recently drew a scene from Rambo and had so much fun with it, that he now does a Rambo Quote of the Week. Samuel graciously agreed to me posting a couple of examples here on the SZ. If you want to see more of Sam‘s work [and more Rambo] then click HERE. Drop Sam a line and tell him I sent ya! – Craig

Michael Joseph and his Rocky Balboa Paintings!

One of the great things about running the StalloneZone is that I get to hear from Stallone fans from around the world.

Recently I received an e-mail from Michael Joseph, an artist who loves to do “sports art.”

Here’s what he had to say, followed by a look at his two of his Stallone paintings.

“This is Michael Joseph. I’m a sports artist & good friend of “Master Rocky Painter” Bill Pruitt. While Bill & I have painted many a time together, he is the best Rocky painter there is.

I just wanted to show a different side & show you what it might look like……….“At The Weigh In/ Ali v.s. Rocky”

.Michael Joseph


Michael, thanks for sharing your talents with us. Fans can see more of Michael’s work at his website! – Craig

Bill Pruitt and his Rocky Balboa Painting!

SZoner, Bill Pruitt, checked in last week with a new Rambo painting.

This week he drops in with some paintings that appeared in Sly magazine.

Take it away, Bill!

Hi Craig,
Here are the pics working on issues 2 and 3 and with the original paintings from issues 2 and 3 separately along with a pic of the boxing commission piece where I put myself in there twice (on both ends).

Sly laughed  when I pointed that out to him. Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks.
Bill

Thanks to Bill for once again sharing his talents with us! – Craig

New Bill Pruitt Rambo Painting!

New Bill Pruitt Rambo Painting!

Bill Pruitt recently sent in the scan to the left of a Rambo painting that he’d done a while back. When I asked him what else he’d been up to he replied:

“I have been keeping busy painting. I have several pieces that I am working on with a couple other Sly / Rocky pieces and several regular portrait commissions. Also, I will have two pieces of Marilyn Monroe in an upcoming coffee table book called Marilyn in Art tentatively due out in March.”

Bill’s an amazing artist. You can check out his work at his site. You’ll be glad that you did!

– Craig