Classic He-Man: "King of Castle Grayskull" Comic Cover to Oil Painting Conversation

[SiMo Sol]

Hello all together.
Now that I am here on the Boards again I saw that I didn't sharte my latest work with you – a very classic oil painting!
On this work I was transferring an old MOTU Mini comic cover into
a 40" x 32" sized oil painting on canvas.

I really love the pre-filmation comics and KOCG is my all-time-favorite cover. As a fan of the original old-style box arts done by Rudy Obrero or William George and so I try to give it that look.

Here is the old original cover from 1983 - old fans of MOTU surely know it:

And here is the result. The finished painting is riddled with little hommages to some of my favorite arts and artists like Boris Vallejo or the original Battle Cat box art.

Hope you like it!
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[choskins]

That is spectacular... no other way to put it!

 

[Rex]

Awesome!

 

[B-man]

WOW!!! Fantastic job, loving the detail, your very talented.

 

[DorkyFresh]

looks like crud...









..just messing. is this a practical or a digital painting? either way, it's VERY impressive. great recreation of the cover. give yourself a pat on the back!

 

[SiMo Sol]

Thanks!
There's nothing digital. It is a classic practical painting - oil on canvas.

I don't love digital art for that much. It maybe stunning sometimes but mostly it leaves me cold. I prefer old school media like the early masters.