Originally I started stalking the legend that is the Pound-meister as far back as 2002 to knock up a commission for me. Well ‘FINALLY’ earlier this year after years of being really annoying & somehow avoiding a restraining order John had the time to dish out some of his insane skills for me!! The results are beyond epic!! John’s a frickin genius! Well, you all know that already!
Once John had agreed my brain went into melt down regarding which of the 10,000 ideas I had floating around my noggin to go with!!! In the end I went with me as a kiddie in classic OS GPK mode kicking it with the GPK icon that is Adam Bomb!! I wanted the piece to appear as if I’d literally stepped into that classic card. I’m having a go on is detonator just to give the dude a break. He’s bound to have a head ache so I’m helping him out!! The piece has got a bunch of personal stuff in like the Superman T-shirt, He-Man figure, Double Heather Cheap toy, a few of the old gum sticks & a bunch of my favourite OS GPKs! Check the detail on those cards..Absolutely bloody astounding!! Can you work out which GPKs cards they are?
I’ll go piece by piece to explain the creation of this awesome piece from the kick off.
First I knocked up a quick pencil sketch to give John a good idea of what I had in mind.
Then John showed me how it’s done!!
Even at the colour rough stage the piece looks fantastic!!
Here’s the final piece in it’s early stages. John thought it’d be cool to give me a progress report! I nearly crapped my pants with shock when I saw it!!
Here’s the final where I was left with no choice but to crap my pants with shock!!! Sooo, so good it’s just unreal! My jaw crashed through the floor when I saw it!!
So there you have it guys. What do you reckon? I’m still so pumped at seeing me chilling in that classic GPK pose as a GPK myself painted by the original GPK dude himself John Pound!! Thanks again John in case you see this!! You’re a genius!!!