“The Moonwolf.” Possibly one of the strangest nicknames in MMA, but still not as bad as “Dreamcatcher.” Poor Mousasi. Anyway, here is Shooto champion Rumina Sato, done in pen and ink with the bottom part done in photoshop because I forgot to finish it by hand and was too lazy to finish it and rescan it otherwise.
“The Maine-iac” Tim Sylvia makes his way into the art blog. I met Tim once at the first Affliction: Banned press conference in NYC, he is so much taller than me I was practically talking with his crotch. Not pleasant for either one of us.
I am back from my thanksgiving snooze and time for more drawings. Today is “The Zen Machine” Mario Sperry of the Brazilian Top Team. One of my fave doodles, I like the nose for some reason. Hope you like the nose, and the rest of him, as well!
Here is the next big thing, Brock Lesnar! Does he have an official nickname yet in MMA? I guess with a name as cool as that, you don’t really need one. Here is wishing Brock a speedy recovery, love him or hate him, respect what he does and let’s hope he pulls through his current health problems and comes back to the octagon sooner than later!
Another quickie face shot, this time of Josh Koscheck, who just won his match against Anthony Johnson at UFC 106 this past weekend. Congrats to him! I wonder if we cut off his curls, will he lose his power like Samson and Delilah?
Mike Swick, TUF alumni and all-around good fighter, “Quick” joins us on Day 6 of the blog. This was done with a more structural approach than previous ones. I built a frame with that nose and worked around it to start forming the rest of his facial proportions. Original drawing is actually 4 inches long and maybe 3 inches tall. It’s pretty tiny.
Fresh from his decision win at UFC 106 over Tito Ortiz, the man I drew yesterday, the perpetually fuzzy-chested Forrest Griffin enters my sketch blog. I like this one but purely based on the linework and how I got that directional flow with the rendering. I wanted to pull off a certain effect with it to show tension and direction in Forrest’s face, hopefully it worked.
In honor of UFC 106, here is one half of the main event, “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz. This pic is a battle damaged Ortiz, I can not remember what fight it is from, but I think from his match with Vitor Belfort. He still has that same smug look on his face, win or lose, blood gushing from his forehead or herpes from Jenna Jameson… herping or whatever it is they do.
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