Sly Fan Art

It's been a while since we heard from SZoner, Adam Shippee, but he's back with his latest piece of Sly art. Adam can be reached at ashippee1@cox.net - Craig

Stallone Art Slideshow!

Over the years Gerardo Moreno has created quite a few pieces of Stallone art, which he has always been gracious to share with us. Gerardo put together a slide show of the art that you can see above. Thanks for Gerardo for sharing his talents. We hope to see more Stallone art in the future. - Craig

Rambo Sculpture Available

The ad above appears in the August 2008 issue of Previews which goes out to comic and specialty shops throughout the USA.

I'm especially proud of this piece since the original sculpture first appeared on the StalloneZone. I was then contacted by Hollywood Collectibles and asked if I could put them in touch with Edhino, the artist who created the piece. I did and the rest is history.

If you're interested in getting one for yourself, get your order in soon! - Craig

Sly Reflects by Gerardo Moreno

SZoner, Gerardo Moreno shows his version of Sly in a reflective moment. You can check out more of Gerardo's work at his site! - Craig Zablo

Jemio's "Rocky Pensive"

SZoner, Gerardo Jemio sent us a photo of his latest Stallone drawing which he calls "Rocky Pensive." It was created with black and white crayons on craft paper. Beautiful work!

You can see more of Gerardo's work here [including another Rocky drawing]. Gerardo said that he plans to create some Rambo drawings in the near future. I look forward to posting them for all to see! - Craig

Cobra Statue

SZoner, PJK sent in photos of the custom made Cobra statue that he created. It never ceases to surprise me, the amount of talented Stallone fans that we have at the StalloneZone!

PJK even created a custom made Cobra base for the statue.

His attention to detail is evident in this close up. PJK is a regular on the StalloneZone message boards. Be sure to let him know how cool this piece is... who knows, maybe we'll see more in the future! - Craig

Rocky Fan Art

SZoner, Adam Proctor's girlfriend, Dawn Perrier sent in her take on Rocky. Thanks to both for sharing! - Craig

Rambo's Back & HCG Has Him!

In March of this year I posted about a Brasilian sculptor and a Stallone fan named Edinho. Edinho had sent in photos of a Rambo sculpture that he did that was simply amazing. You can see for yourself by clicking HERE.

Shortly after the post appeared I was contacted by Mark at Hollywood Collectibles Group. Mark felt the sculpture was good enough for them to produce. I put Mark in contact with Edinho and the rest as they say, is history.

I'm happy to report that the Hollywood Collectibles Group will be producing a limited edition run of 500 pieces of Edinho's sculpture. I'm also happy to report that Mark is working on a deal for SZoners to get a discount on purchases through the SZ! More news on the statue will be posted as it becomes available!

Congrats to both Mark and Edinho for making it happen! - Craig

Just Another Gear in the Machine

Hey Craig,

You know that we would all want to see this one! I just whipped this up for fun. I thought that you would get a kick out of it. You have to admit, it would be SWEET! Keep up the awesome work Craig. I love the site and visit it daily.

Sincerely,

Mark Dambach
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Hey Mark! Thanks for the kind words about the SZ and for sharing your talent! - Craig

Sly Fan Art

Craig,

This portrait is an oil on canvas, 48" x 48". It was motivated by my seeing an interview with Sly on TV, in which he lamented the fact that people only related him to his screen action personna, and he mentioned things about himself that most fans are unaware of, so.....I decided to create an image of him surrounded by those things that are important to his life, specifically: he's a writer and there are actual pages from the first Rocky script as a collage; books emphasizing that he is an avid reader of important literature; the easel, an artist; and of course, his action persona images. I am incidentally a custom oil portraitist who likes to change gears occasionally.

Allan Dordick
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Thanks for sharing your talent! - Craig

Sly as The Punisher

SZoner, Ronald De Guzman sent in his take on Sly as The Punisher. You can see more of Ronald's work HERE. - Craig

New Rocky Fan Art

Jon McKenzie sent in a new Rocky piece. You can see more of his work here. Thanks to Jon for sharing his talents. - Craig

Jazz is Back

SZoner, Ernest Resendes is back with a new piece. He even hints that he may be working up a "Death Wish" piece. Let's hope! Thanks to Jazzman for sharing! - Craig

Jazz D-Toxes Again

SZoner, Ernest Resendes has been spending so much time working on independent movies [doing everything from creating sets, to writing, acting, and music] that he hasn't had as much time to draw. Jazz did find the time to add some color to a piece he did a few years ago and we love the results. Thanks to Jazzman for sharing! - Craig

Rambo Fan Art

Stefano Rondinella from Sicily sent in these photos of his take on Rambo as well as a shot of his workout area which is covered with Stallone photos. - Craig

UK Fan Art

Jon McKenzie wrote in to say:

Hello,

Just checked out your site (StalloneZone). Very well laid out and interesting to read through. Added to my favourites. Well done on all the work you've put into it, best fan site I've come across.

I've been a big fan of Stallone and his films ever since I was a kid and thought that the new Rambo movie was probably his best bar Rocky 1.

I also noticed you have fan work on your site and thought you might like a look at some of the work I've done previously on Stallone.

There is more of my work on my site www.jonmckenzieart.co.uk

I look forward to hearing from you and would really appreciate some feedback on the work.

Thank you.

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Jon has quite a bit of art on display at his site [including a Rambo piece.] Thanks to Jon for the kind words and for sharing his talents with us! - Craig

Sly, Arnold and Atula

Atula Siriwardane is an extremely talented artist from Sri Lanka. He recently e-mailed to say:

Craig,

I like your blog and Sly is one of my all time favorite Action stars..I drew him with Arnold long back... You may like this... If you do you may post it. I like Sly's fans wathing it... Some may enjoy...

Thanks,

Atula
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I'm sure everyone is enjoys Atula's work. If you'd like to see more of Atula's amazing art, then click here. Thanks to Atula for sharing! - Craig

Rocky Fan Art

Hey Craig!

I'm back with a new Rocky Painting from my favourite movie Rocky IV. I have painted it with pencil and pastel colors.

Check out my homepages:

www.manuelscholz.piczo.com
www.myspace.com/manuelscholz
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Thanks to Manuel for sharing his talents! - Craig

Moreno's Cliffhanger

One of many fans favorite Sylvester Stallone movies was "Cliffhanger." SZoner, Gerardo Moreno creates his take on a sequel poster. You can check out more of Gerardo's work at his site! - Craig Zablo

Fan Art

Hi Craig,

I'm sending you paintings that I've painted last year. I'm a StalloneZone fan since the beginning and also a huge Stallone fan . It's gonna be an extreme honor for me to see my paintings posted on your website. Thank you very much.

Cheers! from Canada.

Francis Bourque

Ottawa,Ontario,Canada.

I'll send you a picture of my Rocky statue soon.
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Thanks for sharing the art! I'll post your statue photo once it arrives! - Craig

Edhino's Rambo

Edinho is an amazing Brasilian sculptor and a Stallone fan. You can see by looking at these shots of his Rambo sculpture just how talented he is. Look HERE and you can see much more of Edinho's work. Plan to spend some time when you click over because he's THAT talented! Thanks to Edinho for sharing! - Craig

Bill Pruitt Rambo Painting

Hi Craig,

Here is my painting I wanted to send in full and with closeups. The 27"x40" painting was designed as a movie poster for "Rambo". I did all the graphics over the artwork in photoshop. As always "SLY" is hidden somewhere in the piece.

Thanks.

Bill Pruitt

Bill also sent in the photo above of Peter Manfredo with Bill! Thanks to Bill for sharing. - Craig

Rambo Takes on the Critics

Hi, Craig! I'm a new StalloneZoner from Brazil and I'm a comic book artist. I'm sending you a Rambo pin-up I made and would be very pleased if you post it in Stallonezone. Thank you, and we're waiting your Rambo review!

In Brazil it opens only February 29th! I envy you guys! That's my Blog, which contains a bit more of my work: http://crashtestman.blogspot.com

Bye!

- Waldomiro Vitorino -
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Thanks for sharing your drawing. I've bookmarked your site. I saw Rambo and loved it. I've just been so busy I haven't had time to write up a review. - Craig

In the Eye of the Tiger

SZoner, Gerald Chuah sent in the drawing above [one of over 40] that appears in his book In the Eye of the Tiger: Survival Principles from Sylvester Stallone's Films. To learn more about the book, click HERE. - Craig

Dustin Hennick is a Superfan!

On January 23rd, Dustin Hennick sent in the photo above of a piece of art that he created in hope that he could get Sly to autograph it at the "Rambo" premiere.

As you can see from the above photo Sly did sign it as his daughter looked on.

Sly signing Dustin's art was picked up by a couple of wire services!

Dustin sent in this close-up of Sly's autograph! Congrats and thanks to Dustin for sharing this experience with us. Hopefully we'll see more of Dustin's art in the future. - Craig

Death Wish Fan Teaser

SZoner, Gerardo Moreno made this fan teaser for the proposed "Death Wish" re-make. - Craig [PS - Gerardo's first language is not English]

Fan Art

SZoner, Juan Carlos Silva is an artist and Sly fan from Peru. Juan sent in a couple of his drawings. You can see more of his work HERE. - Craig

Not to be Messed With

SZoner, Bill Pruitt checked in with... Hi Craig, Here's my latest creation combining graphics in photoshop and a teaser of my latest oil painting which will be revealed soon. I wanted to convey in this ad that Rambo means business and that he will NOT be messed with.
Bill
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Another great piece, Bill. As always, thanks for sharing. - Craig

...And Lookin' the Way You Do.

Bill Pruitt sent in the photo of his latest Stallone painting above and this message:

Hi Craig,

Here is a new painting I just completed. It's my first one from "First Blood". I am very pleased with how it turned out. This is a pivotal scene in the movie. It's exactly the moment that sets up the whole movie. He is making the decision right there to get in the car with Teasle. After that, of course, is pure classic Sly action. The title of this piece is "Wearing that flag on your jacket and lookin' the way you do......"
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Bill - not only is it another great painting, but you did hit the EXACT moment when you can see Rambo deciding he's not going to be pushed again. Perfect! Thanks as always for sharing your talents with us! - Craig

Adam Shippee's Rambo

SZoner, Adam Shippee sent in the art above and this message:

Here's a piece of Rambo art, but it is not colorized yet. I am trying to change the way I approach a drawing, and the way it looks. well, I hope you like it

Adam
ashippee1@cox.net
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I do, Adam and my guess is SZoners will as well! Thanks for sharing. - Craig

Rivera's Rambo

Paolo Rivera is a painter for Marvel Comics. Paolo recently attended a comic book convention where he was asked to sketch Rambo on a Death of Captain America cover. So what other fan is collecting Stallone Art? - Craig

Bill Pruitt Checks In

SZoner, Bill Pruitt checked in with the photo above and some words about it:

Hi Craig, Here is a photo of how my studio looked while working on my Rocky Balboa spiritual painting about a year and a half ago. You can see the pile of references I used on the left and another pile of references on the floor on right. At least 125 different photo references were used for extreme accuracy and to make it a very original image. - Bill

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Thanks to Bill for sharing! - Craig

Punchy vs Butkus

SZoner, Paul Winter recently added another great piece to his Stallone collection. His buddy, the extremely talented Randy Martinez created this cool painting of Punchy [with Paul in his corner] stepping into the ring to go a few rounds with Butkus [cornered by Rocky].

Cool idea and great execution! Thanks to Paul for sharing it with us! - Craig

Rocky Fan Art

SZoner, Gerardo Jemio from Chile, wrote in to say: "Your page is wonderful! I drew this Balboa all time fighter concept a couple of weeks ago, it is a natural size poster done with pencils, golden paint and inspiration, I hope you like it!"

Wow! What a nice piece of art! Thanks for sharing your talents with us, Gerardo. We hope to see more in the future. - Craig

Randy Martinez's Rambo

Paul Wintner turned me on to the art of Randy Martinez, a Lucas film illustrator. Randymartinez.net is his site and you can see much more of his very cool art. Hopefully we'll see more here as well! - Craig

Moreno Rambo Poster

SZoner, Gerardo Moreno sent in another nice digital piece! Thanks to Gerardo for sharing. You can check out his site by clicking HERE. - Craig

Rambo Fan Poster

Here's a fan poster for Rambo made by SZoner, Jacob. - Craig

Evan Bryce's Rambo

Evan Bryce is an illustrator and colorist. I discovered his work through his sketchbook blog.

Recently Evan posted this cool black and white illo of Sly as Rambo. He later colored it.

You can see more of Evan's work in Negative Burn #6 from Desperado. Evan will also have a pinup in the Crimeland graphic novel coming in November. Of course you can also check out his site! - Craig

Rambo Fan Art

SZoner, Sherry Hutchison is back with her latest Stallone painting. She welcomes comments to Sherry_Hutchison@yahoo.com - Craig

New Shippee Rambo Art

SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with a new painting of Sly as Rambo. Adam's e-mail is ashippee1@cox.net if you'd like to drop him a line. - Craig

Now, Understand It

SZoner, Gerardo Moreno sent in another nice digital piece! Thanks to Gerardo for sharing. You can check out his site by clicking HERE. - Craig

John Rambo Fan Image

Here's a fan image created by SZoner, Gianno. - Craig

New Fan Art

SZoner, Sherry Hutchison is back with her latest Stallone painting. She welcomes comments to Sherry_Hutchison@yahoo.com - Craig

Rambo Fan Art

SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with a new painting of Sly as Rambo. Adam's e-mail is ashippee1@cox.net if you'd like to drop him a line. - Craig

"John Rambo" Fan Poster

SZoner, Brandon Hafiz sent in this simple but effective teaser poster for "John Rambo". - Craig

Legends Fan Art

M. Gerardo has been a SZoner for about a year now and has been a Stallone fan for 31 years. He sent in his iconic digital creation for SZoners everywhere to enjoy! Thanks to MG! - Craig

Rocky by Michael Nigro

Michael Nigro is a full time illustrator who is available for freelance commissions! His e-mail is bossk1138@yahoo.com. Michael works in pencil, watercolors, ink and digital paintings and would love to to hear any feedback on this painting. Michael says he has more Sly Art that he'll share soon. Thanks to Michael for sharing! - Craig

Rocky & Adrian UK Fan Art

Derek Nixon is based in the UK and was inspired to paint this after he and his girlfriend Jen ran up the Rocky steps in Philly to celebrate his 30th birthday! Any comments are welcome. Derek's email is mail@dmncreative.com (the website itself is a work in progress at the moment). The Rocky sculpture he's working on is nearing completion so hopefully he'll be able to send pics of it in the next few weeks. Thanks to Derek for sharing his talents! - Craig

Rocky Fan Art

Kevin Libal sent in this drawing that his brother Jason created for him. Thanks to Kevin and Jason for allowing us a look! - Craig

UK Rambo Fan Art

Michael Heather was cleaning out some files and came across some Sly art that he created years ago. Thanks to Michael for sharing! - Craig

Rocky Fan Art from Russia

Anatoly Zaprudnov did the pencil drawing above and is a Russian fan of Rocky. It's only the third portrait Anatoly has ever drawn! Thanks to Anatoly for sharing his talents. - Craig

Shippee's Sly

SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with a new painting of Sly. Adam's e-mail is ashippee1@cox.net if you'd like to drop him a line. - Craig

Eric Newsom's Rocky

I met Eric Newsom at this year's Heroes Con. He introduced himself to me and said that he visited the SZ regularly and had created a drawing of Sly as Machine Gun Joe from "Death Race 2000" that he wanted to send to me. We talked for a few minutes and I gave Eric my address and that was the last I heard from him until earlier this week. Eric wrote to say that he returned home to find the drawing had accidentally thrown out so he went back to the drawing board to create THIS as well as the computer colored piece above. Well, come to find out, Eric not only creates art, but collects it as well. Eric runs the very cool The Question website which features drawings and a whole lot more about, you guessed it, The Question.

Thanks to Eric for sharing his talents with us! - Craig

First Blood Video Art

Ernest "Jazzman" Resendes sent in the following:

The current issue (August 2007) of Smithsonian magazine has got a cool write up on artist Takeshi Murata on page 37 and the connection to First Blood ...

NOT A HOLLYWOOD SEQUEL American video artist Takeshi Murata mutates footage from B-movies and action flicks, adding techno soundtracks to create hypnotic digital films (2006's Untitles ( Pink Dot) samples 1982's Rambo: First Blood). At the Hirshhorn through September 9. Here's a link the Pink Dot > http://youtube.com/watch?v=d87FaWdj3L0 Have a great one !
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Thanks to Jazz for the tip! - Craig

Rambo Fan Art

Stefano Rondinella is 33 years old and has been a fan of Sylvester Stallone since 1989. Stefano lives in Sicilia, Italy. Stefano's passion is painting and he sent us his take on Rambo. - Craig

Hutchinson's Rocky

SZoner, Sherry Hutchison is back with her latest Stallone painting. She welcomes comments to Sherry_Hutchison@yahoo.com - Craig

Fan Art

Renato Mundt is a Brazilian from Sao Paulo city. Renato has been a Rocky / Stallone fan since 1985 when he was 9 years old. Renato did the Stallone sketch to the left and this Rocky tribute.

- Craig

Bill Pruitt Checks In

SZoner, Bill Pruitt checked in with the cool photo above and this... Hi Craig, Today I got to meet the stunt coordinator for "Rambo First Blood II," Diamond Farnsworth. Ironically, I was working on a new "John Rambo" piece at Universal Citywalk when he happened to be up there. He couldn't have been nicer and was very impressed that I knew who he was. (I've only seen him in Rambo II photos when Sly is doing bow and arrow target practice.) He said he taught Sly how to shoot the bow and arrow. Bill
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That's Diamond on the left and Bill on the right. Click HERE if you'd like a closer look at Bill's new Rambo painting! Thanks to Bill for sharing. Check out his site HERE. - Craig

Sly by Adam Shippee

SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with a new painting! This time he's taken on Sly in the classic Joe Weider pose. Adam's e-mail is ashippee1@cox.net if you'd like to drop him a line. - Craig

Rambo Fan Art

SZoner, Jim Miskell had this to say: I love all the fan art people are sending in it's inspiring. I have created my own in Adobe Illustrator. Man I can't wait for John Rambo to come out! I will send more hopefully if I have some free time to complete them.
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Thanks for sharing! - Craig

Fan Art

SZoner, Terrance Kennon wrote in to say that his xbox was broken and so for the first time in about four years he decided to to pick up a pen and paper. The result is the drawing above. Not bad for his first effort in years! - Craig

Robledo's Hurtin' Bombs

SZoner, Ron Robledo, checked in with his cool art that he calls "Hurtin' Bombs". Ron created it Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. This is Ron's first piece at the SZ, but we hope it won't be his last. - Craig

Shippee's New Rambo

SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with, you guessed it, another Rambo piece! Adam's new e-mail is ashippee1@cox.net if you'd like to drop him a line. - Craig

Rambo Fan Animation

Andre Duchesne is a new SZoner. He sent in a couple examples of work he's done on some Rambo animations. He takes actual dialogue from Rambo movies and creates scenes. I've seen a brief example and he's very good. Andre promises to send us a link once he's completed it! - Craig

Adam Shippee's Rambo

SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with another Rambo piece! - Craig

Moreno's "Angel of the City"

SZoner, Gerardo Moreno has sent in one of his best [and they are all excellent] digital paintings. He calls this one "Angel of the City" aka "Cobra." - Craig

Brett Dexter's Fan Art

SZoner, Brett Dexter sent in his latest "Rocky Balboa" art. Thanks to Brett for sharing! - Craig

SZoners Unite for Viewing

SZoner, Christopher aka "Slyguy" and his son, Ajay, met up with SZoner and "Sly Artist", Bill Pruitt before going to a showing of "Rocky Balboa" on December 26th. Another SZoner, MTotry [not pictured] joined them for the viewing. Needless to say, they all enjoyed the movie. ; )

- Craig

A Picture is Worth

SZoner, Tim S. wanted to share a picture of just how much Rocky Balboa means to him. Here's a shot of his Rocky tat! - Craig

Gerardo Moreno" "No Easy Way Out"

SZoner, Gerardo Moreno checked in with his latest digital poster. It's a cool design for "Rocky Balboa." Gerardo keeps smacking homeruns! - Craig