Over the past few years during the development of my artistic identity, I have become known for certain elements and traits in my work. One of the biggest traits is the use of my personal interests to produce ideas for pieces, including music, cartoons and humour, but I have never used my interest in professional wrestling as a creative influence in the past. At the same time, there aren't many other known illustrators that have produced wrestling-related briefs either. To quote one of my biggest influences in my artistic research, Rob Schamberger, "I felt that no artist had ever really approached this subject matter with any serious intent."(Source: http://robschamberger.com/wrestling-champions/)
For this project, I wanted to go all out because it's a part of my Final Major Project at Plymouth College of Art, so I've decided to produce a project depicting a history of the WWE Championship. Over the past fifty years, forty-three different people have held the WWE Championship and I plan on producing a possible poster design that features, yes, every single one of them.
Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Rock to Pedro Morales, Stan Stasiak, Ivan Koloff and even Vince McMahon himself.
I plan on uploading pictures of every single character here, so once again, watch this space!
