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Rob Schamberger's latest AEW painting pays tribute to Kazuchika Okada
Schamberger commented, "Pardon the pun, but I thought it’d be fun to pull back the curtain and show you my process for this new Kazuchika Okada painting. He’s obviously a new favorite of mine to paint, having such a distinctive look coupled with those gorgeous robes he wears. I like to have the design elements of the robe spread out into the compositions with him as that’s fun to do, but I wanted to take it an extra step this time around. Growing up, for reasons beyond me, I was a giant fan of the 1930’s and 40’s pulp character The Shadow. How and why I was so into something whose heyday had passed by 50 years before I got into it is a mystery, but it happened. Anyway! The magazines his stories were published in had these gorgeous covers and one in particular, ‘The Creeping Death’ by George Rozen is a straight-up masterpiece.
Since I wear my influences on my sleeve, I had fun with this homage to the composition and its color palette with my Okada painting. It’s a subtle thing until you see them together. So! For the half dozen of us that are pro wrestling and 1930’s pulp magazine fans, I hope you enjoy seeing it as much as I enjoyed making it.
There are limited edition signed art prints of the painting available now at ShopAEW.com.
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