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:iconcheshirecaterling:
Easily one of the oddest commissions I've ever personally gotten from someone...and yet turned out to be so much fun by the end.

This one is for :icondav2003: who wanted a retro WWF wrestling promotional poster featuring an "old school VS new school" kinda feel...

I don't normally do caricatures and celebrity likenesses...but impressed myself with how a few of these came out...although Owen Hart still just looks "off" to me. Hulk Hogan, Jake the Snake and The British Bulldog are my favs :P

All personalities are trademarked to...well..themselves XD
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:iconivan-martin:
Wrestling was excellent during 80s and 90s... But the PG Era has given WWE a bad name
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~maxvision92 Jan 23, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Except for a few years around the turn of the century, the WWE has always been PG. It's not the rating, it's the writing.
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:iconivan-martin:
True! It's the creative team, McMahon think Hollywood writers will make masterpieces of storylines and they make crap (it's like what happened with Marvel)
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:iconkrystalmyth:
Haha~!! This is pretty funny and unexpected, yet you managed to nail it~! XD
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:icontoni2011:
~toni2011 Aug 2, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
It may be the fact I'm a huge WWE fan, but I love this! Especially Stone Cold! Best wrestler from the Attitude Era. That and I based my OC, Riley, as his niece! XD
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:icondav2003:
*Looks at other commissions.* This is the odd one? XD

Thanks once again for doing once again CC. Got everything down to pat. The look of the wrestlers really fits them, do have to say the Jake Roberts one most of all is fantastic, almost errie with how much you captured his likeness really. All the others look top notch as well and despite your doubts, I do reckon you got down Owen's appearance well, looks very much the arrogant heel alright. Fantastic layout, really captures the old feeling of the PPV's with it laying out the card to perfect detail and each easy to follow. Colouring is bright and eye catching with the tones really capturing the grand old school feel and while each wrestler stands out extremely well with their looks, from Pope's glasses to Hulk being larger than life. The little details such as the old WWF logo really match it all and the poster was everything I hoped for. Thanks for your patience in doing this and it came out really well, despite its oddness. =p

Can't say enough good things about this and hope to comission you again in the future. Might be able to afford the rest of the card then. ;)
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~ThEbEaSt133 Jul 30, 2011   General Artist
Nice wrestling stuff! :D
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~J3V1L Jul 30, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I remember watching WWF back when the World Wild Life Federation didn't give a fuck about their name.

Brings back memories. Which wrestler was your favourite?

(mine's either Hulk Hogan or Doink the Clown)
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:iconcheshirecaterling:
Yeah that whole shitstorm was just sad...they were only fighting over it based on the principle of the thing...they wanted to show people that they could accomplish something that would make a big scene in the media.

So one part publicity stunt one part "picking a fight with the toughest guy they could find to assert dominance" basically...XD

Now see I'm an old school wrestling fan and my fandom peeked during the late 80's. My favorites among the old school was always Hillbilly Jim and Andre the Giant. The new school I'm not as familiar with but I was rather entertained by The Hurricane...gimmicky but damn if he wasn't a talented athlete.

And thanks :D
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:iconabadonx:
XD *giggles* Beer money *remembers futurama* "The only thing we have to fear is running out of beer."
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