G is for Greatness

Hello everyone,

It's Super Bowl week here in the good ol USA.  It's the biggest football game there is and my favorite team is playing in the game this year: The Green Bay Packers.  One subject I've drawn and painted over the years are football players - mostly Green Bay Packers.

As a kid growing up in Wisconsin, the Packers were the local favorites, and the people of the state love their team.  After I moved away, I still follow them.  They're a great franchise, and hey - I'm a fan...bottom line.  One thing I found out this week....the G logo does not stand for Green Bay.  The G stands for Greatness (I think it came out in 62 and I'll bet Vince Lombardi had something to do with it).

So - in honor of Super Bowl week and the Green Bay Packers - here are some of my favorite Packers pieces of artwork for your enjoyment.  Hope you all enjoy the game Sunday.  Go Packers!!!

Donald Driver - current Receiver for the Pack.  He's the old man of the team - he's been a Packer for 12 seasons, but he's still good.  Drawn in a cartoon style with Pen and Ink, scanned and colored in Photoshop.

Ryan Grant - The star Running Back who was injured early in the season this year.  It's a pencil drawing, scanned in, drawing then painted grey scale with Photoshop and color background added.

Ray Nitschke - One of the All time greats!  An intense player  - vicious on the field, a gentle giant off.  He was a stand-out in the Lombardi era of the 1960s.  This is a painted photo.  I painted it using digital tools in the computer with Painter software and Digitizing tablet.

Reggie White - The Minister of Defense.  In Super Bowl XXXI he took over the fourth quarter of the game where he sacked the opposing quarterback on two consecutive plays.  One of the most beloved players in Packers history.  You're missed - RIP big guy.

Aaron Rodgers - The Heir to the Throne.  The current quarterback on the Packers.  He had an absolutely phenomenal year.  He's amazingly talented.  He's also erased any controversy of him taking over for that other player (whom will remain unnamed).  The pic is a pencil drawing scanned into computer, and enhanced with Photoshop.