When it came to the RAIDER BORN painting, this is when things started to get real, creating a storyline in 10 paintings is like putting a puzzle together.
When I did SKULL VALLEY, I learned as the creator, producer, artist, and story teller, I have the power to take my storyline anywhere I want it to go or not go.
Up until SCENE 8 RAIDER BORN, I was just letting my imagination flow, I was not really doing my homework on the what ifs and possibilities of this or that.
I was just having fun with this new art project I was doing, because I did not know how to make a comic book or story line. So I had this mindset of I’ll just learn as I go.
And like John Madden use to say when someone hits you, ”BOOM…” You, get hit really hard and put on your back.
That’s what happened after creating SKULL VALLEY.
For every artist or new artist who reads this, it’s important to know, there’s going to be a point and time when what your doing starts to breath some real energy into your art work and creation.
But in order to feel that moment, you have to put in the work…
When I finished doing SKULL VALLEY and made it to SCENE 8 RAIDER BORN,
I could remember laying out all 8 paintings on my concrete floor and I
would stand and look down at them like I was really putting a comic movie together.
I would go over every scene in my head, word for word and imagine what was going to happen next.
And then it happened.
It was time to introduce THE CHOSEN ONE, but with a twist of painting tribute to the one who started all, Mr. Al Davis…
It’s like I had this calling to keep the RAIDER LEGEND alive.
When creating RAIDER BORN, I knew I had to make the creator of RAIDER FEDERATION,
“AL DAVIS,” as THE CHOSEN ONE was reaching for RAIDER destiny.
My favorite part of creating RAIDER BORN was trying to create that inside the cave effect. I like the way the light shines through the cave door to bring focus to the alter.
When it came to my story line I wanted to include a little bit of history of the past that I feel has gotten lost over the years from an educational stand point.
I think we can learn a lot from our history from trying to understand the importance of all the artwork left behind, even on the cave walls.
Being creative, art has always been a key to learning and growing, so I wanted to include that in my story line.
Was THE CHOSEN ONE ready to become the next RAIDER LEGEND?
Original RAIDER BORN painting sketch