GUITAR HEROES

This is German born guitar great Uli Jon Roth formerly of the Scorpions he plays classical and hard rock music , this is done with charcoal and pastels and spray paint, and used Photoshop the new software. This is the subject of Guitar Heroes. This was the first image of Uli Jon Roth and is titled "IN TRANCE" the name of the Scorpions classic song from 1975 which he played a fiery balladiering guitar solo that is so mesmerizing.

These images I have done as an illustrator who is a music fan and want to promote music from the past. The theme of this is "GUITAR HEROES", The images are basically of rock guitar legends that I have grown to admire and that influenced. The second image is of Eric Clapton on top during his days with Cream of the 1960's which is what had been capture with pastels.The next is of Black Sabbath founding guitarist Tony Iommi who is an inspiration to many guitar players. He had an accident in a sheet metal factory as a teenager and lost two tips of his fingers and created a sound that is amazing which is called "heavy metal", and shows determination.This was done with mixed media and color pastels .

The second image is of rock guitar great Eddie Van Halen which I did just months ago and I was fascinated by hi guitar histrionics, and the guitar pose that I had to chose all images and he had this powerful image.This was done in watercolor markers and colored the background in painting on photoshop

Here is another done by me of the great Eddie Van Halen who is best known for his tapping guitar technique on the fretboard

Stevie Ray Vaughan was an interesting subject I saw this music video from the 1980's and I wanted to capture the image and the power of how he plays his insrument during the poor weather. This image is of 11 x 17" and I had done them in watercolor markers and color pastels.

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame was interesting in the pose and capture the essence of the 1970's and the guitar pose is striking and the picture came from a 1975 performance in Earl's Court. I love the picture and it inspired me to work on this piece
Pastels and Illustrator CS3.

Randy Rhoads on a Crazy Train

The illustration is a suggestion of what a guitar hero was during his brief time in his lifetime.Randy Rhoads is an example of a classically trained guitarist who can incoroporate rock guitar. This was done at 11 x 17" portrait with watercolor markers only. Rhoads was a founding member of Quiet Riot and was a member of Ozzy Osbourne's touring band from 1979 right until his tragic death in a plane crash in March 1982 at age 25. Songs like "Crazy Train" "I Don't Know" and "Mr Crowley" written by Rhoads with Ozzy stood the test of time.

Jimi Hendrix, god of thunder

11 x17 image
Medium: Art Watercolor Markers
Date: May 2003