ORIGINAL George 'BEST'
ORIGINAL George 'BEST'
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The 3rd of my Northern Irish Legend Portraits is Belfast Born, Football Great George Best from both N.Ireland and Manchester United football fame.
“George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skilful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the best players in the history of the sport. He was named European Footballer of the year in 1968 and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote."
~Wikipedia
‘GEORGE’, measuring 122cm x 81cm this piece was unreal to create. From the start I shared the post with members of the Best family and to have them share my stories and offer me words of support was so motivating.
George Best is regarded as one of NIs Greatest Legends. When you think of NI he is undoubtedly one of the first people that springs to mind. This can be seen by the fact our Airport is suitably named after George as ‘Best City Airport’. The piece itself had a couple of modifications from the reference. I wanted the background black and I wanted his face slightly brighter. From previous work I know this really sets the piece off. The shirt I tried to recreate the material by using a similar material to dab on a pattern. There is a lot of freestyle in there and artistic license, but I am happy with the outcome.
Make sure to watch the ‘Making of’ video below, but to sum it up, it was as follows:
Chose a cool reference picture
Roughly whitewashed a board
Threw down some guidelines
Applied my 1st coat of Tin awesomeness
Brought the detail back through with acrylic pen
Applied the ‘Darkness’ 😵💫
Brought The LEGEND to life 😉
You’re welcome
The ORIGINAL- Supplied with his signature Modern deep set frame and Pink Slip. This frame is also fitted with high end anti glare glass.
ORIGINAL size is 141cm x 100cm framed.
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I loved drawing it, you’ll love viewing it.
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From receiving the parcel my husband had no idea what to expect.. after all it was a total surprise. I knew as I’d seen the amazing post on Facebook. His face said it all though. He was absolutely lost for words. He has always been a fan of Rory’s and I’ve got him pictures and bits and bobs along the way during our 2 year relationship.. but as we were just about to celebrate our 1st month of marriage.. seeing this came at the right time. He was overwhelmed and really chuffed with his gift.
I have always admired Jossiepops artwork around Bangor and when I saw that he was working on a Back to the Future print I got excited. Having been to the cinema to watch all the movie and been on the BTTF ride in Universal Studios I had great memories based on the films. I picked it up from the studio and was fascinated by the work that goes into producing these prints. We have it proudly displayed in our kitchen and have now pre ordered the Goonies print!! Keep up the good work JP
Got this for my partner's birthday.. He absolutely loved it. Thought it was one of the best true likeness he'd seen. I couldn't agree more.
Amazing and absolute stunning work of art! Upon purchasing directly Jossipops rushed the artwork to me, complimentary upgraded shipping, and it arrived in time to take to an epic BTTF convention. The cast from the films were absolutely in awe of such creativity! All I can day is wow, beautiful work and genius concept. I so appreciate the ultra fast shipping. Looking forward to more pieces in the future! *****Platinum trophy!
Of course, I'll take the time to thank you right away. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for this amazing print of Hugh Jackman. I'm so proud that I bought it from you, or rather, ordered it, and I believe me, I'm such a huge fan of your art, and I hope we both stay in touch and that you'll create more art like this. I give 5 Stars