This time-lapse video shows how artist Matt Cory brought Kobe Bryant to life for The Forest Lab. The original concept for ”Only Kings Have Rings” was a design collaboration between Matt Cory and TFL#! owner, Garrett Campbell. The idea called for a graphite pencil drawing of Kobe wearing a crown similar to the famous crowned Biggie Smalls picture. But, Matt felt that using Lakers colors in a cross sketch/hand drawn style would be more effective. As you can see, Matt was right. The final drawing makes a provocative and unmistakable statement about Kobe’s elite status as the rightful King of the NBA.
Drawn with color pencils, the final product took about 6 hours to complete. You can see a full detail of the back and the front of the shirt at mattcory.wordpress.com.
“Only Kings Have Rings” is available to buy NOW during an exclusive pre-order only through TheForestLab.com. All pre-orders will be shipped by April 15th – just in time for NBA play-offs that begin April 18th.
Get ‘em while they’re hot.
