Lev Yashin – The Black Octopus
By Miniboro • Illustrations • 10 Dec 2011
This one doesn’t need much explanation, i knew i wanted to incorporate the iconic CCCP lettering and a nickname like ‘The Black Octopus’ just lends itself to this kind of characterisation, so it wasn’t too difficult to imagine how it was going to turn out.
The colour palette is meant to reflect Yeshin’s famous black jersey fading into Octopus ink squirts, the contrast of the white CCCP lettering and Russian red of course.
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Tags: CCCP, Lev Yashin, Russia
2 Responses
AMAZING stuff man. This one’s definitely one of your best works. Purchasing details btw?
This is definitely my favourite design. Love the way the octopus coils around the CCCP and in front of YASHIN. The ‘fading ink’ effect is also excellently done. Would love to have this on a wall in my house, or even on a t-shirt. Fantastic stuff.