Shannon Briggs as Luke Cage/Power Man

Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs as Luke Cage: Power Man, Sketchbook Chronicles No. 8, ink, watercolor paint and Copic art marker on sketch paper. Art by Coyote Duran.

A couple of years ago, I decided to dedicate an entire sketchbook to pieces that didn't take much time to do (more on that later...) and call these "journal entries" the "Sketchbook Chronicles." This was meant to be an extremely frequent exercise just to keep me sharp but, of course, life got in the way (and that's not a bad thing!).

Entry No. 8 was supposed to be a timely entry but the capitalist pig (coyote, really) I am got more involved in commissions. (Hey, I've got bills to pay and mouths to feed too, you know.) See, Netflix and Marvel Studios premiered their "Luke Cage" series in September of 2016 and I got the bright idea (no, really, it was) to render former world heavyweight boxing champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs (who, incidentally, will face Fres Oquendo for another heavyweight title belt on June 3, 2017...at age 45! Let's go, Champ!!) as the 1970s version of Cage, the "Hero for Hire" known as Power Man, to coincide with it. Originally, I started the drawing then and meant to finish it shortly afterward but, as I mentioned, commissions, money and paying bills, man! I actually finished last night (hence the dual dates by my signature)!

Anyhoo, I hope you dig the latest (and I do mean that in the most late of senses!) Sketchbook Chronicles entry, done in ink, watercolor paint and Copic art marker on sketch paper, Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs as Luke Cage/Power Man.


Oh, here are the process shots via the Instagram. Sweet Christmas!!

#SketchbookChronicles No.8: Yes, this is Shannon The @cannon_briggs but in my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup...WHO is #ShannonTheCannonBriggs? Any guesses? #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #ChampThatBeatKnock #ChillChampChill #ChampYouCrazy #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #InstaArt #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Micron #Ink #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #Heavyweight

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#WorkInProgress: #SketchbookChronicles No.8: #SweetChristmas! It's the Champ! Shannon The @cannon_briggs as my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup, #LukeCage AKA #PowerMan! But The Cannon HAD to be rendered in Cage's 1970s disco get-up! #WIP #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #InstaArt #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Pencil #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #Heavyweight #AlvinDrafting

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#WorkInProgress: #SketchbookChronicles No.8: #SweetChristmas! It's the Champ! Shannon The @cannon_briggs as my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup, #LukeCage AKA #PowerMan! But The Cannon HAD to be rendered in Cage's 1970s disco get-up! #WIP #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #InstaArt #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Pencil #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #Heavyweight #AlvinDrafting

A post shared by Coyote Duran (@coyoteduran) on Sep 18, 2016 at 4:44pm PDT

#WorkInProgress: #SketchbookChronicles No.8: #SweetChristmas! It's the Champ!Shannon The @cannon_briggs as my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup #LukeCage/#PowerMan! But The Cannon HAD to be rendered in Cage's 1970s get-up! #WIP #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #InstaArt #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Micron #Ink #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #Heavyweight

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#WorkInProgress: #SketchbookChronicles No.8:INKED FRAMEWORK #SweetChristmas! It's the Champ!Shannon The @cannon_briggs as my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup #LukeCage/#PowerMan! But The Cannon HAD to be rendered in Cage's 1970s get-up! (And his hair looks like a sesame seed bun in this outlined version!) #WIP #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #InstaArt #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Micron #Ink #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #Heavyweight

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#WorkInProgress: #SketchbookChronicles No. 8: INKED FRAMEWORK #SweetChristmas! It's the Champ! Shannon The @cannon_briggs as my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup #LukeCage/#PowerMan! But The Cannon HAD to be rendered in Cage's 1970s get-up! (And his hair looks like a sesame seed bun in this outlined version!) #WIP #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #InstaArt #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Micron #Ink #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #Heavyweight

A post shared by Coyote Duran (@coyoteduran) on Sep 19, 2016 at 12:53pm PDT

#WorkInProgress: #SketchbookChronicles No. 8: #SweetChristmas! It's the Champ! Shannon The @cannon_briggs as my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup #LukeCage/#PowerMan! But The Cannon HAD to be rendered in Cage's 1970s get-up! #WIP #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #InstaArt #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Micron #Ink #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #Heavyweight

A post shared by Coyote Duran (@coyoteduran) on Jan 4, 2017 at 6:32pm PST

#WorkInProgress: #SketchbookChronicles No. 8: #SweetChristmas! It's the Champ! Shannon The @cannon_briggs as my latest #boxer/#ComicBook character mashup #LukeCage/#PowerMan! But The Cannon HAD to be rendered in Cage's 1970s get-up! Throwing in some #watercolor tones as a warm-up before working on a RobertoDuran/SugarRayLeonard #commission! #WIP #LetsGoChamp! #ITsTheChamp #VamosCampeon #Art #Boxing #BoxingArt #BoxingArtist #CreationNation #Champion #Sketch #CoyoteDuran #Illustration #Portrait #Portraiture #Micron #Ink #Drawing #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt

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