The client requested a faux movie poster for BLACK PANTHER: THE MOVIE. Sal wrote: "Since the idea was to do something like a movie poster, I decided to include some of my choices for the cast of characters: Wesley Snipes= T'Challa/Black Panther Halle Berry = Monica Lynne Matthew Perry = Agent Ross Kevin Spacey = White Wolf The panther costume remains somewhat slick and streamlined, however the claws are a little more high-tech. Since I've always conceived the costume to be sort of a holographic projection, the panther-like face is to be interpreted in the same vain, a hologram." As many know, Snipes' name has been tied to a possible upcoming movie so that actor was a natural for T'Challa . As for Perry & Spacey, BP scribe Christopher Priest had envisioned these actors when he created Ross and Hunter, the White Wolf. Berry was Sal's idea for the poster, I believe. Inked in brush and marker with a dash of white paint spatter, the inks were completed on 7/19/03. Tom Smith was then commissioned to airbrush the art on a photocopy of the original.
(above top) Sal's pencils (above) Tom's xerox- colored work
Sal Velluto's Art Soup
Tom Smith Commissions