Rat Capone - Fredrik Holmgren, AIK, Allsvenskan, 2008-2009
The story
Fredrik had a really funny idea for his new AIK mask. When Fredrik told David about it, David knew it was gonna be much fun painting the design!
Fredrik wanted rats on his mask, AIK's mascot animal, and he wanted them as classic gangsters! Wow, so cool, David thought.
David started the work and painted a tough gangster rat on each side of the mask, really kick ass cool... Of course David added carefully chosen details, as the gangster faces with scars, just like the super gangsters Al Capone and Scarface...
Machine gun and smoking cigar are other obvious gangster details, not to forget the classic suit!
In the front of the mask the AIK castle is painted, guarded by the gangsters. In the background you can see a city silhouette, Solna of course. The city is painted in AIK's gold glittering tones, while the lower part of the mask is painted in AIK black. The smart colour choices makes the mask a natural AIK mask when seen from far. It's always important that a mask design delivers both regarding the detail work and the distance view.
Down below the design is framed by yellow graphic lines from the team uniform, to get a connection with the uniform. But hey, look, the chin part is full of bullet holes...
The entire mask has an extreme detail work, as always when David is in the action.The cool DAVEART 3D-HolographiX FX gives an amazing depth to the whole.