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Dimebag Darrell Tribute from Brandt at DGREGstudio!

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Dimebag Darrell Tribute Video

 

Inks on Bristol / 2011

On today’s date 7 years ago, Dimebag Darrell, guitarist for Pantera was shockingly murdered on stage in Columbus, OH while playing with one of his side projects, Damageplan.  The shooter, Nathan Gale killed three others and injured seven in his rampage.  Gale was shot dead by a shotgun blast to the face from a police officer in the ensuing mayhem.  I created a tribute portrait of Dimebag this week for Rock Star Martyr who will be covering the guitarist today on the anniversary of his passing.

Dimebag was recently voted one of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone but by many accounts should have been closer to the top of the list.  He helped define a unique Southern Heavy Metal sound which drew Pantera legions of devoted fans and a posthumous cult following since his abrupt death.

Here’s the time lapse video I created of the coloring process for my portrait set to a track from none other than Pantera.  If it gets a little foggy on the footage when I’m coloring the sweet leaf, don’t adjust your screens, it’s all natural and part of my tribute, in memoriam
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The Artwork of Brandt Hardin
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Remembering Dimebag Darrell

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It was seven years ago today that a deranged gunman jumped on stage and slaughtered Darrell. I missed most of his career but did come to enjoy his playing later on. Here are three of Pantera’s biggest hits. Darrell’s guitar playing was thick as brick!

 

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