Absolutely if Trevor only asks 500 for a commission I'm totally in. Even if he is not the be all and end all of likenesses his track record is enough for me to take a gamble at putting money in to having him take a stab at it.
I would not just do that with anybody,
As for Rocco I've hinted at it before but if a group commission is to be started for this over Trevor I have to make abundantly clear my stance on it I won't have any interest in his take on DC.
Specifically with Rocco, it's more than just a gamble on a likeness that could be hit or miss as I feel (just my opinion here) and I might ruffle a few feathers, that despite the fact that he is a person with talent and gets close to capturing good likenesses in a few of his heads, his heads are only about 50% up to the level they should be in terms of standards of 1/6 heads. I feel like he just sort of stops halfway through, his heads are not refined enough and I've seen him do some refined work on his website so I know h has the capability, if he spent about twice as long on these and carefully refined the details and made the heads look less obvious they were sculpted out of clay he'd have a few strong heads. I'll fully admit his Connery, Al Swearagin and Res Dogs actually came close to hitting the mark. Like I said he is a person with talent and I have respect for him. I want to make that clear before I look like a jerk for crapping all over his work which is not my intent.
I just feel that he pumps them out way too fast and the work suffers. Really who can blame him? there are enough people willing to toss their money at him and pay him the pricetag of a higher standard that his work does not live up to, but it could.
At the end of the day people seem to be satisfied with what he offers and that's OK too. My collection is far to big just to have a version of a character in it simply because it is the only version available. If it's not outstanding it has no place on my shelves... just too much good stuff on the market to buy to be ok to settle for mediocrity.
And with Daniel Craig there are MANY MANY versions of him. Many of them quite good, if something were specifically started and I was to be involved in pursuing it to happen it would have to be with the creme' de la crop of sculptors. I deem Trevor as a leader in that bunch.
I'm not knocking Rocco personally he has a market, he'd be a fool not to capitalize. Maybe one day he will make something that turns my crank and when that happens I'd praise the work as hard as anyone else.
Trevor is by far one of my favorite sculptors. His Walter White is a great example of a unique face that doesn't look like a caricature and looks realistic instead of plain silly. I also loved his Dexter, SSC Indy (pre-paint!), and his upcoming Sherlock/Watson duo.
