Sheik is a brilliant muralist and tattoo artist discovered at a wrestling show in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The chance counter happened when Robert overheard Sheik showing someone his drawings. When Robert saw the drawings, he knew he found someone special. Robert shared the story of the Roller Rapper with Sheik.
Sheik's excitement about the project made Robert understand he had found the right person to illustrate the story. Robert wanted something extraordinary and waited for that person to present himself. He knew he could hire someone, but art done for money usually differs from art done for passion. At the time, Sheik had a hard time and needed rent money. Robert gave Sheik some money and agreed to pay Sheik every time he delivered artwork. After about 200 drawings, the Graphic Novel was complete.
Over the next two years, Sheik would provide enough drawings to complete the graphic novel.
What makes these illustrations even more remarkable is that all of the drawings were done without any help from computers, 100% hand drawn with colored pencils except for the cover, which was airbrushed.