Carl, James Hetfield Garage Wood Guitar

I had an honor to work together with James Hetfield and my friend luthier Ken Lawrence for 2 years on making this piece of History. I was responsible for designing the inlay, coins the story behind "Carl". Full interview with James, Ken and me can be found here https://www.metallica.com/blog/so-what-article/452910/carl-s-story

I also did a painting version of the inlay for James, for their HQ Studio in California.

Here is a snippet.

Milivojevic explains the story behind the drawing with unbridled passion. “Cliff was like James, he liked shooting from guns and you know, the constellation of Orion, he’s also an archer constellation so it was like a pretty good match I think to maybe describe his personality. James is like the silent figure, that’s something he always said he felt when he was younger. So he presents like a silent figure. Then we have Lars and lightning drum sticks, and I put the lightning there as well because he brought some ideas for Ride the Lightning...