Простой способ сделать это без использования такого сложного оператора рисования:
//Make a backup so that we can reset our graphics object after using it.
AffineTransform backup = g2d.getTransform();
//rx is the x coordinate for rotation, ry is the y coordinate for rotation, and angle
//is the angle to rotate the image. If you want to rotate around the center of an image,
//use the image's center x and y coordinates for rx and ry.
AffineTransform a = AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(angle, rx, ry);
//Set our Graphics2D object to the transform
g2d.setTransform(a);
//Draw our image like normal
g2d.drawImage(image, x, y, null);
//Reset our graphics object so we can draw with it again.
g2d.setTransform(backup);