Early Friday Art Attack.....

[safariknut]

Gonna post a couple pics and go to bed as I have to flame an el Camino in the morning.some of these are old and some are this week,some are sublime and some are ridiculous:
Everything from bike parts to airbrushed ice cubes to 3-color flamed fingernails..........

[safariknut]

One of two ice cream trucks I did a couple years ago.

[safariknut]

A friend of mine's wife was going to a 50's themed car show and wanted her fingernails flamed.Used 3 colors and it took about 15 minutes.Lasted about a week.

[40StudeDude]

OK...I'll jump in on this one...almost Friday here...

Concept art for a shop here in Denver: An '04 T-Bird with '57 T-bird front and rear fenders...
R-

[safariknut]

Ah what the hell;one more:A couple of pedal cars with painted lamps and bumpers.

[Zeke]

A lil culinary art
Me and my buddy Vince started with this 60lb lock of ice
http://photo.starblvd.net/swaggerm/3-1-1.jpg

And ended up with this
http://photo.starblvd.net/swaggerm/3-2-4.jpg

Ol Zeke in action http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
http://photo.starblvd.net/swaggerm/3-1-4.jpg
More picts at http://photo.starblvd.net/swaggerm?st=album&pg=2

[Zeke]

Another view
http://photo.starblvd.net/swaggerm/3-3-2.jpg

and again
http://photo.starblvd.net/swaggerm/3-3-1.jpg

not bad for spending most of the night outside in the cold soaking wet. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif God it was fun!! Not bad for the first time at it.

[daddyo54]

Well here goes my first art post.(sorry about the bad pics I don't have a scanner) http://photo.starblvd.net/~daddyo54/3-1-1.jpg http://photo.starblvd.net/~daddyo54/3-1-2.jpg http://photo.starblvd.net/~daddyo54/3-1-3.jpg

[k-member]

DAMN 49 Stude, that sucker looks better than the new origanal. Here's another watercolor for this week. If there is any interest in it, I will auction it off for the HAMB...

[ShortBus]

http://home.socal.rr.com/rickamado/cactus01-sm.jpg
mmmm pointy.

[whodaky]

http://photo.starblvd.net/~whodaky/4-4-1.jpg http://photo.starblvd.net/~whodaky/4-4-2.jpg http://photo.starblvd.net/~whodaky/4-4-3.jpg
Here are my usual 3 posts for the Friday Art extravaganza.
First is enamel on gloss black cardboard.
Second (enamel on comp paper) is something I am playing around with for a friend's 63 T Bird mild custom, it incorporates some of the design elements from the actual T Bird badge. The design is a bit busy for what I would put on this guy's custom, but he likes it.
The third is enamel on a VB ( Victoria Bitter beer ) bottle ,is a for my nephew as a gift he is giving to a friend!

[Daddy-O]

Nice stuff everyone. Ray - Is there anything you haven't ever painted?


Here's a panel I did this week. It's about 36" high, striped in white, green, and orange.

http://photo.starblvd.net/stripesbyscott/1-2-1.jpg

[Fat Hack]

Dunno how well this would qualify as "art"...but it's a concept "painting" I did to illustrate what I want my car to look like someday! Starting with a bland photo of a very nice, stock 49 Chevy, I chopped it and painted it to my liking...

<img src=http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid102/p3e839ba84f17fdd4fbb3955f52748ab0/f9b453ec.jpg>

Got a long ways to go...but this is my new official "Motivational Painting"!!!

[mikes51]

Here are a couple of still shots from an animation I recently did. In the animation, the car's color starts out blue and transforms into the final red color.

Here in white is the geometry.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~mikes51/3-2-1.jpg

[hamilton]

nice stuff this morning fellas!

SafariRay! When can we see pics of yer car? I always see it in the background of yer pics and Barnett and Antichrysler went crazy about it!

I gotta say, those long slender panels of Daddy-O's are always the cleanest....love the stuff!

Anywho, here's another from the garage....let's see more!!!!!!!!!

[safariknut]

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SafariRay! When can we see pics of yer car?

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Went looking for a quick one and all I found was this one taken at the Ty-Rods show a couple years ago.I got this from another site so I hope I'm not infringing on anyone's rights(sorry Smitty's Hot Rod Page).
Ray

[Fat Hack]

You really have to see Ray's Safari in person...I probably went over it ten times at the Broken Dream Kruise last Summer and STILL didn't see everything!!! The little details are every bit as impressive as the larger work!

WAY cool car...awesome talent behind the brush!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Buick59]

Shortbus.....another beautiful Holga moment. I just shot a friends punk band with my holga (my first holga shoot) I find out today if any of those pictures are worth a damm. Is it wrong to use a 300$ flash on a 15 dollar camera? We will see.

Mike

oh ps...what type of color film do you use with yours?

[Buick59]

just a pic

[bdrake]

Keep em coming, nice stuff so far.
Here is my new 3-window.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~bill/Images/Hamb/35artshow.jpg

[Empire32]

A tshirt design made for a german message board....
More on my website...

http://mapage.noos.fr/empire32.art.garage/updatejan04/images/oithcolor.jpg

[Drive on]

Playing with photoshop
My transmission on a table

[Drive on]

One more to get my posts to 69.

[Unkl Ian]

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You really have to see Ray's Safari in person...I probably went over it ten times at the Broken Dream Kruise last Summer and STILL didn't see everything!!!

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You will NEVER see the whole thing.



Because when your looking on one side,he's painting more stuff on the other side. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Fast Elvis]

Nice ART guys......and I look forward to seeing the wagon in person Ray!!

[warpigg]

a logo i did for a friend.

email signature:

[lostparts]

i stripped the black finish of the top of guitar, fine sanded the top, did illustration.
next i'll clear, then pin stripe (ooo) around the pick guard to give a lacey feel... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[warpigg]

biz czrd:

[safariknut]

A couple more from the archives:First a drum head I did.My son was the manager of the band. The second goes WAY back;a T-shirt I did with magic markers in 1965 for a friend in the Navy.I just talked to him on the phone for the first time in nearly 40 years!

[safariknut]

the shirt

[Big A]

NIce work as always. That Frankies Garage sign rocks.

Here's a couple of old photos... kinda car related http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

They're tearing these down as fast as I can shoot them. I've missed a few and they're gone now. I'm not much of a photographer, but I love old neon...

http://www.zerotosixty.net/CadillacMotel*.jpg

http://www.zerotosixty.net/Motel4*_sm.jpg

[hotrodladycrusr]

Great job guys! Thanks for sharing.

I do have a question for Buick59 and I'm hoping it's not a stupid one or I missed a joke somewhere, but what is a "Holga"?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Big A]

Denise, a Holga is a cheap-ass plastic camera (Russian?) that is full of light leaks and shoddy workmanship... but for some reason they take really cool photos. They've got a pretty big cult following. Kinda like hot rods, people cut them up and modify them and achieve some great results. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

http://www.toycamera.com/cam/holga.html

[DamnitDave]

This guy's got talent...

[ShortBus]

Mike, That's akin to putting dubzzz on a Pinto..

I use Kodak Portra 400NC or 400VC (natural color or vivid color) color negative film.

I'm interested in seeing some pics from that punk shoot.

The cactus is sort of on topic, I was out in the desert waiting for a hemi deuce to show up so I could shoot it..

Here's one from last weekend.

http://home.socal.rr.com/rickamado/freng50merc03-sm.jpg


Denise, I think part of the Holga's appeal is that it's like a box of chocolates...

mikes51- your 3D stuff is astounding.

BigA- Bitchin! Are those digitally enhanced?

[Django]

Hey Rick, how did you get the double exposure in the lower corner? Is that one of the light leaking Holga characteristics? I should email this thread to a friend. I'm pretty sure he plays with a Holga as well.

Bob Drake, your '35 is killer.

[ShortBus]

That double exposure is one of the quirky qualities of my Holga. It shows up in most of the images from that camera. The shutter is a rotating disc with a hole cut in it. There's another plate that's supposed to cover the opening when the shutter rotates back to home. Apparently there's a bit of a gap.
The shutter mechanism is the only metal in the camera.. even the lens is plastic.

[4t64rd]

I have a plastic Russian twin lens reflex that does the same thing, but uses 2-1/4 film. Great for big enlargements. like this picture, but all the metal is plastic.

[ckdesigns]

Great stuff everyone this now my favorite thing about fridays. Here's some parts I outlined this week for a local chopper shop.

[Buick59]

Ok...I'll have the holga Images up next week. But I gotsta say having a my Canon flash on the holga did well in that bar. The color images turned out rather well....and the B&amp;W ones did too. Here are some images from my 35mm. Hope ya dig Punk Rawk(not my cup of tea). By the way my friends band name is the "Pagan Dead"

Mike

[Buick59]

and another

[Buick59]

and another one

[Buick59]

last one I SWEAR TO GOD! By the way these are digital scans of my negatives. I have not made any prints yet. Gonna take a break from the dark room this weekend.

[safariknut]

A couple of additional pics of the pedal cars

[safariknut]

another

[safariknut]

the front

[safariknut]

the other front

[ELpolacko]

Nothing real cool but took this on my way home from a truly killer junk yard in Salome AZ. This is what is left of a stamp press, real old stuff near the Harquaharla mountain range in West central AZ.

[59BuickWagon]

You better not ride it Ray's wagon unless you're pinstipped:)

[safariknut]

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You better not ride it Ray's wagon unless you're pinstipped:)

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Thanks for posting that pic Dennis; first time I've seen it.We had a full house that day;my wife and I,the dog,my son and his fiance and her son.
This was the dog's second trip to the Ty-Rods show from Michigan and she loved every minute of it.We haven't had the heart to leave her home since she lost her best friend to bone cancer last year.This was him with my wife and Muttley(the little dog).Meet Duke von Slayer(my son named him not me),all 155 lbs.
Ray

[skyspop]

Havent done much painting in a while,but this week I messed up a perfectly good snowboard,One shot,and liquitex acrylics in the flames,followed by four coats of clear.

[skyspop]

another shot.

[skyspop]

sorry,one more closeup for possible feedback.

[NortonG]

Nice work guys as usual. Is that a girls snowboard? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[skyspop]

Yeah,but she's hardcore,one of my regular tattoo clients,Not your typical fluffy butterfly kind.It was fun..

[Unkl Ian]

Nice skate board,what's all that white shit in the background? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[KCsledz]

SKYSPOP,
Great job on the snowboard!

[racer5c]

Another guitar my wife did

[racer5c]

let me try this again

[racer5c]

We were at the Pumkin Run in Cincinnati and there was an old pit entrance sign I wanted to buy but they wanted WAY to much money for it so My wife decided to try to make a new "old" we got a few tips from our friends Dan and Josh Shaw

[safariknut]

Seeing the pit entrance sign brought to mind a couple signs I did for a local business awhile back.
They wanted something a little different but were limited as to the size of their signs.These are 2 4'X4' pieces of 3/4" MDO. As the name was the Pit Stop I wanted to come up with something car related but still able to be seen from the road.
I decided to paint a tire track running across the sign dividing the copy.Well I don't know if anyone has ever tried to paint a tire track and make it look realistic but I can tell you right now,"IT AIN'T EASY!"
After a couple of bungled attempts,I came up with the perfect solution:Utilize you wife's Geo Tracker which has a nice aggressive tread pattern and spray paint the tire tread black,place the sign under the back of the tire and drive over it!On the 4' width of the sign if you spray around the tire as far as you can,it will just traverse the sign perfectly!The pattern isn't perfect but that's what makes it look authentic.
These signs are mounted back to back and stand out quite well even against a somewhat cluttered background.
That's another thing I found out about signs when determining what colors to use;the background has to contrast with the sign not blend into it.

[Unkl Ian]

Racer5C: bring your wife to the Detroit Autorama.

[surf monkey]

late entry to this weeks show

monkey
monkey-inc (http://www.monkey-inc.co.uk)

[Toyghoul]

Nice stuff!! Here's one I did yesterday, late for the show as usual.. http://www.geocities.com/toyghoul/catstripe1.JPG

[Toyghoul]

Another one... http://www.geocities.com/toyghoul/freestyle1.JPG

[Buick59]

Surf monkey......that is one great lookin pic.

Mike

[Peter Pan of Chicago]

Surf Monkey, ToyGhoul, It's never too late to see bitchen' work. Thanks for sharing. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[hotrodladycrusr]

Thanks for the info on what a Holga is guys. Appreicate learning about new stuff. I took alot of photos this weekend at different settings so I can try to evaluate them and determine which ones are better for different situations. (new camera) I have no formal training but I'd like to be able to take the best photos I possibly can with my skills and knowledge.

Here is a photo I took of a panel that Safariknut did. It was a gift from him last month and I have it proudly hanging in my car memorabilia room. I thought I might share it with you guys.

http://photo.starblvd.net/~hotrodladycrusr/1-2-4.jpg

[Peter Pan of Chicago]

What a great panel ya got there, Denise.

What's amazing to me is how clean and fast he does his work, and still maintains a consistent thin line.

Bravo! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Mai Ki-Ki]

Hell it feels like friday...
Just a Quick Sketch...


Cheers!

[Unkl Ian]

Working on background panels for Pinstriping.
This one is Pearlescent Alligator Skin.

[Thirdyfivepickup]

Way... way late. I shot some pics of the progress Chris50 is making on his sedan. This shot came out pretty cool. (I had to shrink it waaaaay down...it was 2048X1536!)