Art & Inspiration ///////friday art show 3-2-12\\\\\\\

Bad ass shirt. I liked it from the first day I saw the art. I just ordered one off your websidte.

 

For those of you that don't know my "kind"of art, here's some samples. Most of these are done the old fashioned hard way with pen and ink...on paper...most of these are actual cars...

Did this logo for my friend Dave Pareso in ColoRODo Springs-his body shop.



Did this one for my friend "Wooley"



Did this one as a joke for my friend Mike...look closely at it...



Piece of concept art for a street rod shop here in Denver...this car got built out of a 2004 T-Bird...using '57 T-Bird parts...this one was done with markers...



PS, I do single color to six color art for silkscreening...do a lot of it in the western US...

All of these images are copyrighted...

R-

 

Sunday Slacker feature of the day. South Bay Bobber - Christian Ferreira 1952 Harley Panhead. Photo by: Johnny O
Original 73-ci motor and four-speed transmission, green 21-inch front tire, 16-inch rear wheel, 1930’s Model A taillight, DNA springer forks, and a leather solo seat, which was tooled with a skull design.

 

I can appreciate your techniques, 40 StudeDude. Pencils, brushes, markers and pastel chalk are mine. I don't know the first thing about computer-generated art, but appreciate it to the fullest. Your work is top notch, by the way!

 

Lose the green tire, and replace the sporty tank and that thing would be near perfect.

 

Very cool , Must have been a very late 37 Model A,ha,ha...

 

Great pieces as always from everyone....Jen, I love the helmet. The goldwork is awesome! Here are a couple.

 

I use Prismacolor markers almost exclusively, but at times, if there's a cool color I find that Prismacolor doesn't make, I'll buy it and add it to my arsenal.

I too wanted to thank everyone that stopped by and not only visited my booth, but all the artist's booths in Artist's Alley at Detroit Autorama. I met a lot of great people, saw lots of old friends, and got to hang out with some mega talented artists. I had a BLAST!!! I hope to see the Artist's Alley Tradition continue and everyone's suport makes it possible.

 

Very cool work ......

 

Great work, everybody - I especially enjoyed the Bonneville 'toon...
Here's my offering for this week.
Dan

 

Thanks R .........much appreciated.

 

WOW great work everyone!

 

the above and below photos were taken with my 1953 Argus C3 35mm camera using Tmax 100 film

 

this is my art ....

 

Nice shot from the brick!!

 

lots of great work once again........best part of my Friday. Todd your stuff freakin rocks. Here is a panel I did at the Sacramento Autorama featuring the Voodoo Priest built by Rick Dore for James Hetfield

 

Thanks! it's been my first and main camera for the past 7 years, but I just upgraded to a 1949 Graflex Century 2x3 press camera

 

Great show again! I don't have anything I can show this week, but I am posting these as a satisfied customer of TOMMY'S CYCLE! This is seriously cool!

Yes, I have big hands. This is a piston from a big block Chevy......or a Vespa, I can't remember what he said.






It sits in a place of honor creepily looking at me from my shelf. Check out my blog this weekend as I'm adding more content and another (weekly) artist tip.

 

There are 2 events out in PA that I need to get too! Great shot!

 

Yeah I am going to this in a few weeks and will be shooting with my new Graflex

http://www.northeastcustomcarshow.com

 

Fantastic work folks! Thank you for the inspiration.

 

A graflex...now you sound very confused.

when ever I am craving big negatives and contact prints, i grab the 4x5 (thanks Spike!)

 

Art by Ryan Curtis from AZ. He did our show design which opens TONIGHT and tomorrow in Middletown CT from 6-10. Check out the incredible list of artists below. The gallery looks awesome!

Tom Fritz
Ruben Duran
Ryan Curtis
KeithWeesner
Scott Fisk
James Owens
Jeral Tidwell
Max Grundy
Krazy Dotty
Lazy Yutaka
Igor
Skratch
Candy
Squindo
Mark Phelan
Jeremy Lee
Grumpy
Chastin
Jerry Adametz
Todd Jones
Big Toe
Chad Lockhart
Harley Carrera
Jon Bradstreet
tick one
Brian Darwas
Michael Krazy Tiki
David Lozeau
Eric “Eggie” Foust
Jeremy “Relic” Pedersen
Charlie “Bandit” Decker
Dan Burns
Chuck Vranas
Mark Conforth
Alma Duhyvetter
Tom Cole
Jim Gavinelli
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thanks bob!

 

Martin this is a very well done and luscious illustration.

Dig it!

 

This is my unrelated sorta to vintage hot rods post. Doing a pinup distressed sample deck for a small run of decks. Each are hand painted and a mixture of silkscreening. The boards done in vintage Boeing B29 fasteners(not rivits) and each decks Olive Drab is exact matched and mixed much like the original paint including the Toluene thinner and cadmium pigments. The goal was to make a paint chip that isn't actually chipped into the lower layer of polished aluminum paint. The board was drilled for the fasteners first, then 6 coats of wet sanded aluminum fine reset paint then distressed, silkscreened and hand painted.


The deck comes with a poster as well.


Detail of the deck.


Board before silkscreening seeing how the fasteners look.