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did'nt see anybody show up yet so i'll lead er off with a sign i did for buddy's slot car shop

 

anybody vend art or pinstriping at shows? i've been vending about four years and still have yet to come up with a better than cheesy display.
i always do pretty well, usually thrown in with the other venders and swap meet guys. i wondered how everybody else's stands look like and the art they sell, post pix please, i know there is talent at these events.
ya gotta do better than me

 

1953 Chevy. Media: markers, airbrush and colored pencils.

 

Now there is the show thread!

Busy week...here is a new painting I just got finished. 11x17 1shot and acrylic on clayboard..."Hasta Muerte" (...till death)



and here is a new tshirt that I'll have done for Ink and Iron in a few weeks..."Los Compadres Muertos" (friends till death)

 

Hey himjively,

I vend at 5-10 events a year and I use gridwalls to show my stuff...cheap easy and versatile. Here is where I get mine...

http://www.valudisplay.com//Product/product_detail.asp?sku=0GWS2BK000000

Can't find any shots of my setup but I'll keep looking..

 

One suggestion: your banner could use more color.

 

A. Use the grid walls as suggested. Get the artwork vertical. Laying it flat is a sure way to get people to walk straight past your stuff.

B. I can't work out why the vendors stand under cover while the customer has to stand out in the heat or rain. I prefer to get them undercover with my stuff (I sell rod & custom zines).

C. Color. Your stand needs to grab people from a few car lengths away.

D. Dress tidy (i.e. not like a complete ratbag!) and don't wear sunglasses.

 

Dunno if its art....but here's some from Scarlett Fever 2 in San Francisco....

 

Some stuff I drew up recently.

 

Los Compadres Muertos...now thats the shit! If you do make some shirts please let me know...

 

Did any of you guys see that special on Low Brow art on the Ovation channel,on tuesday night? It had Robert Williams,Big Daddy Roth,Von Dutch,and many other artists that do Hotrod art and ads etc. I hope it will be on again,cause I missed some of it.

 

You got it...I'll post up when they come in in the next week or so! Thanks!

 

laying my art flat actually gets my art WALKED ON also. I really need to get it standing up, thanx for the suggestions guys.
a new banner is my next project
could'nt find the ovation channel, i really wanted to watch that special

 

I missed about 25 min. of it,but it was great.

 

Great stuff

Heres an unfinished version of my 40 pickup..."Bad moon rising"

 

great show this week guys. cool sign jim. janne, love the little chevy. clysdale, way cool.

if you want your model a sedan to stand out from the rest, you could always go for the luxury/hotrod look. this one was done for michael overcash. he came up with the design. the build also includes a multi-carbed buick straight 8.

zombie

 

Not art but it fits with your poster. This won NSW State Title 'Concourse' in 1999.




Doc.

 

Zombie...that is amazing....thank you for sharing.

 

hi guys
first stuff on your website

Enjoy !

 

That's good stuff Maynard!


Here's ( no tomatoes, please) entry 1 from me for the 9th Art Challenge
titled "Your Dream Car" Please don't ban me... ( I'm sure I've got to have something else up my sleeve,...now let me see.............)

 

are you kidding me? that thing is rad.

 

Till Death killer painting!!

 

oOi's
Your work is Awesome !!

 

Zombie, you made my day.

 

zombie-better than the real thing man
Oo welcome, good stuff
jigger, yeah, i know late 60's early 70's look is growing on me too
doc, nice job - i love that slots are doing drags these days
good photos and drawings everybody
first 2 pages look great

 

Good start,here's another;

 

oO - that's cool as shit! Post an introduction and tell us about yourself. That's pretty fun.

ZOmbie - WOW. That's kind of inspirational - makes me feel kind of funny in my pants. I'm ammassing Model A parts now and I'm going to look at the back half of a tudor sedan tomorrow ... that drawing gets the juices flowing.

 

Instead of a banner I went with a 2'X5' plexi, sprayed the background metal flake then added hand & airbrushed lettering. I hang it on the outside of the tent toward the sun, it gets noticed!.

 

had to add some more art to get us back on the first page again
where's everybody else?