Art & Inspiration THURS/FRIDAY Early Art Deal....

Awesome work everyone.

I was messing about in Illustrator & Photoshop and came up with this

I now want to paint this on board or canvas and see how it turns out.


& something from the archives from way back.....

 

As promised, here's the kickass striping Igor did on my bass drum head at this past weekend's Blood, Sweat, and Gears show in Raleigh, NC. I play a set of 1941 Slingerland Radio Kings... same kind Gene Krupa (RULER) used to play. With a 24" bass drum, the front head is the first thing you see, so I wanted something really cool that would compliment the era of the kit. I barely described to Igor what Gene's drumhead looked like, but he already knew what I was talking about and started sketching out the design. I can't describe how bitchin' this looks in person... especially with the whole kit setup. The drums are wrapped in a green glass metallic, so the striping totally sets off the kit. And the design looks so damn natural on those old drums... it's the focal point of the kit, without even trying to be.

Here's a shot of Gene in action...




And here's a shot of Igor's amazing striping and lettering...



Thanks again, Igor!!!

-murph

 

i just finished this, i have never really tried to do a tiki, so heres my first one.

 

As always you guys never cease to amaze. As a person without a single artistic gene in his body, I'm impressed with anything beyond a stick figure. The talent here is simply mind blowing

 

Some new photoshoped citroens....



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-Olli

 

FlyingP.... Niiiiiiice job on that 40. looks great!

Dutch... Johnstown looks sweet
(i prefer the flamed background, but both are great)

Chazzin... Very interesting colors... i like it!

Zombie... Beautiful 'Bird.. love the night-time glow!

JonnyHotRod... Cool!

Jigger... You have outdone yourself with the pin-up!

ChopperOlli... Excellent work on the 2CVs.

 

Wow, real nice lines man.

 

this is my first post on the art thread.

 

i never realized you lived so close...damn im lucky to have guys like yourself, and Rollie soo close.....cant wait to run into you in person!!

 

Bump!!!

 

And a good one it is!

 

Keep it goin, lets see some more.

 

Hey All, first time posting something for the Friday (seems like Thursday , too) Art Show. I did this for a gallery exhibit of my car art, I usually do drawings and paintings of vehicles as found in fields and barns..can't afford to buy and keep all of them, so I do drawings of them instead...

Dog

 

great show this week as always...

 

A 63 for the Impala crew.

 

great stuf this week guys!

I don't have any new art.. but I think you guys might appreciate this. The ladies in registration at the museum were getting rid of some stuff yesterday and asked if I wanted to look through it. I saw this old cigar box.. got my attention pretty quick:



but what was inside it? On the lid was this "Eversharps 1087 - 2333"

I've not counted them yet.. but if the numbers are right.. that'd be 1200 or so old mechanical pencils!



most of them have old company logos and mottos.. some are pretty cool.

conoco:



pontiac reads "try pontiac's new safety shift and you will Shift to Pontiac".. if anyone has an idea of a date for the "new safety shift" that would be cool



GULF



allis chalmers tractors:



coke:



my favorite.. and dark blue firestone:



sorry to get off topic.. but i thought they were cool!

 

Dang, nate, those ARE cool! I haven't seen any of those pencils in years! Thanks for sharing!

Norwell... thanks for keepin' us educated on the history stuff. That stuff is definitely inspiring!

 

Ger, thanks for posting your artwork in the thread... i was DYING to show it off as soon as your finished design was sent to me. If anyone is thinking of having any club logos, t-shirt, poster, or banner artwork designed, I highly recommend Ger Peters... he not only worked FAST, but he was able to do EXACTLY what I had in mind, and was willing to make any changes I came up with. The final results speak for themselves, I just gave him a few snapshots of my car, a rough idea of what i had in mind, and within 2 weeks he took it from concept to reality. Thanks again!

PS... Everyone else's stuff rocks this week as usual too!!!

 

Tingler Rocks!

Rollie Rules!....nice touch on the eyes in the mask...only you would come up with something like that

And Chazzin..them lines are tight.

so many talented mofo's around here...good to see some new guys posting too.

here's my contributions this week...nothing original...but here it is anyway.

iron cross at the top of some sissy bars


55 ford glove box door

 

Damn Dawg!

That's the shit right there.

Welcome aboard!!!

I used to take phots of all the old cars - just like that!

That's it - my next few sketches are going to be "as found" graphite sketches.....

 

yeah, welcome aboard! Look foreward to seeing more of your stuff As for this week's, difficult medium, masterfully executed. I'd love to see it in person.


Jeff N. Those are so great! Man, the art of 1950s-60s GM is inspiring!!!

 

A lot of stuff to see this week. You guys rock!
Thanks Jeff for posting Harry Borgman's work, very inspiring.

Sinclair your rod is killer.
Zombie, this has been said before, but your the master of pencils.
Chazzin, I dig your pinstripping.
Damdog, this is a great piece, I hope to see more of it soon!

Another digital painting for me this week, this time it's the interior of a Delage D8-120.



Comments are welcome, good or bad!
Phil

 

Amazing show as always everyone!

Did some striping on a flat head last night.

 

Looks gooder Bill! I've been wanting to see that flatty again.

Great show.....as per usual!

 

Some stuff for a band...

 

Dig that gasser!