Art & Inspiration The **OFFICIAL** door lettering thread

A few I ran into in my travels ............ ;-)

 

just got the 55 lettered for the Hamb Drags !

 

Good stuff!

 

Damn Dennis,that looks great.Daniel did good.Can't wait to see it person.

 

I liked the car better blue

 

mine...

 

I do like this truck!!!!!

 

Hey Big Dad, I still have the blue car, the red one is the gasser I have been thrashing on for about 8 months getting ready for the Hamb Drags...

 

^^^ that race trac box does it light up all the time?^^^

 

might be a dumb question, but what are yall usin to lay the outline before you paint

 

No shit, thought that was the same car







J/K ..

 

The guy that lettered the car ( Daniel ) used a pounce wheel and chalk dust ! Neat process to watch.

 

it use to say Pizza Hut...

 

Studebaker

 

Pounce bag or soapstone marker, maybe even a grease pencil. Some might simply go freehand?

 

Pouncing is ok as long as you dust off the excess chalk before starting paint.

I mostly prefer tick-on with a china marker, then freehand. This gives me an idea of where the letters will end up so I can make adjustments when writing to keep the text centralised.




or drawing my design onto paper, then chalking the back with french chalk or art powder.
Position the drawing where you want it then trace it through with a ball point pen which marks it out in chalk on the panel.
Again dust off any excess chalk and away you go.



Here's a bit I done on my roadster...I like to pick a colour between the letter colour and background colour (sorry should that be color?) so I don't have to be too neat with a one stroke shade.






I don't think it's cheating to use an applimask as I did on Page 2 or 3 of this thread as I was blending wet colours into the pumpkin and finished off the design freehand along with the lettering and shadow.


Oh and to add to the list, here's one I did a few months back. It's a copy of a design from a T-shirt the owner wanted on his truck (apparently the t-shirt wouldn't fit over the roof)






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Your cars are all kool, but the Cooter Tow truck is a all time favorite of mine! Plain out bitchen! And a great tower for the race car.....

 

BigBossMan, Thanks for clearing that up for everyone, Nice work, Its not as easy as you make it look.

 

Dennis - that is killer..............I likes it.........Daniel rocks.

 

Great (and very inspiring) thread!
Here are a few I`ve done:

 

When you say "tick-on" what are you meaning? Drawing a grid pattern?

 

would it be any easier to do the doors off the truck and laid flat?????

 

That looks perfect. I love it!

 

Unbelievable work and great inspiration for my truck!

 

I started in doing my doors now too...

 

Here's a set of doors from me this week.

 

Nope , Easier to paint on the truck , where you can control the flow of the paint from the brush. You don't have that gravity thing try'n to suck the paint from the brush.