Art & Inspiration \\\***Friday Art Show - 09/27/07***///

So let's see if this works.

Can't hold back any longer - here's a digital snapshot of my latest....

 

graphite rules! very nice.

 

Thanks Nate - that means a lot coming from you.

I just wish there was a better way for me to show off my handywork. Snapshots are dull and lack contrast. Plus the digital image appears to have wavy lines - when the piece is actually quite smooth.


Ohh well, I suppose every art piece posted here is astonishing in person, there really is nothing like seeing something live and in the flesh, so to speak.

This took me three months to put together - I only have a half hour a day (my lunch break) to do art work - see you in three more months


Graphite and paper - roughly 11x17.

 

stunning piece of work...love it


monkey

 

What if...

What if you could fulfill all of your vehicular dreams?
This might be it for me. Great rides... one for the road
and one for the sky.

 

Little off-topic but, a LT1 that I took multiple photos of and pieced together in a cutaway.

 

Some Old Ones revisited

 

This was HEAVILY influenced by your work (and website) and Janne Kutja's work (and website).


I really have to thank you both for the inspiration. It made me WANT to draw.

 

Keep it coming Broman!

This is a customer piece. He wanted a wedge mopar and that certain text... and...well, I was in the mood for some comic book influences and this is how it turned out.

 

This somthing I did this week for a show here in L.A. -stick

 

Broman nice work!

Robin I'm loving this one, looks really great!

 

Okay, sorta an unusual post for me. I've been slammed at work so I haven't had much time to do a whole lot of work for fun. But occasionally there is some crossover of themes since I do a lot of work for the auto industry.

The Texas Auto show opens tomorrow and i have some work being displayed there in the Chevy booth and since I've been so inspired by these art thread and all the beautiful pin striping, I incorporated those themes into the Chevy Performance video.

I did some pin striping by hand which i had to transfer to the computer. These were the basic shapes I came up with:



Here is a low resolution test video of the animated pin striping that you can see in Texas and hopefully an auto show near you in the future. These were used in conjunction with Chevy nameplates:

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Art or not, you be the judge. I just wanted to contribute something this week.

 

Now Iv'e seen everything...computer generated pinstriping ! Very unique ! Thinking of the possibilties ofwhat would happen if you animated Mike Lavelles "Real Fire" it would be alive. www.killerpaint.com

 

Bumpstick, that is a great looking poster, very well done. Great composition.

WideWhiteWalls. You said, "I transferred it to the computer". Please, tell me how.

 

I took some work home with me and sat down with a marker and some white paper and drew these patterns on separate sheets of paper. I took them into work and scanned them and traced (and cleaned up a lot) them in vector form in Adobe Illustrator.

Tracing is probably a more appropiate term in this case. Then I brought the paths into an animation program and the rest is ani-magic!

 

Great stuff everyone.
Broman That looks great. It's been a while.
Natas, Woah!
RobinB, Looks flippin' fantastic!
Nice lines widewhitewalls...

Maybe I'll get something done and up on the board this week but time's a
killer so far....

Keep 'em comin'!!!

 

That looks great!

(BTW, shouldn't this be the THURSDAY art show now?)

 

Alright, here's a photo i took yesterday of the sedan:



I was leaving for lunch and saw this devil head leaning up against one of the buildings at The Brewery, so i had to take some photos with it.

I also finished my painting this week:



And, after seeing this photo, I went and got a haircut. I was lookin' like a damn hippie!

 

Dan Picasso did up a new logo for me.
A great artist to work with !!
I really like it. Maybe some stickers,little posters.
It will end up on shirts for sure.

 

Its hard to pick a best one of,even among this small selection,such contrasting styles.........what a gift!

 

Thanks La Grasta. Thanks Coop! If I had a 10th of your talent... -stick

 

Broman....NICE! VERY nice work, indeed!
Gary C., every week you post some great stuff!
Natas, I'm liking the cutaway (...and the rest ain't to shabby, either!)
Bumpstick... WOW. Really well done... great piece!!
Robin, you are my hero. Uncanny talent you have.
Widewhitewalls, great stuff! That animation is fantastic! What program did you animate in?
Coop, your work is just beyond incredible... I love the fact that your large-scale work keeps such a killer graphic style, and your texture is phenominal, as always.
I'm up to my ears in late-model (and *gasp* import-kinda stuff...).... I'll post a piece that's about a year old, as well as a more recent Camaro piece commissioned by a client... Great show so far everyone!

 

Thanks for the nice words from everyone.

I'm really happy that everyone digs the rougher, looser painting style that I'm trying to get into. I've been going in that direction because I think that computer apps like Illustrator and Photoshop are making art and graphics too slick and perfect, and a little inhuman-looking. There is a better connection made when you can see that imperfection and individuality in art that shows a human touch.

Needless to say, the same holds true for hot rods!

 

This is awesome, where can I get a poster?

 

Well I did another stencil this week. I only got 6 different prints out of it before it self destructed on me.
This was only a 2 stencil but I used different colors on each layer to get color blends. Hope you like them.
I was going to make myself a shirt from it but the stencils are toast.

Here are the others. There is one other red version that I did also.
On the darker sheets I used silver spray paint blending to the blue.

B Ramirez

 

It's a tough call on this that I've struggled with since I entered school for art. I was into painting and drawing long before the mouse was even conceived and i still draw and paint (when I have time). When I went to school for fine arts and traded in my brush for a mouse years ago, and now I'm feeling a little more comfortable with this tool set in a professional realm, but I go out of my way to not strive for total perfection in my computer aided work, but rather I try to work from photos I take and find ways to make my art more human even though some of it is being generated with the use of computers. It's just a different way of thinking I suppose. Some folks appreciate it, some don't.

I can say I’ve been a fan of your work since i saw the Lords of Acid cover and even with a computer I don’t know if I can achieve your perfection.

 

1951 Chevy Bel Air heavily customized:

 

Coop, you make good points. I strive for imperfection. I finished our postcard:



and here are a couple older things:

 

Robin B: That piece has great energy!
Bumpstick: Great calaveras-piece; That one rules!
widewhitewalls: Very nice line-play!
Janne: Awesome work, as always!
COOP666: Lovely painting. I subscribe to your point about the looser imperfect style and human touch in art: I am relying way too much on that "Undo" key as well these days. By the way, I think that this includes using the projectors to blow up and trace stuff...

 

Girl's T-shirt art for Ankle-biter Couture:
'Kustom Klothing for the Kustom Kiddie!'