Art & Inspiration ***early Friday Art Show ***

That's a Rockn' design ZUMO! Well done![/quote]

 

hidden...it's a 2cv Van and Chopper Olli I like it
you should contact
colinhotrodts@btinternet.com
He runs a company call Nitro and is currently looking for new designers

 

A weekly photochop for ya all. Couple of versions of an ol' bird I did.

 

Thanks. I wasn't sure what it was.
I might try to contact him, and touch base. But I got too many irons in the fire as is, lol.

 

Thanks!

And yes. 2cv Van it is.

Here's mine.



Olli

 

Chopper Oll
you should contact colin too....see above for e-mail addy

 

I did this ,last week........

 

TBonez! Man I really like the striping/frame thing! I've never seen that technique before. I'm going to give that a try myself.

Pinstriped Cat! What an idea! Never been much of a feline fan - but what would you do with a ceramic cat! Cool stuff this week. Thanks to everyone for posting.

 

I don't know that it's art but...

 

kool stuff! Rollie your welcome...here is all i have...(already been posted by LuckyDevil)
the colors used were Dark Red and Ivory...

 

Of course it's art

 

I don't know if I posted this one, but It's one of the many illustrations I'm considering for our shirts. A local shop offered me some money for the design... so I don't know...

-Juan

 

This is something I put together awhile ago using a 1/25 scale model and some clay. It was my first attempt at moldmaking and resin casting.

I poured silcone rubber over it to make a mold, then poured resin and bronze powder in the mold for what is called "cold cast bonze".

The pics show some pinholes - it looks much better in person, and it looks and feels like real bronze - it is pretty heavy. A quick polish with fine steel wool brings up a gloss.

I can also pour hydrostone, plaster or regular resin in the same mold and detail the castings with paint.

AB

 

I'll buy one.

 

That makes two of us.

 

ABBoston as kirk says "ill buyone" .....nice guy, real nice!

 

I'm interested in one of thse castings too!

 

Citroen 2CV

Half a VW eng! (twin opposed aircooled)

Awsome cars!

Duane

 

Guys PUUUUURRRR-FECT stuff! Here is a little something I just got done. Not really car related but I used Automotive paint?......does that count?

 

Love the helmet. Hell yeah its ART !!!! Corner shelf i striped to go with the star i painted.

 

Hey Rollie!...nice work!..
did you do the paintwork on these or the pinstriping only?

 

Hi Guys:

Seems there is great interest in my 32 Ford Roadster casting!

I will get the rubber mold out and figure out a fair price and get back to all who are interested.

Thanks! - AB

 

As long as this is a thread dedicated to art work, I''ve got a related question. I already do pinstriping (mostly with a sword striper brush), but I need to work on my lettering ability. I'd like to know what you guys would recommend on what brushes I should get. A variety pack if you will. If you were to pick out say 5 to 10 different brushes for lettering, what would I need? I've ordered a couple books on lettering, but I'd be open to more recommendations for alphabets, numbers, letter construction etc.

 

Well - here's a half assed answer:

You should use whatever feels good to you. But to answer your question with a one answer blanket statement would be false.

It really depends on what you're lettering - how large the copy is and what kind of fonts you are going to use....

The larger brushes are made to cover quickly - so the paint won't dry too fast on you and you end up with a bunch of dry-brush marks.

The smaller (and longer) lettering brushes hold lot's of paint (like a striper) and lets you do a few more "loose" strokes. Like cursive copy (the old stand-by -> name under the window openings).

I'd buy a lettering set that has a mish-mash mix - then you can play around a bit.

That's the best I can do man....

 

I did this last week, in Ohio.

 

Start off with a couple different sized lettering quills..(you dont have to have every size)... a couple diff.sizes of lettering flats and a couple sizes of liners....I use Dick Blick Eclipse brushes for most of my lettering...cheap and good...i have a couple extras of the smaller sizes that i cut in half to do small text like what you see on show cards ...I used the same brush for the whole "JALOPY" job that i posted earlier..as long as you are running a good brush and using a reducer to thin your paint you shouldnt have any problem with stroke marks on the larger size lettering jobs when using a smaller brush for filling.. I have a 1/2 and 3/8 flat that i rarely use unless im doing big numbers or letters...hope this helps..Rollie is a lettering beast! he can tell ya what you need to hear...

 

Here is an Ad I did for Old Skool Kustoms last weekend.

 

They came to me with the base and clear scuffed, I did the airbrush work...

 

Everybody gets comfortable using something different , lately all I've been using are a few different sizes of Mack series 189's . I've got some $30. brushes, and I've got some $2 brushes and they all work in 1 situation or another !

 

Dammit your shit is good Tuck! It reminds me a lot of the guys at House Industries. They are my favorite designers in the world. And they're nice guys ta boot.