Illustrator / Designer / amateur fabricator and car-nut Intro...

Hey all,

Well I've been lurking around this forum for long enough, I thought I might as well go ahead and introduce myself.

I'm a Melbourne - Australia based Illustrator and designer with a (depending to who you talk to un)healthy obsession with Cars (particularly rods) and fabrication.

So I mostly do brushed ink illustrations of cars, babes, and other weird gear. I'll attach a couple of pics for you.

If any of you were at huff-a-rama yesterday (?) you may have seen one of my artworks go up for auction for Bo's cancer fund. If you were there and recognise my artwork could you let me know how it went? I'm a little sh!t scared that no-one would bid on it, I'm really hoping that it raised something for Bo...

My artwork:





There's heaps more on my website if your interested: www.malicious.com.au its currently getting a refresh so its not as up-to-date as I'd like just yet.

So I was up until recently building a 1950 Plymouth Special Delux 4door, but have just found some near extensive rust in the body. So its on hold until I can get a professional to fix the major rust problems up. So hopefully that will restart early next year. Just looking to build a low n load family friendly sled for going to car shows ect.

Pics:




So past that I've just finished building a bobber inspired pushy:






AND my partner and I have recently had a baby son. While we don't have a worthy car on road yet I figure thats no reason my son can't! So today I started building a pusher/pedal car hot rod for my boy. Here are some pics of the build so far and a pic of a 5 minute 'mock up' of what I'm thinking.

 

Anyhow, I've learnt a good whack from just luking around this forum. I'm hoping that now I'm finally going to interact with it, I'll learn more and make some good car nut friends!

Cheers
Leigh

 

Nice looking art there, and welcome! Peter

 

Welcome aboard from a fellow Melbournian.
Love the way the Son's car is going to look.

 

Welcome from the Netherlands! Good to see yet another Plym here on the Hamb. Enjoy the site!

 

welcome from ohio love the art i had a 49 plymouth more door it was rusted so bad and some one not me put spray foam in all the holes and then put bondo over em so i parted it out and bought a tudor chevy

 

Welcome from Connecticut

 

Cool, nice work, enjoy from Conn. Got beer down there?

 

Welcome from Belgium.Nice artwork!!Greetzz

 

Gday Leigh. Ya gotta make the Friday Art Shows bloke. See ya there, & Welcome..

 

welcome from utah

 

Welcome from Missouri, way to go with son and his ride.

 

........Welcome from Wisconsin.......

 

Hey guys, wow thanx for the warm welcome Neatherland too! I'm 50% dutchy myself, my olma an olpa moved out here not long after the war.

Bondo and expander foam... Wow. Thankfully our plym isn't so bad. It's had some dodgy repairs, tack welded metal sheets over rust holes then body filler to hide it. But there's enough to be out of my depth! All respect to metal body workers.

Don't worry about beer! I'm all stocked up for a summer of wrenchin'!

What's the go with Friday art? Just post something up on a Friday? Is there any 'rules'?

 

Thanx mate, the ford(?) in our avatar yours? Cool as colour choice! I think Nix's minny rod will probably be black with flames, cliche but ****** it.

 

hello

 

Dig your work ! Welcome aboard .... An yes get into the FAS !

 

Good Stuff !! Like your technique. .............Welcome to the H.A.M.B.

firstnomad
www.angelfire.com/jazz/flatlandstudio

 

Nice work! Welcome to the HAMB from Georgia!