Car Art question (artist input requested!)

Bob McCoy (of Forty Ford fame) did a cartoon of my lakester on masonite and put a clear epoxy finish over the whole thing (about 24" X 10"). I paid $300 and considered it a fair price. I had an original Roth drawing (1959) of my customized Plymouth wagon on a sweatshirt that I would dearly love to have in my collection today.

 

Greg,If you want I could swing by and try to help you getthe scanner back running...

moose

 

Jeez Hack. Stop throwing your work away. Sell it and buy a decent powertrain and some front brakes.

 

A shady spot is always good on a hot summer day.

 

Ray, I knew we had a lot in common. Bloom County and later, Outands are some of my favorite cartoons as well as social commentary. I will now have to go get out all my Bloom County books and re-read them.
George

 

That would be awesome if you could find the original! If not though, dont worry about it.

Why in the heck did you throw them novels away? Ill be blunt here, that was a dumb move. haha. Next time you wanna throw something like that away, send it to me. You never know what people are looking for. You coulda been making money off those right now!

Nick

 

Greg, I hope you follow up on this idea. It's always best to use talent you already have than to try and develope new ones. I've been meaning to ask you about doing one of my ratty '32, just haven't thought of it when I see you.
When the wife and I (along with fuelpump and the missus) were at the James Dean Run last year there was a fellow there doing drawings of peoples cars. They were like yours, cartoony. He put them in one of the cheap frames like has already been talked about. He kept busy the whole time we were there. When people came by and saw what he was doing almost all asked about how much he charged and quite a number signed up for him to do their rides.
He put a catchy phrase on each drawing usually asking the name of the owner and incorporating it in the phrase.
We got to talk to him for a few minutes at the end of the day and I asked him how business was going. He was very receptive about talking and relayed he usually made $2-$300 a day at a big show and still had time to walk around and look at the cars. His fee was a flat $20 and well worth it. He set up about in the middle of the show, on a corner. He had a small rack with some samples and a photo album of some larger works. He also had some business cards out. He told us that he also did larger more detailed art but only did the simple small drawings at a show. He also said it usually took him 15-20 minutes to do a drawing. he would come over to your car and do a quick sketch,then go back to his setup and finish highlighting it with color. The customer would stop by later and pick up the piece. He asked for the money when he had the sketch done and got the customers approval.
I say, go for it. What have you got to loose? BTW, my wife loves the one he did of her '37, but I want a "hack job". (did that come out right?)

Frank

 

hey FATHACK,,you rember that drawing you did for me of my 56 with burt reynolds driving???

i lost it when my computer crashed a year ago,,do you still have that,,,i want to print it off and hang it on the wall,,that was so fuckin KOOL!

p.s. on a side note, you should try to hitch hike down with Denise to the HOT ROD REUINON next week here in BG KY...youll have a BLAST fer sure!

 

hhaha,that would be RAD,HELL YEAH i enjoyed it,,,BURT REYNOLDS is a RULER!,,,hhahaha ...thanks bro!

 

Dude, your stuff is good, don't kid yourself. And also, don't be afraid to get yer money for it, don't give it away. I would say $10 on the low side depending on what kinda time you have have invested in the drawings. If you have less than 15-20 mins a drawing then $10-20 is a good price. Here are a couple of mine, not cartoons, but one marker and one colored pencil. I would get quite a bit more for the pencil drawing but not a ton more for the marker comps. One more tip, if you like the charcoals but not the mess, go to an art store and pick up some fixatif. You can spray it on when you are done and it will reduce the messiness of the charcoals incredibly. I usually get what they call workable fixatiff, which just means you can work it after you spray it. Also, if you get much more detailed and it takes much more time you should get more money, don't be shy and don't work for free.

 

"Push it till it breaks"....
If you want to draw for a living, you need to do it because it's what "you" want ... If you don't, you will make more money stamping fenders or working at Mickey D's ...

Draw all the time ... Classes can't hurt .... and charge people "hard" for your work .... If you work "too" cheep, people will think you are a hack ..... Art/Design is a lot of perception ....

Oh, if you are anywhere near L.A. ..... Black clothes "are" required ...... HA ....

 

Charge at least $20. bucks for your art work, If you don't value your work no one else will either. I'd say your time is at least worth $100 bucks per hour. Use an acid free paper. Cheep frames are a good idea but clear plastic envelopes will work just fine. Remember what you do is ART, most high school art teachers have their heads up their but and just because somthing is easy for you it's hard for most. Pogo