Art & Inspiration ////////// Early Friday Art Show \\\\\\\\\\

I've had this Spotlite model car book sinc I was 8 years old . The one model that tore me up was this 55-57 Chevy truck. I never could build it because in 1968 they just didn't have a 55 Chevy truck on the shelves, so I did without. Never thought about drawing it till now. It was built by Tom Bush of Cupertino, California. It makes you wonder if it would work because he didn't cut the bumpers down to make them fit, hmmm.
Well, I took it a step further and customized it little more. Still has the 58 T-bird interior and 58 Buick rear bumper. It would be easy to shape the tail light beaks and fender extensions out of foam and fiberglass. They got a 55 Chev feel to them. I think a little flare would look good at the bottom of the body and the wheel openings. French and extend the headlights. Cut out the liscence mount and fill in with other bumper sections, weld seams. Use some dummy spots for grille bullets, bullet out the bumpers and wheels too. I used some Cadillac wires .Chop it. Bag it. I bet this will be at Paso Robles soon!
Just something to think about. Them kids had good ideas a long time ago, I just stole this one, if you are still out there Tom, I hope you don't mind!
Also a constuction shot of the hood.
Worked on this one till 2a.m. , I hope it was worth it.
See ya later!

 

chaz = a pretty good whittler.

Love all of the fink-o-sel pieces! cant wait to see it finished and running!

cody

 

ok, now its on!!!

 

I too really enjoy the Firday Art Show. Not talented enough but I'm very good at looking at ART. You guys are very good generally...Thanks a Bunch.

 

No drawings for me this week but here is an old project I started working on again. Its originally an AMT/ERTL 1972 chevy truck model car.
I went from this:


to this:



mods include:
chopped roof (to build me a roadster )
front has been hacked off, now its got a '53 corvette roadster front,
engine cutout on hood,
shaved handles, smoother body
i wasn't sure what to do with the bed so i glued in
some balsa wood strips, slapped on the putty and "sealed" it



now it has that "heavysled" look......



next stage: sanding & paintjob
hopefully be done in the next few weeks...
will post the final build to share....

 

Robin.

One day has gone by and I am still just diggin' on that piece.

Damn!

I love the hidden "HELP".

That just sells the whole thing to me.

Love it.

Wish I could afford to buy it from you.

 

Amazing work everyone, as usual. Here are a few of mine.

 

Yo Coupe-De-CAB
I did paint those.
Oil on canvas they are about 20x30 ish.
I make prints of them at about bit smaller at about 16x20...ish.
Thanks for the kind words.

 

Thanks,man! Nice drawing, that would look cool 1:1

 

those are really great, you capture the style very well.

 

Neato! What medium are those?

 

I used colored pencils and pen on a sketch pad. Then I scanned them into Photoshop and messed around.

 

damn dude, those are amazing

 

one more piece I worked from an old phot I was playing with.

 

Tins for my triumph, needs striped, buffed and more clear, but here they are so far...




As always, great show guys, everyone's stuff looks amazing

 

Broseph I'm diggin your logo.
Lets see that a bit bigger.

 

Thanks man! I'm diggin' your paintings! Unreal!
Here's the logo:

 

Here's sumthin i whipped out this morning with rattle cans on cardboard paper stock.

 

This being my first post (after my intro of course), let me say one thing first..."WOW!" Everyone here is amazing! There is so much way cool stuff in here. Sinclair posted his "Cat Rod", well, here is mine....

 

Dang, son......thats cool stuff. You should do a 36 Dodge Altered WB truck stencil *cough cough* *hint hint*

 

Damn, John, missed your post entirely! Nice stuff again!!
Meteor... as usual, just incredible!
MadKaw69, nice work!
Widewhitewalls, VERY slick stuff (and cool logo to boot!)
KAILUAZ, those are killer!

 

Since its still friday and I finished this I thought I would throw it out there.

 

nothing new from me so heres a couple of really old paintings from me......

some really cool stuff here as usual....zombie you come up trumps week after week...robin b awesome.....jigger i love your story board style...great stuff


a couple from me





monkey

 

Damn nice work this week, as usuall. Gotta get back behind the easel rather than the computer.....

Best, MRAK

 

Hate to hijack, but i dont know where else to ask and i dont think it deserves its own thread.....

I have been wrestling this in my brain....I have been doing this picture modification thing for a little while (only with my own shots), and while some of them take very little time (think quick sketch), others take several days and a lot of frustration to get to where i am happy with them. My girlfriend is an artist (mostly mixed media, acrylics, and charcoal) and i know quite a few artists and pinstripers so i know how much work goes into that stuff so it makes it hard for me to call what i do art, but i enjoy it and still think it is worth doing because i enjoy looking at what i have done.

What do you guys think about art and photography and the computer as canvas? Should i call it art? should i relegate it to my harddrive and the walls in my house when i am finished or put it up for people to see? dont sugarcoat it, just give me your honest opinion. thanks in advance

Rob

probably should correspond by PM to keep this an art thread....

 

rob, I'm not sure i really understand what it is you're talking about, but I know a lot of guys start with a photo and use illustrator/painter/photoshop to get where they're going. I think it's cool. Sometimes i post a pencil sketch that takes me 10 minutes, i'm not about to tell a guy that's spent 5 hours on a digital work that mine is art and his isn't. I'd say post it!

 

Thanks for the reply nate.. I guess my problem is, you guys can make art. It can come completely out of your head. I can't do that. I rely on technology to create....

 

na, that's like saying I rely on my pencil to create my art.

Cab relies on his spraypaint.

Post your most artsy thing you've done, I want to see

 

I look forward to all the cool art every week. The work by everyone is awesome!