Here’s an image of what I’ve been working on lately. As you can see all of the line art has been finished in Illustrator, and now I’m going in to add the color.
I decided to try a different approach on this particular illustration. What is different is that I am using only fill color with no gradients. Another thing I’m trying is using only percentages of one color for the whole car.
So if all goes well I should be done in the next couple of days.
The August contest winner comes from the Netherlands. They chose to win the 1966 Shelby Mustang artwork.
You too could be the next contest winner, just go to this link, choose the artwork you would like to have a chance to win and put in your e-mail address, it is that easy.
This year marks 33 years since Elvis’s passing on August 16, 1977. I think this video has some great photos of him.
The Official Site – Elvis.com
Wikipedia – Elvis Presley
The July contest winner comes from Bristol, VA. They chose to win the “1929 Ford Truck” artwork.
Larry Watson was a legendary custom painter and pinstriper. Larry passed away today (July 20) and will be missed by many of us. See the great article Kustomrama has on his career plus the article on Hemmings.
The Delta Kings have come out with their new CD titled “4 Chords & the Truth”. I had the opportunity to work with the band to create a logo that is used on the cover, inside cover and back cover.
I usually work with Terry Hopkins who plays drums with the band. Terry gives me insight on what the band is looking for and I draw something up based on that input. Below is the shield and banner artwork.
Another exciting thing about this CD is the photograph used on the cover. Chris Brown did photography for CD and Terry asked me to come up with something using the photograph. So I brought the photograph into Photoshop. There I worked with the color adjustments, ran a filter or two, and came out with the “after” image you see below.
Before
After
Dean Shelton who did the art direction used this image and did some of his own adjustments by adding a mirror image at the bottom and then adding the “4 Chords & the Truth” banner. This artwork was on the CD.
It is always cool to work on projects for The Delta Kings. Find out more about The Delta Kings at their website www.deltakingsband.com and checkout their MySpace page www.myspace.com/deltakings.
To hear songs from this CD and any other CD from The Delta Kings check them out on iTunes.
Thanks Terry and thanks Delta Kings.
The June contest winner comes all the way from Matera, Italy. They chose to win the 1960 Sprite artwork I call “Froggi“.
Enter today for your chance to win in July!
My friend Weldon just completed building twelve of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Revell’s Fink Model Kits for the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.
It’s amazing the detail he puts into these kits. You can see images of all twelve in the Finkster Forum on EdRothWorld.com.
Weldon has also put together a poster made up of photos of these models. He sent me one and they are really cool! Check out his Ebay auction.
I saw this Top Gear video about car art and liked it……I don’t agree with what the art dealer said but neither did they.
