The December contest winner comes from Humble, TX. They chose to win the “1968 Cutlass Convertible” artwork.

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This is artwork of the concept car “Seven” from Illuminati Motor Works.
Illuminati is one of 42 teams left competing for $5 million in the Progressive Automobile X Prize.

The rules for the Progressive Automobile X Prize is that the cars must seat four, have four wheels and have a minimum range of 200 miles. They also have to get the equivalent of 100 miles to the gallon plus be feasible as a consumer product.

The Illuminati Motor Works team members are:
Kevin Smith: Team Leader and Principle Engineer,
Josh Spradlin: Graphic Designer/ Fabricator,
Thomas Pasko: Master Automotive Technician,
George Kennedy: Mechanical Engineer
Nathan Knappenburger: Computer Science and Electronics Engineer.

I have been working with Josh, their graphic designer/fabricator, on creating artwork for the project. Josh does a great job at designing. What I have been doing is taking Josh’s sketches and redrawing them using illustrator.

What makes this project a challenge is that the vehicle is so different from anything we currently see on the road. It not like they can say, “Take an existing model and add this or change that”. So when working on a project like this it is great to have someone like Josh who can direct me on what the final car will look like with his sketches.

Below are links to recent articles about them in The State Journal-Register and the Illinois Times.

The State Journal-Register | Springfield, IL
Local guys driven to win $5M car competition

Illinois Times
X PRIZE team passes the test – Illuminati Motor Works is one of 43 left in international competition

Find out more about Illuminati Motor Works at illuminatimotorworks.org

You can also friend/follow them on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

The October contest winner comes from Fair Haven, MI. They chose to win the “1985 Ferrari 308GTS QV” artwork.

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The September contest winner comes from West Valley City, UT. They chose to win the “1966 Shelby Mustang” artwork.

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This is my latest artwork titled “Vintage Dragster“.

As far as doing artwork this one rates up there as one of the most challenging ones I have done.

What made this one different from the other illustrations was drawing in the details like the spoke wheels, the rail frame, and the exposed engine.

This dragster is owned by John Spradlin. John is no relation, but he does have the same name as my brother. John and I have been emailing back and forth for some time now. Sometimes I would get an email from him about his dragster and at first I would think, “When did my brother get a dragster?” then I would remember it’s from the other John.

Prints of are available in 16×24 size.

Below is detail information John sent me about his dragster.

1967 Speed Products Engineering (SPE) chassis by Roy Fjastad.

Chevy 355C.I. 4-bolt block, Forged Steel Crank, Engle roller cam, Isky roller lifters & 1.6 ratio rockers, Track 1 aluminum heads (2.080 Int valves & 1.6 Exh valves), M/T aluminum rods, Forged pistons (moly zero gap rings), ‘mini’ starter, Milodon oil pan.

PowerGlide trans W/1.76 ratio, Trans Brake, 5000 stall convertor, “Bandit” shifter, Mopar 83/4″ rear axle W/Olds axle ends, 4:10 ratio “PRO” gears, Wilwood disc brakes – .310″ thick discs.

Steering box is a P-S, Butterfly steering wheel was a gift from a long time racing friend.

Rear wheels are American Racing 5-spoke “Magnesium” 8.5″ width 10.5x30x15″ GoodYear slicks, Front wheels are 17″ dia M/C wire spokes W/2.25×17″ Michelin tires.

Body by Tom Hanna

Seat by Tony Nancy

Thanks, John!!!!

The August contest winner comes from Bristol, VA. They chose to win the “1934 Ford” artwork.

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Josh Spradlin of Illuminati Motor Works contacted me recently about redrawing their logo. Illuminati Motor Works is an official contender of the Progressive Automotive X Prize.

Josh designed the logo and had painted it on the wall inside the garage. He needed to get the logo in electronic format so he could use it to get shirts printed or anything else he wanted to put the logo on.

The challenge about the logo was the 3-D overlapping triangle and circle. To get that effect I created the circle and triangle in separate layers. Then I duplicated each element twice per each side, cropping out the overlaying section.

Find out more about Illuminati Motor Works and Progressive Automotive X Prize.

Check out this video of Illuminati Motor Works.

The winner of the free poster giveaway for July 2009 comes from Union, OR. The artwork they picked to win is Midnight Reflections.

Win some Horsepower to put on your walls! I give away a free 11 x 14 poster every month, so enter my free poster giveaway today!!

Here is a quick update on that dragster artwork that I posted about earlier. Overall most of the line art and coloring is done, now I’m just working on a few minor tweaks.

The 1962 Thunderbird Tail Light artwork has now been added to my art gallery. Prints are available in 11×14 and 18×24 sizes.