The January contest winner comes from DuBois, PA and this is the second time they won. They chose to win the “Two Scoops” – Shelby Mustang artwork.
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Category: Automotive Artwork
Dandy’s Drive-In T-Shirt Design
Dandy’s Drive-In in Bend, Oregon needed some t-shirts for their business and contacted me about a design they had in mind.
Dandy’s has been around since 1968 and their logo includes a certain styled lettering along with a skater-girl. They wanted to add additional elements for the shirt design like a Camaro along with a few adjustments to the skater-girl.
The adjustments they wanted to see to the skater-girl included adding pushed up long sleeves, change the shorts to jean shorts and add more detail to the skates.
When making adjustments like this sometimes I draw directly on screen and in other cases I sketch on paper first. In this case I sketched on paper first and then later scanned the sketch, redrawing it all in illustrator.
Originally designed for black ink on white and/or light colored apparel they also needed a version for black shirts. There are times in which the same artwork can be used but with this design a version for black shirts needed to be created.
This project went as smooth as any project can go! Dandy’s was great to work with, they knew what they wanted and gave me excellent instructions.
Here is a photo of the two of the girls who work at Dandy’s Drive-In wearing the new shirts.
Free Poster Winner for December 2009
The December contest winner comes from Humble, TX. They chose to win the “1968 Cutlass Convertible” artwork.
Free Poster Winner for November 2009
The November contest winner comes from Portsmouth OH. They chose to win “Froggi” the 1960 Sprite artwork.
Illuminati Motor Works Concept Car – Seven
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.
Frankie Pumpkin Carving Pictures
Jason sent me these great photos of a pumpkin he carved using one of the Hot Rod Pumpkin Stencils! He said he used Xacto knives, steak knives and his Dremel tool to complete the job!
Thanks Jason!!
Free Poster Winner for October 2009
The October contest winner comes from Fair Haven, MI. They chose to win the “1985 Ferrari 308GTS QV” artwork.
Free Poster Winner for September 2009
The September contest winner comes from West Valley City, UT. They chose to win the “1966 Shelby Mustang” artwork.
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Hot Rod Halloween Shirt Designs
These Hot Rod Halloween shirt designs are from the stencils I designed and posted about earlier. While drawing the pumpkins stencils I got the idea that these would also look great on t-shirts.
For those of you who are interested, I got the shirt mockup templates from an article called “Huge Collection of T-Shirt Design Mockup Templates”.
Hot Rod Pumpkin Stencils
2026 Update: A lot of families discover these hot rod pumpkin stencils while searching for Hot Wheels-style pumpkin designs. These aren’t official Hot Wheels templates, but they’re perfect for kids, gearheads, and anyone who loves car-themed pumpkins. If you want even more automotive Halloween art, check out my full collection of pumpkin-themed designs and other Halloween art in the shop — they’re all grouped together for easy browsing.
These are some kid-friendly Hot Rod Pumpkin stencils I came up with for Halloween.
I started sketching these one day while sitting in my car having lunch. Later I scanned them into Illustrator and redrew each in vector line art. In some cases I would draw the flame section only on one side and then copy/flip it to create the other side.
I haven’t had the chance to do one, but I did mock them up in Photoshop to help give you an idea of what they would look like.
You are welcome to give these pumpkin stencils a try. To print, just click on the pumpkin image or the link below each. This will open up another browser window where you can print it from your browser. Use your printer’s preferences to reduce or enlarge to get the maximum print size to fit your page.
If you complete one, please send me a image and/or video of how it turned out.
Click and Print Hot Rod Pumpkin Stencil – “Drak”
Click and Print Hot Rod Pumpkin Stencil – “Frankie”
Click and Print Hot Rod Pumpkin Stencil – “Marti”
Click and Print Hot Rod Pumpkin Stencil – “Skully”
Be sure to check out my other post about my pumpkin artwork collection.