This is a sample of the new artwork that I am working on. It is still in the line art stage. I have about half of the line art done. I will post more as it comes together.
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Retro Logo Designs
I came across this great collection of retro logos on Flickr that I wanted to pass along. If you are an artist in need of some logo ideas, then looking at images like these are a great way to spark new ideas.
The logos are posted by “Depression Press”. See more great design elements from “Depression Press” on their photostream.
Cool Hot Rod Couch
This has to be one of the coolest couches I have seen. I came across it today on one of my news feeds. This one of a kind automotive couch is entirely hand made in metal with sunset orange pearl automotive paint and black leather upholstery. It measures 168″ long and 45″ wide.
Artist Fred Bailey created it. Fred does it all; he is an artist, sculptor, welder, fabricator and more.
The Hot Rod Couch was for sale on eBay at a time for around $45,000.
Oh yes, and the lights work too!!!!
New Chevy Camaro Configurator
I found another configurator to play with. Want to see all the different options for the new Chevy Camaro? Check out the new Chevy Camaro configurator. It’s easy to use and you can come up with some really cool combinations. Continue reading New Chevy Camaro Configurator
Free Poster Winner for April 2009
The April contest winner comes from New Tazewell, TN. They chose to win the “1932 Ford Victoria” artwork.
I was surprised when I found out that the same person who won this contest also won the January 2009 contest. I don’t think that has ever happen before.
Enter today for your chance to win some horsepower for your walls!
KillaCycle Video
I saw this video today and it is really something to see. The KillaCycle is the world’s quickest electric bike and on their website it states, “It is the quickest electric vehicle of any kind in the quarter mile”.
The power and the speed of this bike is one thing but what else is interesting is the silence. Being electric it doesn’t make any noise as it waits for the light, which makes for a usual scene for a dragstrip.
1949 Cadillac Hood Ornament Artwork
I have just finished adding the 1949 Cadillac Hood Ornament artwork to my site. In a few earlier posts, I showed you a line work example and then later a sample of the artwork just before sending off for a color proof. The finished artwork comes in a big 20″ x 20″ size.
TATA Nano in Sunshine Yellow
This is a new color version of the custom TATA Nano I did earlier.
I posted the custom Nano artwork images in my Flickr account and someone commented that they were planning on buying one and was curious to see how the custom black/orange version would look in sunshine yellow instead of the orange. Sunshine yellow is one of the Nano’s factory colors.
In the majority of my artwork I use many different fades, so changing colors is not so easy. But on the Nano artwork I only used two fades to make up the orange, which made changing the colors easier.
That being the case, I did one up for them to see. What do you like best, the sunshine yellow version or the orange version?
Color-Up Your Own Ferrari California
Imagine trying to decide which color combination on a new Ferrari California will look the best in your driveway. Wouldn’t that be a nice problem to have? Continue reading Color-Up Your Own Ferrari California
New Design for AutomotiveArtists.com
See the new design I launched for AutomotiveArtists.com this week. This is something I have been working on for the last couple of months.
Not only does the site have a new look with better navigation but it also has new features, which include an image upload for artist’s news stories, enhanced site search, and improved Artists Index. Using WordPress for this new site allows for user’s comments to be posted.
One of the biggest improvements for me is to be able to make updates daily, depending on Artist’s submission, instead of weekly as done previously. Updates can be subscribed to by email or by RSS feed.
Pages also now have popular share options at the bottom of each page, allowing users the ability to quickly and easily share pages on Digg, Yahoo Buzz, Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, and more.
Below are a few images to show you how the site has evolved over the years. I remember when I started this site; I use to manually do all the updates on pages in plain HTML.
I would have to say about 80% of the work on this new site was moving the content from the old site over into the new one. Now since I have this project completed I can get back to doing my automotive artwork.