I love doing high energy, fast paced, edgy, and fun to look at custom car designs, but it is the countless hours I spent doing this stuff that gave me the experience I needed to create the coolest and latest stuff I'm doing now. Not just anyone can sit down after investing in Photoshop and start creating beautiful works of art. It takes years of traditional experience to produce pieces of high quality in a digital media.
Here's a little look at the traditional media I've worked with.
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| Gas 'n Go - 1957 Chevy Bel air, 1954 Chevy Pickup |
Guache on board- This medium of art is very fun to work with. This painting was done with a cheaper quality of paint to add to the nastalgic feel of this 1950's scene as I see it. I would love to have lived in that era.
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| Samber's Diner - Model A Ford, 1957 Crovette |
Charcoal and Guache on Illustration Board- This was a multi step piece. I first drew it out and added the value, or shading, with charcoal, then painted over the charcoal with Guache paint which is similar to water color paint, but thicker. Samber is my wife and I's celebrity name, Sam + Amber = Samber!
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| Grave Rodder - 1932 Ford Model A Rat Rod |
Guache and Ink on Board- Another multi step process piece. This was painted with Guache, then covered in black Ink, then washed under the faucet to create some really cool shapes, then I touched it up with more guache. A mausoleum is a great place to park a monster's Rat Rod!
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| Igor Fink - Ed Roth Inspired |
Guache on Illustration board- I imagined Dr. Frankenstine's right hand man can do more than piece parts of other bodies together! He's a Hot rodder like the rest of us, his skills carry over into his car building! Watch "Tales of the Rat Fink" a movie on Ed Roth and how he changed Car Culture, and paved the way for creative freaks like me!
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| Flamed '32 Ford Hot Rod |
Acrylic on Scrap wood. This painting was done by drawing the car on wood, painting it, then sanding some of the paint off to let soem of the wood grain show through, and give the painting a cool beat up look.
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| 1967 Chevy C10 Stepside - Squeaky Dean |
Acrylic on board, packing tape. This one was meant to play with the mind a bit, it has cool light, and warm shadows. I painted the warm colors, covered it with packing tape, then painted the cool colors. This technique gives an eerie effect. Basically this is my pet project '67 C10 Pickup named Squeaky Dean. Hoping to have it running this summer!
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| Ames Flames '38 Custom |
Oil and Acrylic on Illustration board. I sketched this in church one Sunday, and decided to paint it!
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| Chrome Vandium |
Oil on Board- This 3/4" Socket Wrench was my first oil painting. I enjoyed oil.
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| Army Skull |
Oil lift off on scrap Matte board. For this one, I sketched the image, painted it all brown, then used paint thinner and a rag and rubbed the oil off to create variation in colors, and shading, I sprayed some silver metallic spray paint on the helmet, then used green, and the same technique on the helmet. I really like the thick brush strokes that show through.
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| Swiss Family Robinson |
Acrylic on board. There's no cars on this one, sorry. This was pretty much my first real acrylic painting, well I guess my first real painting too. I think I did alright for my first time!
