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Inktober Week #4

Just half a week left! Here are this past week’s submissions. Day 21 – “Treasure” The 1968 Camaro from the original 1995 Treasure Hunt is considered the “Holy Grail” of Hot Wheels cars. If you can find one, they usually sell for well over $1,000. Day 22 – “Ghost” The car from “The Wraith” starring…
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Inktober Week #3

Man, making a sketch each day is kicking my butt – finding the time is tough. Here’s this past week’s postings: Day #13 – “Ash” For this one, I thought I’d draw the Oldsmobile that Ash drives in the Evil Dead – this car was director Sam Raimi’s high school car and it shows up…
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Herbie the Love Bug

Today’s Inktober prompt is “Misfit,” which makes me think of a very unconventional race car, Herbie the Love Bug. I chose to make this drawing on Toned Tan paper to get the white reflections and side numbers to pop. I started with just pencil outlines and filled it in with Copic markers. I really like…
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American Graffiti ’32 Ford

While I’m on a movie car kick, how about the beautiful ’32 Ford Deuce Coupe from American Graffiti… George Lucas helped to return hot rods to the streets and revitalize the culture with the 1973 cult classic. Here’s the start – rough outline and first shades of Copic yellows: Then, filling in some details with…
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Darkwing, By Special Request…

I was very excited to see that two drawings had sold this week – the Mystery Machine Hot Rod Van and the Tony Stark ’32 Ford. So, by special request, I made this Darkwing Duck ’62 VW Sambabus. Here’s the bus in rough-sketch: I decided to work on the lettering and character next – these…
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Art Travels to NY!

I’m very excited to see my art traveling to New York for the 2019 Lincoln and Continental Owners Club Eastern National Meet with our friends Scott and Karen. Here’s Scott pictured with a couple Continentals similar to those in the drawings. He was kind enough to grab a few shots of some of the cool…
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Mystery Machine Lowrider

This was a fun project for my friend, Gabe – The Mystery Machine in Lowrider form. The start of rough outlining in pencil and filling in the radii around the edges: Bringing some Copic marker in for color and value fill: Here’s some detail close up photos of the Dayton wire wheels: Again, this drawing…
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Teabaggers Gallery, Part II

We went down to Urbana, Ohio this weekend for my grandmother’s funeral. One thing that makes difficult times bearable is being with friends and family. While we were there, I had a chance to hang some new drawings at Teabaggers, among friends and family. When I was growing up in Urbana, my family went to…
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…I Am Iron Man…

Tony Stark’s hot rod from the first Iron Man film was actually owned by the director (who also played Happy), Jon Favreau. It’s the quintessential hot rod, a ’32 Ford. This drawing was different in that the rear wheels are 25% larger than the fronts, so getting proportions in terms of “number of wheels” required…
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1986 Square Body Chevy

Tiny square body – brown, of course – on tan paper. I think this is my favorite perspective – 3/4 front looking up at the vehicle from the ground. It gives the impression that the truck is big and tall. You can see the two-point perspective lines trailing off to the right and left. I…
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