Sharpie Speed piece with Airbrushing

                                         30"x15"

Last night I decided I want to just put something down on paper- no specific idea to try- just wanted to hammer something out. I did want to do it quickly to see where I could be at in what kind of time tho. So I grabbed a Sharpie and got all the ink down on this piece fairly quick- about an hour. It doesn't have the pazzaz that some of the more detailed pieces has, but it's still very clean, and very straight, and very sharp. As with pinstriping and same areas of airbrushing, the faster you move, the sharper and smoother your lines. The trick being that you need think as quick as you draw to put our lines down where you want. This piece is a good example of that. I hung this one on the wall with the rest of the random pieces I have earlier in the day... but when I got home I saw it and thought that I could make it better. Typically once I've got completed photos of something, I feel pretty comfortable making additions to see where it goes. In this case, I picked up the airbrush and filled it with a very weak mix of acyclic black. From there I carefully went around and shaded a few things while shadowing others. When I was done with that I felt the piece was much more complete and interesting. It's funny how much little things can make a difference. Well Im totally happy with this piece now-  back on the wall it goes!

High Quality Canvas Prints of Sharpie Cars, Sharpie art, and more are coming to the website!!

Since I had this past week off from the shop I've been able to do many of things needed to be done during normal business hours. One of which was visit a company that would potentially be in charge of the prints I'll be selling on my website www.PinstripeChris.com. The company's name is Maxwell Dickson, and they're a print company based out of LA completely run by artists- so they make their own art as well as print it. They specialize in VERY high quality prints on canvas. The folks there were incredibly nice and answered all my questions- I can tell they're going to be a great company to work with. As part of the visit, they printed me a 24"x16" of the Sharpie Camaro-  and it looks fantastic! Soon I'll finish up adding all the buttons to the site necessary to purchase prints of various sizes of everything from Sharpie Cars, to Sharpie Art on board, to Renderings- right from the image you're viewing. Since the cars I do go Bye Bye once I'm done, I really have no way of doing anything else with the artwork after that. And since I've gotten to work with some awesome photographers, the photos themselves are excellent. Now that I'm selling originals on illustration board, it also seemed smart to be producing prints of those as well. I'm super excited to get this rolling!

3 NEW and unique pieces of Sharpie ART

                                          ^14"x14"

                                          ^20"x30"

     

                                          ^18"x24"

I really love the artwork that I create-  especially the Sharpie Art. From one project to the next the ideas and limitations change and progress into a newer version of itself. Lately I've looking at the artwork from a different point of view-  how can I keep it moving forward? What I'm basically looking to do is pump more creativity into my ideas to make them more effective- using other tools I have. These 3 pieces are examples of that. The addition of some light shading in places to show more shape, as well as drop shadows done with acrylic washes to help show more depth. Line weights are also something I'm putting more thought into- how distances can be easier read by variations in line weight. The really tangled looking piece (bottom) was my 1st go at being a little more strategic. The roller coaster looking piece (middle) was my more thought out version of the overall idea of depth and shape, while adding a couple elements in from other pieces of my Sharpie art. I carefully made tried to treat each element with a certain perspective and light source. I also tried to make sure that no element appeared 'flat'. On the 3rd piece (top), I toyed with the idea of selective focus. The goal being to see what it would look like if the closer shapes were sharper then the far away ones- would it create any depth? Seeing how it was my 1st attempt at mixing airbrush and Sharpie in this manor, I think it could be better and ultimately, more effective. But- this is still really neat. I also crashed one of the rails thru another to see what that would look like. All done free hand with sharpies, pencils, and acrylics via airbrush and paint brush- no digital tricks were used to make or distort any shapes.

The Sharpie Mac-top

UPDATE(11/27/12): Custom Sharpie Mac & Laptop Decals NOW AVAILABLE  <--- br="br" click="click" get="get" how="how" see="see" to="to" yours="yours">

I call em Mac-tops because there a Mac, but they're a laptop. I had dinner with Caity and our friend Alix tonight at the Ihop in Rockville. I think Alix brought the mac-top on purpose so i sharpie it up while we ate dinner. We ate, i sharpied, it was cool. The mac-top certainly ressembles the Fiero. Fun fun!

If you like this one, please check out the other 3:

Sharpie Laptop #2, the sequel!

Sharpie Laptop #3, the trilogy!

Sharpie Laptop #4, the return!