Sharpie Cars & Art

I've done about a dozen Sharpie Art vehicles located all over the world (yes, artwork done by hand using Sharpie Markers) and countless other Sharpie Art pieces despite the opposition from the general art community early on- Never let anyone tell You what's Impossible, or what You can't Do.

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New Sharpie Art "V-12" For Sale

So here's the last piece of 2012 I did I call "V-12". I decided on this name because I think it has a slight Ferrari/Italian feel with the Red & white split between a Gold pinstripe, and also because this piece has more of a smooth flow with larger elements rather then smaller more highly complex elements. The piece was really a test of could the art still make an impact with less? I was able to get more detail into the larger elements this way, which I like. Also I like the contrast of simplicity from some of my other pieces. The corner shot is to show that the artwork neatly continues around all the edges giving it a finished look without adding a frame.

Sharpie, Acrylic, Enamel on 15"x20" Canvas
As with always, this was done completely freehand and both the artwork and acrylic wrap around the canvas.

 Original and 8.5"x11" Prints For Sale-
The prints are cropped down to just the canvas piece with no border and color adjusted digitally for clarity. Click here to see the Print Version

Print/Original

8.5"x11" Print $15.00 USD Original 16"x20" Canvas $300.00 USD

Another NEW Sharpie Art Piece (WIP)- bigger is better!!

Yesterday I was out at the art store and decided to pick up the largest, smoothest piece of illustration board they had in White- it was 32"x40". It's a bit larger then the desk I usually use so some modification were necessary. But, I managed to get setup and inking pretty much right away. I decided I wanted to make this one like the last one I did ("Sharpie Labyrinth") in that it was really well detailed using a number of different tip sizes depending on what I was trying to achieve. This piece will likely end up being cut into 3 tall sections (triptych) when it's done. My lady took this pic just before I stopped for the evening to have dinner with her... so here's where I'm at after a couple hours.I'll get back on it and done in the next couple evenings so I can have it ready for this weekends art show.

Thanks for looking!

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NEW Sharpie Art Piece "Sharpie Labyrinth"

A couple evenings ago I decided to try out a new piece of 15"x20" Marker Illustration Board to see what it could handle. To my delight and surprise, it handled everything that I wanted it to very very well- no bleeding of edges, the white was very clean and smooth, and the board was nice and firm. Just fantastic. I wish I had gotten a larger piece actually. In doing this piece I also decided I wanted to try and do a more 'traditional' sharpie piece- something without airbrushing or acrylics. As a result I found myself spending more time on detail to help make the piece more interesting and really bring it to life. Somehow, it still has a little feeling of depth. I'm very very happy with the way it came out and can't wait to get more!

This original piece is now available for only $100:
www.PinstripeChris.com/Sharpie-Art-Alt

To see more Sharpie art on Cars & Canvas, please check out my website:
www.PinstripeChris.com


Thanks for looking!

Random Sharpie Piece on Grey Illustration Board

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

So I'm sitting here on Thanksgiving on the computer already and thought I might as well put up a couple updates to the site and blog. Today's random piece was done on grey illustration board that I bought the other night not totally sure where I would go with it. At the time when I was inking it my head was full of lots and lots of thoughts and ideas (as there is a lot going on right now), and the artwork will usually come out in the form of how I'm thinking- so this one ended up being made up of a lot more fine lines/components. As a result it feels more mechanically detailed then some of the other pieces I've done recently. Even as busy as it is, I still wanted to get a little airbrushing in there to help it take some more shape- so a little bit of acrylic black and white were added to finish it out. I think this one is really interesting to look at from the surrounding 'waves', to the clean curved shapes- definitely something different.

Thanks for looking!

2 NEW Sharpie Art Pieces to start a NEW Series

Since my original travel arrangements have quite gotten sorted out, I've had a lot of time to really put some ideas down on paper, illustration board, shirts... with a variety of ideas that I've wanted to try. These 2 pieces however, are indicative of a serious change of direction with the Sharpie Art I do. The high contrast of the Black & White pieces work especially well on large scales- but I think the smaller illustrations should be different then it's big brother. Not entirely, but noticeably. And since Im gearing towards a lot more illustration and print work, I really wanted to start pushing the boundaries of the art and try to make a bigger visual impact.

Up 1st is my new personal favorite- "Surreal Chess" on 23"x14" paper. This piece started out as a sketched idea from the night beforethat I knew I wanted to try, but wasn't totally sure how it would come out. So the next day I grabbed a fresh sheet of paper and drew out what I imagined in the perspective I imagined. 90% of this piece is done with Sharpies (fine, ultra fine, king size), but it's the 10% done with very transparent Acrylics through the Iwata Airbrush that bring everything to life. The only 2 colors of any product used on this were black and white. I intended this to be a test piece, but I was so happy to be able to complete it without destroying it. Big time artists that do perspective, lighting, and shadowing flawlessly really amaze me, and I hope to get to that level one day.

The 2nd is also my 2nd favorite- "Sharpie Illusions" on 16"x22" paper. This one is few days older then the 1st one, but the idea is similar- visual impact, but with simplicity in mind. It was also intended to be a test piece of an idea, but ended up being very clean. I set out to practice perspective and shadows, and how they can effect even a basic design. Again this is about 90% Sharpie, but the 10% of airbrushing really makes it. I was very careful with perspective on this one and even went as far as to paint in where the paper is distorted and ripped from entry. To me it's really neat. I could have gone further, but I thought I'd save that for the next one.

As a result of some of these ideas working out, I've decided to do a series of these called "Sharpie Illusions". They will have their own page on the Sharpie portion of PinstripeChris.com and will be available as prints and originals.

Thanks for looking!

©Chris Dunlop "Pinstripe Chris" 2012

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.