Kiss Me ! Free hand airbrushed shirt.

31 March 2008. I purchased a real nice airbrush on e-Bay last year from Moldy Marvin. With some pointers from th' Mold-e-one, I knocked this out this morning. SO, this is my 1st freehand airbrushed shirt. Not bad for a hairlip !

Detail of face. Design was dictated by some stains that would not wash out. I think they were covered over pretty good. Can YOU find `em?!

Dart Tournament Team Shirts

Completed 5 April 2008

Ray's shirt back design.

Completed 6 April 2008

Kris' shirt back design.

Dart throwin' surfer dude!?! Detail of T-shirt design.


Went to Round Table Pizza for a late lunch on Friday - 21 March. While ordering, my girl & I got to talking to the manager, and found out she needed some shirts for a dart compitition comming up in a few weeks. Before we left, I did a quick sketch for her on a paper napkin. She liked it and placed the order on the spot.

She wanted a guy on a surf board throwing darts, with "Along For th' Ride" as the team name.
Of course, the city and state are @ the bottom.

I've always liked it, so I used the Japanees painting of the tsunami wave as the basis for the wave in this design. A hot dog surfer on th' end of his stick, hangin' 10 and throwin' darts is the key character [see 5th photo from top in this post], and to go along with the - Along for th' Ride - theme, I stuck a hich hiking crustation on th' side, complete with his own can of "SUDZ BEER!"

Norm'z `66 Peck Up!

The most recent piece of hot rod madness! Contract work for the Nostalgia Car Club. The `57 Ranch Wagon was the 1st of these. Detail of driver and power plant, 24 March, 2008.

This is the whole thing - shot with crapy lighting. " Stormin' " Norm's pinstripped, two tone 1966 Ford F-100 Pick-up Truck. Ready to ink. I'll get a color version of this one up as soon as i can.

Another detail shot of the front grill, th' mill, and smoke & flames. I gotta go sling some ink now, so LatErz yAlL! - RatzO

Rob Wright'z `27 Rat Rod

Detail of `27 Ford Ratrod.

Robert Wright's 1927 Ford Ratrod. Photographed @ th' 2008 "Midnight at the Oasis" Klassic & Kustom Kar show here in Yuma, Arizona. [early March]
A dude wanted to buy the origional rough drawing from me on th' spot... only, he had not th' bucks with `em!

I started inking the orig. when I got a call from him to do a finished pencil drawing.

I decided to use 3 different pencils for different portions of th' drawing. He came to pick it up today [21/03/08] and was near speechless. Yeah, he liked it! So this one is sold, and I'm ALREADY getting calls for more drawings of this same car! Aint' life GRAND!

B-17G Detail

Zoom in of B-17 car-icky-ture. Nuff sed!

B-17G Flying Fortress

One of my all time favorites. The lines of this war hammer are sweet - even as a car-icky-ture!
When completed, a stack of prints will be made. This will enable yall to pick an actual B-17 from War 2, to pattern a custom piece of artwork from. I usually cut these out and mount them on an airbrushed background. Squadron insignia or enlarged nose art can be added to the piece to finish it off.

A-4M Detail

Detail of A-4M. If enlisted pogues could fly, this would be my bird - a hot rod Skyhawk!

Good old fashioned "Fat Man" nuke on th' belly, special delivery to the Rusky Bear.

Semper Fi - Do or Die! A-4s Forever!

Marine A-4M

Car-icky-ture of a U.S.M.C. A-4M Skyhawk mounted on airbrushed background.

I have prints of the plane, so these, as with ALL my aircraft art, can be personalized

to reflect the looks of your favorite "flying office."

Flying NaNa 1

The NaNa bird is a elusive creature. First discovered and trade marked in 2007, the NaNa is unmistakable... if you are fortunate enough to see one. Hearing one is another matter! "Good luck" is sure to follow you if you see one of these freaky birds, provided it dosen't land on your head. The NaNa depicted lives in caves in the Grand Canyon region. This is the copyrighted 1st original. More to come.

1 April, this one WON a blue ribbon from the 2008 Yuma County Fair! Must have been some pretty open minded judges...

"Big Daddy" Ed Roth's Rat Fink - Ink to Color

Rat Fink is truly one of my childhood heros. A BIG, nasty, hot rod, drag racing rat - how kewl is that?! I did the ink and marker drawings for the 2006 Rat Fink Reunion, held in Manti, Utah. Because R.F. is not my creation, he is not for sale, nor will I produce any Rat Finks for anyone without express permission from Ed's estate. Hope you like `im as much as I do. Have a finky day!

Tha' Jersey Devil

The most popular version of the Jersey Devil legend begins in the 18th century when Deborah Smith from England immigrated to the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey to marry a Mr. Leeds, who wanted several heirs to continue the family name. Consequently, the new wife was continually pregnant. After bearing twelve healthy children, she was dismayed to be pregnant with her thirteenth. She cursed the unborn child, declaring a preference to bear the Devil's child rather than another Leeds. Apparently, her wish was granted as the new child had cloven hooves, claws, and a tail. The horrific newborn proceeded to eat the other Leeds children and the parents, before escaping through the chimney to begin its reign of terror. This version is contradicted by the fact that Mother Leeds has descendants that, as of 1998, still lived in Atlantic County New Jersey according to a New York Times article dated April 26, 1998 (Section 14NJ, Page 8).
There are several variations of the Leeds tale, such as one claiming that when Leeds became pregnant with her thirteenth child, she remarked, "May it be a devil!" The belief that a deformed child was the work of Satan or a curse was still common during the 1800s.

Text: courtesy of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "Jersey Devil"

Ju 87 Stuka

One of my favorite enemy aircraft from WWII.

The Ju 87 is a funky looking plane - it makes a great

car-icky-ture.

Marine M-60 Gunner

Goon

1956 Chevy Promo for local business

Dave's Custom Welding has been real good to me over the years, and Gus Hernandez has always been real helpful. This is a promo piece to get me some exposure.

There are uncolored prints of the `56 Chevy ready to be customized to your liking. E-mail me and we'll work something out.

1935 Ford Pickup

1935 Ford Pick up.

This one IS a Monster truck!

Ratz O

No, not a Rat Fink knock off - this is my alter ego. See the goatee & flat top? Additionally, his shirt is of my design. I'm working on one of these holding a Monkey Wrench, another of my trade mark implements of destruction.

1956 Chevy comission piece

Mr. Mark Bowers of Utah asked me to whoop out a `56 Chevy for him `cause this year model seems to have been missed by the bulk of th' heavy hitter hot rod artists. Really enjoyed working on this one. This got theball rolling for me, so thanx Mark - you da man!

1932 Ford

Finished sketch. To be inked...

1969 Ford Mustang

Non-photo blue finished sketch.

Harrier AV-8 B

AV-8 B Harrier car-icky-ture. This is one of the un-colored, undetailed prints. These can be customized any way you choose. More aircraft to come.