One moe fow th' Road !

The Nostalgia Car Club in Yuma, Arizona has some real sweet rodz. Mr. Statzer has a butter yellow, flamed `32 Ford Coupe. This is th' Finked out version I did of it. Sketch awaiting approval. Th' ink will flow when I hear, "Go!"


Monster Rod Jockey - I'm trying some different stuff with th ' drivers. Ed Newton did a LOT of work for Mr. Roth @ his Studio in May wood, Cal. in th' 60's. I don't ever want to be accused of "copying" someone else's art work - style maybe, but not an outright copy of some other dude's work. I want to capture th' "Ed Roth" finky feel of the old time shirt art though. There is a particular "fun" feel to the work produced by Roth Studios, and I want to keep that going. Good things don't HAVE to end !

Funky, highly modified Flat Head motor. I used 3 different photos to make this engine. I should be @ th' drawing table tomorrow - let you know what kind O' madness I come up with then... - RatzO

Old kit art makes a come back !

Back in early summer, I met a girl that really wanted the original sketch I did of this. I am working on a re-pop of the kit, (Limited edition No. 2,398 of 2,500. ) and wanted to see what the modifications I was planning for it would look like - so I did a drawing of it. To cut to th' chase, she was begging me for it !



Due to the fact that I was not finished using th' sketch/rough drawing, I promised her I would draw her one of her very own when I got finished with the original.


Well, while I was back down south in September, I had a chance to make good my promise. This was about the only thing I had a chance to work on for the whole 3 weeks, this and the hot rod pepper. That was a real bummer, because I wanted to get some of my earlier commitments going, but I'm working on them now. If you look at this in the large format you will notice the copyright date for the kit, it is actually supposed to be 1965. What was I thinking?

Anyway, I was hoping she would like it when I gave it to her...

And, she did!

ReD hOt ChilY PeCkErZ !

I was back in Yuma for about 3 weeks in September. My better 1/2 took me out to Chili's for lunch. They are having a, "Create a Pepper" fund drive for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. I just had to do one - donated $3. When I brought it back, the greeter said. "Kool !!" and hung it right up front. I figure there was a fight to see who got to take it home after they took all of them down. I wonder who ended up with it?

I'm BaCk !

Howdee yall ! I finally got the "studio" organized to th' point where I can actually do some work in here. You can see "floor" & everything !

This is the latest of the Midnight @ the Oasis comish'nd drawings. What we have here is a Finked out version of Dale Barfell's 1977 Chevy StepSide Pick Up Truck.

"Advance - Design by Chevrolet" is from a 1949 print ad, and I was even able to duplicate the font style. Flaming Eyeball Comet is one of my trademark "extras." Too bad this is just going to be inked in, black & white... It would look knarly in kolour !

Detail of the driver & blown mill. I'm tryin' out some different stuff with monster expressoins. The Ed Newton work done for Roth Studios in th' 60's & 70's was great, but I want to pass on some of my own "style" to the whole Finky Art scene. Ed Roth & Newt have spawned a new generation of Hotrod artists, so I gotta' do em proud, and do my thang! Phon Booty ! - RatzO