Th' Buzzard ball & Fish Hookz

A long time ago, in a country where things still mattered, there was a military branch who's job it was to kill the enemy and break their stuff. The time was th' 1940's and th' unit was th' U.S.M.C.

Back when I was in that gun club, (1980's) I was talkin' to an ol' timer. He informed

me that, back in th' day, the Corps emblem, the Eagle, Globe & Anchor was refered to as, Th' Buzzard, Ball & Fish Hooks. I've been wanting to put my own twist (never satisfied to leave well enough alone...) on that time honored image. The S.B.G. design will no doubt have more detail than the original - But it also will be sooo KeWl ! More on this later.

Twin Cities Wing Nutz fly again !

Mr. Waller from MN requested a logo for his RC airplane club based on the "Wing Nut" design I did awhile back. Here is a slightly off color image of the line art for the new logo.

Mr. Gasser Shirt Request

Back in June @ the Fink Reunion, the Cassilino's stopped by my set up and requested a t-shirt. Seems th' Mister wanted a copy of the model box art from the 1964 Revell kit on his shirt.

Original model kit box - 1964

I was able to find an original kit in the museum and sketched the design...

Once back @ th' studio I finally had some time to start working on it...

Mr. Gasser

The process started out slowly, a little here, a little there. The week end came and I had some uninterrupted time to devote to finishing it up.

Red & green laid on. Image is starting to take shape...

Black outline. Now that is a whole lot moe betta' !

Finished product. Item was wrapped, packaged and shipped. Happy Birthday !

I received an e-mail from the wife informing me the shirt arrived in time. Ol' boy loves it but is afraid to wear it - he doesn't want to get it dirty !

Fink on peopleez !

New "Wing Nut" Logo

I was going through a stack o' stuff and found a sheet wit' some ol' sketchez on it.

"Wing Nut" was bornded back in 2007 but never committed to a full sized, finished

piece of art werk. Well "Wing Nut" is here now, and finished. This will make a swell

T- Shirt design, or for th' right price, it could become someones' really neat product

logo. I'm just sayin'...

Latest Stuff

Basic sketch of the Rubio Vee Dub - Awaiting approval...

If I don't get approval on the various jobz I've taken in, it is certain I will finish them

and use them for my own purposes. The art will go to th' car owner, or th' masses, a "win/ win" situation no matter how you look @ it.

The Rubio Vee Dub @ th' 2009 Midnoght @ th' Oasis, Yuma, Arizona.

First Kar Art form last season. I'll be posting more soon.

Latest of the Character Finkz... This is "Helmut Fink" & he would look

GREAT in color, with your favorite Surpf Shop logo on hiz haid bone armor !

More of this junk to come - Keep on Finkin' !
RatzO, Out !

WHAT i DID DURING mY SUmMer VacAtion...

Hi ! tHIS has nothing to do with HoT RoD KaRz, but... I werkt my tail off this summer, therefore, I am tail-less @ th' moment. Lots of repair and construction projektz here, and @ my Mom'z place. Won't burden you with details as it has nothing to do with art; they are completed though and will not need to be redone next year. Perhapse I will actually be able to get some artwerk completed NEXt summer. Well, the cold white death of winter is coming soon, I'll be able to werk through most of that...

The, Outback Gallery in Alpine, Wyoming is featuring some of my werk. This is one piece I was able to turn out back in August. Any HD fanz out there should like this one.

During my front porch "store" sales, I was able to pick @ this one as well, until it too was finished. I really hope I am able to get back to the drawing table soon as there are a multitude of projektz I want to get on. Oh, and did I mention, I'm redoing th' bathroom...

Later dayz & better wayz ! - RatzO

Model Project - Von Dutch Flying Eyeball

Howdee ! I was on the Rat Fink Group @ Yahoo the other night, and saw that someone had asked if anyone knew of a model kit of Keneth Howard's (Von Dutch) "Flying Eyeball."

I have never heard of one, or seen one myself, and not being one to leave well enough alone, I decided to start working on the project on my own.

Above is a freehand rendering of the base/stand for the kit. I'll be posting snippets of the other drawings later. I'm hoping a model company will be interested, if so, please contact me.

Thanxz - RatzO

Tatooz too..?

"Fatty" Marie in Yuma asked if I would design her a tatoo of a Worn/ Wounded Heart.

Image is of a Heart-com Skull with double barbed wire halo. Heart is bleeding, skull is weeping.
The smoke of old memories drifts down, and becomes a rose (the promise of a new awakening/ fresh start) as drops of blood mingle with the smoke.

Just a concept piece. If She likes it, I'll get it to her. Stay tuned for further developments!