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 !

Did ya ever wonda... ?!

Howdee ! This heah is In - Fink. I was pondering a couple of years ago, just what would Rat Fink have looked like as a baby ? Well, here ya go, it's In - Fink, th' infant R.F.

Robby Layton of Layton, Utah (No relation) axed me to fink out his tiny new son's Onezee, and this is what he got ! The actual item is small - the graphic for this is only 7 1/2" X 10 1/2".

The R.F. Reunion was a blast. I'll post some flixz of that later. - Luv, RatzO

Two-fer th' Road

Wow ! My 1st Toilet Seat... I'm getting ready for th' 8th annual Rat Fink Reunion in Manti, Utah next month. And yes, this is my 1st toilet seat. Some of the other artists at th' have painted TS @ past reunions, while I was always stuck working on the awards required for the events held during the 3 day do. Well this year, I have th' awards finished ahead of time, so I get to work on things I want to !

Since I refuse to flat copy ANY Roth Studio work, this graphic is a combination of the art from the water slide decals, "LONESOME," and "PRAY FOR SURF," with some of my own modifications added for good measure. So even though this LOOKS like some Roth Studio work, it is not an exact copy, and is actually a NEW piece of art work. This will likely go to the benefit auction. Fink of that !



Neeee ! This is "Helmet Fink" airbrushed in colour. H.F. was bornd-ed in January of this year, copyrighted, & then stashed in a drawer. (Finks like drawers.) Anyway, I figured I'd try my hand @ a color version as the original is supposed to be inked/ black & white.
A tribute piece of sorts, to Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Th' fink's helmet reads, "PRIDE of MAYWOOD `59 - `70" and "Venice Beach California."

1959 was th' year Ed opened his own studio & rod shop in Maywood, California; not far from Bell, California, the place where he grew up. Roth Studios closed its doors in 1970 after an all too short but successful run.
Venice Beach is the closest beach to Roth Studios. If one were to travel due west of, "Th' House of Rat Fink," you would end up on Venice Beach !

I plan to etch a set of 6 beer mugs this weekend. Flixz of those to come soon. - RatzO out !

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'...

Boop Fink - Generic Ink

"Made of pen and ink, she's a foxy lit-tle Fink ! Ain't she cute,

Boo Boop - be - Doop, [Betty] Boop Fink !"

The original customer was not satisfied with the sketches I sent her

for her "Boop Fink." I'll see her in June and hopefully bang out an

agreement on a finished piece of art for her.

At any rate, here is the generic ink of th' Boop. I will have prints

of this to air brush and ink in more details tomorrow. May just

get a colored example finished this week end.

I kinda like her. She is Boop-ish without being an exact copy.

I'm not keen on gettin' sued. I just couldn't bring myself to do

a horrible monster type Boop. This one comes off pretty well,

I think.

The color versions will be sooo kewl...

I can hardley wait.

This is the, "Eight Ball - Bat !" Another copyrighted/ trade marked creature of mine.

You can tell everyone you saw it here first... or not ! I have never seen one of these,

so it is an original by me as far as I know. It is NOT a copy from anything anyway.

Gotta dash, or as they say in Louisana, "Gotta - !" (`Cause th' - don't be silent !) - RatzO

Plank Fink th' Sno Boarder

Neee ! This handsome chap is Plank Fink. Hez a Sno Boarder & diggs Ponjin' th' Pow [Punching the Powder] - if you know what I mean. I wanted to do something besides cars for a change. Some of my customers are not groovin' on th' style in th' sketches I sent them, so I gotta fall back & regroup.

I have been thinking of some different "Finks" I could do, stuff Ed might have set hiz art staff on if he was still with us and still had th' ROTH Studio going. Be looking for more un-sane goolz & crazies to in the future.

Header title and mug shot. Ya just gotta luv this guy...

Rippin th' pow, dude ! Crispy, absolutely CRISPY !

Bill DeGaine & Barbra Kirkham didn't like the layout for

their Kar Art, th' `56 Ford Pick Up & th' Betty Boop Fink,

so I'll finish those two pieces for myself and

try to get them what they want as soon as possible.

Fink on Bruthaz & Sistaz - RatzO

DeGaine `56 Ferd Pick Up - Fink Driver

Driver for th' `56 Ford Pick up. All awaiting approval.

DeGaine `56 Ferd Pick Up

Bill DeGaine of Banning, California is getting hiz `56 Ford Pick up Truck finked out !
Above is the initial body sketch. Now approved, I'm proceeding with detail sketches
for approval.

Sketch of engine, tires, smoke & flames. Finished product is to be in color with a 1950's style police care chasing from behind. [Is there any better place to chase from?!] Once approved, the driver will be the last thing to pencil in before the real work starts.

The Popo - vintage 1950's. This old Ply-mouth cruiser will be flying over a distant hill behind Mr. DeGaine's perdy blue 1956 Ford truck. Moe on th' way... (Hay Moe !!!)

Old Skool RatzO - Circa 1981

Hi ! This finky l'il guy is the frist RatzO I ever did way back in 1981. I found him today as I was going through another stack O' stuff. I'll ink him in and do a side-by-side with th' current RatzO and the NEW modifide RatzO I'm working on. I'm trying to refine him & make him simpler as the current version is too detailed to render quickly. More finky stuff to come...

Old Skool inked Ratzo - 1

Boop Fink - a - Doop !

B. Kirkham of Manti, Utah axked me to Fink out her 1954 Chevy 4 door @ last years R.F. Reunion. She is a Betty Boop fan, so naturally there HAD to be a Boop Fink driving.

I went for "sassy" & not "scary" cuz, well... Its Betty Boop for kryin' out loud !! Above is the
sketch. I'll send off some contact sheets for approval on Monday. Too bad she wants this in B&W, it would look sooo kewl in kolor !


I suppose this could actually be more of a "Betty Boob" than a "Boop," but I don't want to hear any noise from the copyright holder so I changed her up a bit. I think shez kinda hawt - for a cartoon that is...

I didn't go too wild with the power plant either. One, the angle the car is in; it's more nose up than some of the others I've drawn in the past, thus presenting less of an area to render a monster engine. I wanted to kinda tone down the Finkness in this drawing for the customers sake and for respect for the character driving this crate ! I like th' Boop too...

Just a prelem idea for th' headers. I am already thinking about changing them up a bit. There will also be a huge, smokin' drag slick in the rear, and plenty of flames in the finished product.

This one will be fun... I hope I get the green light to finish it soon. - RatzO

Two years in th' making - Featuring A cast of ThOuSanDs !

Chuck, of th' R.F. Reunion fame axked me to do a `57 Raunch Vagen for him in 2008. I have been real tied up with care for Mom and little time for art work. Well, I found a rare "To-it" at Orvills [Now closed] here in Jerkson. Not the usual square kind, but a rare round one. After I purchased it, I then had a chance to get this completed for him. PhonBooty! - RatzO

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

One Bro Down...

Bobbo Dun passed from time to eternity at 7:10 pm on the last day of August, 2009.
I first met him in 2006, at the first Rat Fink Reunion I attended. An exceptional
artist, pin stripper and generally crotchety old coot - He was th' MAN ! I, along with
many others will miss Bobbo - I miss him now... Hope to see you in Heaven Bobbo,
until then, I'll help keep the tradition alive. - RatzO

201 Hitz - Wow !

I just saw the site haz 201 hitz! Very good, thank all y`all for lookin'. All the hitz are kewl, but I would really like to get more comments from visitors, especially encouraging ones. Could be though, my work jus' leaves folks speechless...

Thanks again for all the lookers. - RatzO

The Nordin `23 Ford Touring Car au Fink-bay !

Well kiddiez, the deal is finally done ! This here is th' the final drawing for the Yuma car club. I must say, the folks have been real kind to me - so, Thanxz a ton for your patience and support !This is th' finked out version of Mr. Nordin's `23 ford. The body style is of the four door Touring Car, though I believe the construction is actually fiber glass.

There is a Viking Fink at the wheel & a lil' goon hanging on for dear life in th' back. This rod is so fast, it ripped all of his cloths off except for his boots ! One wild ride - to be sure !

Kustom extras: A Von Dutch radiator cap and a "Budz Sudz" bottle shifter knob. Swarm of flies, no extra charge.


On this drawing, I decided to use the actual engine instead of a replacement, or a highly modified version. I was able to get some good detailed shots of the motor, plus it looks pretty kewl as is, so I used it.

Viking Fink (one of many...) in all his glory. He'z groovin' so hard, hiz eyes are crossed ! Live free, drive fast, have fun and leave a good lookin' corpse !

Goon. Poor lil' guy. VF is driven' so nutty, this lil' dude fell right out th' back. Maybe they can go back for hiz cloths at least... I'm just sayin' !

Smoke & flames. No fink picture is complete without gobs of this stuff. Just remember folks: "Speed, a strange and tragic magic."

There is still a lot more to come - I'm not dead yet so I have to keep makin' "art."
As E. "B.D." R. said, "Art is what sells." Thank you all for your support, and a special thanks to "Wild" Bill, the worlds greatest salesman.

Nordin 1923 Ford Touring Car - Kustom Fink

Here is the sketch for the last of the 2008 "Midnight At The Oasis" jobz. The actual car is metal flake gold. This should not take long to ink... I'm not sure what else to add to this one. Check out the finished drawing in the next post. Later - RatzO

Sundell's 1931 Ford Sedan compleated !

P. Sundell's 1931 Ford Sedan. This was a fun one to work on. Came up with a couple of NEW characters. Rat Biz-kit, and Helmet Hawk. The Nordin `23 - T is in the drawing phase right now. I might even get it finished before this years show. Don't shoot me, I'm just sayin'...!

"Helmet Hawk" (Copyright -2009 Screw Brain Graphics/RatzO) Since the Winged Flying Eyeball is not mine to use, (Von Dutch came up with it a long time ago) and the copyright is held by another individual, I am working on different images that will work to the same effect. HH is a dumpy lil' bird wearing a monocle and beat up German helmet. He is need of a shave but that doesn't stop him, he's still whistling "Dixie!" (No, really ! That is the tune he's singing!)

Our driver for this rod is, Rat Biz-kit. Rat Biz-kit loves to race... Actually he just loves to drive fast, racing is just an excuse. ("Rat Biz-kit" Copyright - 2009 Screw Brain Graphics/RatzO) From his feindish grin to the drool off his tongue, and the gleam in his eyes, Rat Biz-kit is a Drag Lover from way back. Fink on people, th' RAT is where it's at !

Double superchargers and a big chrome air scoop top off this mill. Rat Biz-kit needs a tire change every time he backs out of th' drive way !

To "illustrate" my point, just look at these beauties. Even th' front wheels are smokin' ! He must have stock in Good Year or somethin' !

1931 Ford Sedan with Rat Biz-Kit !

Drawing before inking of Mr. Sundell's `31 Ford Sedan. Driven by: Rat Biz-Kit !
The 1923 Gold metal flake "T" drawing is started. More to come.

`64 Galaxie - Generic ink/Pre-shade

Latest of the Nostalgia Car Club orders. Generic ink before shading. Two more to go!

Midnight at the Oasis car show in four weeks in Yuma, Arizona - Gotta be there!