Holy flamin' Sail Phish Batmun !

Sail Fish Desk Sculpture from Nautical Supply Shop - $68.95 The Kustom paint puts this well over th' 2 Bill mark. I want to do a couple more of these - dis is kEwL ! Pictured - right side of fish. This was accomplished as one of three original pieces of art for the 9th Annual Rat Fink Reunoin in Manti, Utah. This was one of the Fun Run Trophies.

Left side of fish. This would make a rockin' desk decoration !


Fish tail with "RatzO" signature.

The winner of th' Fish "Trophy" (on right) came in first for the 5K "Phun" Run - Ol' Menz Division.

He really wanted th' Fish ! RatzO th' Hot Rod Artist @ left.

Fink on my man !

`27 Rat Rod in Color - WoW !

This is th' Wright 1927 Rat Rod done up in "Living" color. There were some fliers for the Ghouls on the car when I photographed it. Turns out the car is not in th' club. No matter, they both get free publicity right here on Screw Brain Graphics art site.

In case you are wondering, that "thing" flapping behind th' rod is a "Moon Bat." Sorry, hez Copyrighted !

Fink on Bruthaz & sistaz ! An all th' people said, "Amen!"

1959 Mack B61 Freight Hauler

Finished art work.

Detail of cab, driver & engine.

Smoke...

& flames !

Detail of emblem.

Thanxz for watching,

Tune in next week...

Friskit applied. I'll air brush the shadow first, then the body color ...

Body is painted. Once dry, I'll reapply th' mask over the purple, unmask th' areas to be painted silver and spray them...

Air Brush Completed !

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.

Hinton 1959 Mack B 61 Delux

Floyd Hinton of th' Nostalgia Car Klub in Yuma has a beachin' `59 Mack truck. This is the sketch, art work will be air brushed in color. Detail to be done in Prismacolor marker and tech pen.
Mr. Hinton also has a sweet custom trike... I may just do a graphic of that & send it to him as a su-prize. Fink on bruthaz & sistaz !

InTRodUciNg, Th' OffiCial "IN - FINK" GraPhik

Ever wonder what "art-zee" people do when th' weather is TOO krappy to be outside??

To say I HaTE CoOlD weather & sNo is a major understatement. This winter I am actually getting to work some of my projektz off. This is the "Official" finished graphik for "In - Fink." (See earlier post) This is being submitted to the Roth Estate for approval - to see if I cut th' mustard to be a real R.F. artiest. Keep you posted on th' out come on that. Umba Gumba !

Hay ! Th' end of September marked the end of road for another JH local busness. Marc Loebe of the Board Room shut down as th' origional owner, but put on a bash of sorts for all hiz loyal kustomerz. Above art work was a G.O.O.B. gift from me to Marc. I hung out & "directed" all (or MOST of all) of the attendees to come sign the border of the finished piece. Once totally signed, it got popped in a frame and presented to Th' Board Dude ! He wuz speachless... He liked it ! It was all worth it. Keep on finkin' Bro !

Detail shot of Long Board Fink...

15 years of service to th' comunity - Hate to see ya go !

Sun down for th' Board Room...

Wave By-By !

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.

Winnerz !

The Teton County Fair went well this year. 2 Blue Ribbons !

The one on the Left side was won by the, "Mr. Lonely" toilet seat.

Comment on the back of the entry card reads, "Nicely done.

You are a GREAT designer with excellent drawing skills.

Keep it up !" Signed- FAK

The ribbon on th' Right was won by the Base Ball Head sculpture.

The comment on the back of the entry card reads, "Very unusual !"

That is what is said when the viewer doesn't really care for the artists

work, but does not want to offend them. Sort of like saying, "That's nice."

Yeah, very unusual indeed - and there is more of it from where that one came from!

Thanxz to all the judges @ the T.C. Fair this year, I'm mighty pleased !

Teton C[o]unty Fair Entry No. 2 - 2010

OK, this is Baseball Head... I'm not going into all the details of the Main title & th' Alt title, all that is in an older post. What IS new is th' nifty display box he is in. Th' guys @ th' glass shop were not able to get my plexi cube finished in time, so I made one myself. I actually found all the stuff in town [THIS town] to get this made. Hats off to K-Mart, 4A Engraving and Scumrise Hardware & Lumber. W/O them, this neva' wooda' happened.

I'll report later on the reaction from th' judges to this years entries. Hasta !

Teton C[o]unty Fair Entry - 2010

Howdee Pard ! Some of yall may recall seeing this in "Older Posts." The first one of these was finished for the 8th Annual Rat fink Reunion this year. Auctioned off for $60 I think. Anyway, I had a "hole" on my wall where the 1st one hung, so I decided to paint one for myself... And why not enter th' fool thang in th' fair while I'm at it ? Gotta' break these Rocky Mnt. types into th' Kustom Kulture kinda' slow like - ya dig ?

This is a slightly more detailed version of the 1st one I painted. Base Ball Head will hopefully be entered in th' fair as well. I gotta' find something for him to live in. It'll keep th' grubby paws from breaking him.

Laterz gang !

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 !

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.