Rendered Hope Charity Calendar

I was fortunate enough to be asked to submit some work for the 2011 "Rendered Hope" Calendar  put out by the guys over at CarDesignFetish.com 

All profits go to the Detroit Childrens Hospital, so I am honored to be a part of the effort.

Check it out: Rendered Hope Calendar

61 Chevy Impala

Just started roughing this 61 Chevy out for a new client. Just a quick sketch to show prospective wheel/tire combo and stance.

Exners Revenge... The Real Deal!

Recently a gentleman by the name of Marcus got in contact with me regarding my "Exner's Revenge" sketch, and asked if anyone had yet attempted to build it. The idea is based loosely on a mix of the cut-and paste design method that's given us cars like the "Atomic Punk" and a bit of Roth-esque show rod.  

The sacrificial lamb in this case, would be a 1961 Plymouth Valiant. Truth be told, i never paid much mind to the first generation A-body Lancers/Valiants. The coupes look like the 4 doors, and the 4 doors look like... well, ugly. That said, while the proportions might be on the odd side, there are a few details that i quite like. So I have taken those details that I like, cut away everything else, and put the pieces back together in the form of this 2 seat roadster. The engine would be up for discussion, but for the sake of keeping the sketch on the weird side of things, I elected to have it rock an injected (perhaps alky powered?) Slant 6. 

The name "Exner's Revenge" came about, because by 1961, Chrysler's  famed design chief's choice of form language was getting more an more space age, as the rest of the industry was going towards the slab sided, simple and clean aproach that ushered in the next generation of automotive styling. Just compare any early sixties Mopar to a Ford or Chevy of the same era and you'll see what i mean. By 1964, Exner had been replaced by Elwood Engle, and gone was the wild surface language, replaced by long horizontal simplicity. To me, the 1st gen Valiant is a nod to one of the last cars to bare that Jetsons-esque styling, and so making a even wilder statement using the same form language is my tribute to someone who obviously had some vision... even if not everyone shared it!

After  much discussion back and forth, I'm confident that if anyone has the know-how to build this beast and do the sketch justice, it'd be Marcus. So currently I'm working on putting a rear design together while he lights the torches. :)

 

Here's the starting point...or one of them for that matter. Turns out he ended up getting a two for one deal when he went to go pick it up!

Home for Turkey Day

Seems like every time I'm home, there's more stuff to do than there are hours in a day! The weather has been sort of crappy, but we've been moving stuff from one spot to another in the name of some sort of organization. My father is trying to cut back the collection of projects that aren't high on the priority list. Here's a typical yard shot and a few of the garage:

Blueprint Charity Auction!

I want to do something for others, seeing as Christmas is quickly approaching and there are many out there that don't have nearly as fortunate a situation as i do (especially kids.) So I just got in contact with Ryan, the creator and managing force behind the Jalopy Journal and asked if it'd be cool to list my work and give half of the proceeds to the HAMB, to show my appreciation for being able use it as a means to get my work noticed, and the other half back to a children's charity. His response was more than positive... but more on that later. For now here's the auction: Blueprint Auction

And since blog posts are lame without pictures... 

 

Started a new moleskin.

All the travel I've been doing lately has at least given me a chance to put some miles on the new moleskin.

Some doodles:

Wheels are Everything Blog

Some good flics.

Check it out:
http://www.wheelsareeverything.blogspot.com/