Ramrods web site

One of my repeat clients just got their web site pushed live. Head over to www.ramrodstx.com and check them out.

I did the graphics, and Billy at Ramrods built the site himself.

They are a full-service hot rod, custom car, and restoration shop located in Terrell, TX.

These guys are an absolute pleasure to work with. If you need some custom work done, be sure to give them a call!

Dallas H.O.G. T-Shirt

From alligators on lawnmowers to swine on motorcycles! Well, the image of a hog on a hog isn't really that novel, but it's one of those things that can be interpreted in so many ways that it will continue to be drawn for years to come.

One of the sales managers at my day gig, Kerry Turner, a very avid motorcycle dude, approached me to create some art for the Dallas Harley Owners Group. I was given a lot of freedom to create a wild hog character on a motorcycle. The character was sourced from photos of actual wild boars.

I don't normally have the opportunity to work with more than one or two colors on a shirt design, but this time I got to go with 6 colors. That added a lot of dimension to the hog character, and really made the art "pop".

The basic production of this piece started with some rough sketches in my sketchbook, then a freehand sketch done digitally in Photoshop.

(The HOG logo was obviously copy/pasted, but the rest is all freehand with Photoshop's Brush tool.)

The Photoshop sketch was placed into Illustrator CS4, and I went to building the vector shapes and colors. This particular piece was done primarily with Illustrator's Blob Brush tool.

(Final Art)

This morning Kerry brought me the shirt sample and I'm really pleased with the print quality.

(Actual Shirt- Back)

(Actual Shirt- Front)