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Gasoline Magazine – How to Scallops

vonsven — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:58:32 +0000

Here are some photos from a scallop job I did ‘a while back it was featured as a step by step in the latest issue of Gasoline Magazine (Sweden)

As explained in the article the scallops where painted entirely by brush.

Some other New products from the VSKD artstore used where :

Owatrol Oil -The trick for getting the polar white 1 shot to fill the scallops so well with only one coating was by adding Owatrol Oil this new product not only slows the dying time of one shot lettering enamels it also enhances the flow and helps the covering ability! as you can see it the close up shots here the result is an almost glass like finish virtually free of brush strokes !
The Edge Pinstriping tape – Used for masking tight turns and leaving a razor sharp edge when removed.

Green abrasive pads – Good for lightly scuffing the area to be painted.

Foam Brushes -used to paint the fill of the scallops.

Snoop house

vonsven — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:35:10 +0000

Dog Hill Customs

vonsven — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:53:47 +0000

The other day took a trip to letter up the Dog Hill Customs Garage paint on this step side Chevy. Some simple lettering was added on the doors in semi flat ( to match the trucks finish) and striping in white was added to accent the two tone paint job.

Happy Mothers Day ! (in Sweden)

vonsven — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:21:28 +0000

Ballroom Rumble and a nitro funnycar

vonsven — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:32:05 +0000

I had a blast at Lead Kings CC’s annual party, there was a good turn out of cars and the crowd was in good form. luckily I got set up with a spot on a platform so between that and the neighboring lowbrow mag crew’s diversive antics, I managed to navigate some clean lines amidst the party zone.

The next day I started on the Rimfrost funnycar adding a ray gun wielding space viking and shading on the hologram text. Next time I will finish the viking and add an outline to the letters as well as highlights on the shades as well as some other goodies. Although this car has been repainted it is a classic Swedish funnycar with a lot of history and it is a real honor to get to letter it, and help to preserve the nostalgic style of funnycar graphics in drag racing of today.

Big Chief, Pontiac

vonsven — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:11:01 +0000

This is defiantly a one of a kind Pinstripe here.

I got the job to paint a Chief on the trunk of a Pontiac and at first I wanted to make it Chief Pontiac himself, but after some research I couldn’t find any pictures of him so it ended up being more of a loose interpretation of a plains indian with headress and western shirt, which for the record is more of 1800′s style for the Ottawa But made for a much nicer design with all the radiating feathers. ( Pontiac having lived in the 1700′s probably would have been sporting a headband with some feathers)

Chief Pontiac is known for his part in starting a war with the British when he lead an attack on Fort Detroit in 1763.

also the pontiac V shaped logo is actually a stylized arrowhead design..

Surfs up pinstripe demo at Elmia

vonsven — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:02:46 +0000

At the Bilsport Custom Motor show I joined Kenth from The Land Inn motel and did some live pinstriping on a nice little surfboard to match his entry in the show, his classy custom ’63 Ford Galaxie Country Squire!

Also got to lay some lines on this very cool Shovelhead..

And a little job for the owner wild custom Oldsmobile rocket 88.

100 year Harley

vonsven — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:49:38 +0000

The 100 year anniversary emblem from this 2003 Harley Davidson tank, got replaced with my hand painted version, metallics where used in order to match the stock paint and graphics. (a cool detail they did on this model is the silver center band is printed with a pattern of tiny, tiny Harley Davidson text, fancy!)

Old English 800

vonsven — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:22:03 +0000

2010 Camaro striped

vonsven — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:29:56 +0000

The layout of these stripes was designed by the owner Ted who has the advertising company fart & flakt

I was impressed by the effectiveness of the design, it really suits the cars lines as well as giving a longer and lower look! not bad..

Black Acid Evil

vonsven — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:49:59 +0000

Finished painting Andreas’s mean machine today..

Live and Jive pinstripe demo 2010

vonsven — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:09:41 +0000

Had a great time at Live and Jive this Year, I had the new Pinstripe Plant II book on hand and made some on the spot pinstripes on a few cell phones. I also broke out my new waterbased paints and did some pinstripe “tattooing”!

Sadly I missed the music again, but there was plenty of life around the booth. It was cool to get to meet Korena missylu who had the booth next to me She dose the handbags and is from Cali.. we are soon going to collaborate on a special line of pinstriped handbags! Some other vendor friends where there including Sixty Souls chopper and skate shop and of course Lowbrow Mag.

Black Acid Belladona Bike Progress II

vonsven — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:55:13 +0000

Still working on it !!! Got most of the black shading and outlines done in the last session, but there is more to come.. namely Pinstripes and text.

So here are some details of some of the completed tattoo designs, the shading is hand brushed .. getting there…..

Peal Green Chopper Striped

vonsven — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:58:19 +0000

The tank was lookin’ a bit empty so we dolled it up a bit ….

Black acid Tattoo bike progress

vonsven — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:16:15 +0000

The latest Belladonna Trackers bike is in the works., Up next black shades and outlines plus some heavy scroll striping.

Rad bike. its going to be out of control when finished!

Pinstriping a car on a boat

vonsven — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:28:55 +0000

I was invited to follow along and paint a Hot Rod for Motorbörsgaraget on the Wheels Magazine Boat. I went with a gold stripe treatment to match the engine. Its a nice looking rod built with a personal touch (not to mention the striping) and is now up for sale ! Contact motorborsgaraget if interested..

Stadius truck lettering

vonsven — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:16:26 +0000

Mystic design and color theories from 1915 by the signwriting master Frank Atkinson served as a guide on this one. So each color ended up being blended up special (plus a little extra for the passenger side )
I am not sure if the colors are exactly the way they should be but it is pleasing to the eye. The red that he called for was called Tuscan red which I checked up on and it is the color of old Pennsylvania railroad trains! kinda cool, the rest of the colors are various shades of olive green and buff.

Rockafella Sign

vonsven — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:53:21 +0000

Here is a Sign I made for the Childrens Rockabilly clothing brand Rockefella! they requested a Sign painted to look old for use at fashion conventions. The layout and design was provided for me altough I favored my own lettering over the original font.
After I painted it all up the surface was heavily distressed and then hit it with my aging varnish mixed to matte to diffuse direct lighting.
Hope all the kid rockers dig it!

Christmas Goods

vonsven — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:58:32 +0000

Here´s some small things I helped out with before the holidays..the guitar is a take off of the lettering Art Adams has on his guitar.

Retro Clock

vonsven — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:34:28 +0000

Man that’s a nice clock …