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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!

Retro Clock

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

Man that’s a nice clock …

God Jul!

vonsven — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:59:23 +0000

Flying Dog

vonsven — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:08:45 +0000

Here is a jacket I painted recently, the design is inspired from WWII nose art and those old bulldog tattoos. I keep the colors toned down and gave it a aged matte clear coat and look forward to seeing it after some use when the cracks set in…

Signs for Swahili Bob’s new location

vonsven — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:24:16 +0000

This is a bit dated I know but for those who haven’t heard my friends at Swahili Bob’s Tattoo and Piercing moved to their new location

Birkag. 33 11339 Stockholm

And although they where happy to bring along the original sign I made them way way back in 2005 (my first Stockholm sign job!) The new location needed more, so..

Both windows where painted with the new logo (a nice design by Papa Bear) and I also made up a Blingin’ Southside Minneapolis/Vandervaartian style Sandwich board for ‘em !

Sneaky Bar

vonsven — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:39:22 +0000

Here are some flasks that I painted, they have been on display at the last Lowbrow party. I found the old suitcase for them at a junk shop right before the show, it was perfect. I think it is a nice set.

1320 Krusaders

vonsven — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:53:57 +0000

Recently I did some custom text and 50’s inspired weirdie striping on these parts for a customized HD Night Rod.
The bike belongs to Janne who organizes the vintage drag racing meet, Blacksmith nats. Janne’s dedication to the sport is reflected in the text, as there are 1320ft (1/4 mile) in the length of a drag strip. with I’m Looking forward to seeing it all built up, should be sweet it is going to be all black and grey.

Gray Shoebox ford

vonsven — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:51 +0000

Check out this car I striped in the summer time. I painted outside the old studio on the dirt lot, when it was done we cruised to get some pics by these bungalows on the waterfront. Dang, summer sure was nice.. well so much for that.. haha

…Oh and check out the new zoom feature just click on the thumbnail and once it zooms in you can use the arrow keys to browse. It is in use in my portfolio now too, it really speeds things up

Pinstriped Trispoke Wheel

vonsven — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:59:07 +0000

This was my first time striping one of these.. ! It goes on a really nice vintage Motta, you can see it built up >>here<<

Hippy Hoj

vonsven — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:36:52 +0000

So… I haven’t added much to the studio blog for a while, and it isn’t because I haven’t been painting.. quite the opposite. I have been getting a lot done and also have been lucky to move the studio to Motorbörsgaraget for which I am very thankful !

Now I am getting back to it and will be playing catch-up till I get to current my current work, sorry for the delay and thanks reading !

So here is a pinstriping job that I did a while back, this one was fun.. I was given freehands to do something in a 1960’s or hippy style to suit the chopper’s leather pannier, which was hand made by the bikes owner! It’s so cool -check out the embossed pot leaves !

New storefront sign and new opening hours

vonsven — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:09:10 +0000

Hello!

Just wanted to let everyone know that the new opening hours will be from 12:00 – 20:00 on Thursdays

On other days If I am not in the store I will be close by painting at Motorbörsgaraget which is located close by on Arenavägen 65, across from Globen.

So if you need something from the store on a day other then Thursday, contact me by phone or mail and I can come open the store for you !

Also here is the new sign I painted on the storefront, it is inspired by Route 66 motel sign trends of the early to mid fifties. The store was painted up by our friends at Retro Måleri. The great faux stucco wall surfacing is the work of our local master of furniture and interior restoration Christian Stadius.

The texture of the wall is quite rough so I used a Squirrel & Ox mix, Mack Series 389 quill. The softness of the brown Squirrel hair carries the paint well and Ox hair is stiff and springy so you can dig into the surface.

Lowbrow Artbash 26/9 2009

vonsven — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:19:25 +0000

September 26, 2009 2:00 pm

October 9, 2009 2:00 pm

…………………………………………………………………………………..I’ll in the states for this but my art will be there

Sure to be a rockin party as usual, Lowbrow Mag Style !

hi res flyer here

MORE INFO HERE!

Handshifers and Debops shoebox

vonsven — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:59:53 +0000

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Here is some side jobs from when I was down in Lund teaching the Pinstripe class.

First up I had a Shoebox from Magnus of the De Bops car club. Magnus had given is custom a nice flame job and all that was left was the outlines to make them pop.

After that Magnus had me letter the car name.

-that’s spanish for “shoebox”
you can check out more from the De Bops club on their website, http://debops.se/

The other project was for Fredrik who has Hanshifters Motorcycles in Skåne. He came up with a whole concept for the lettering and striping. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical but it turned out great in the end. The pinstripes in gold on the tank follow the style of crocker scalloping, this is then intertwined with the outline of a 1930’s Harley tank emblem which then creates the inner scallop of the teardrop which creates the background for the Handshifters logo! Not a bad idea, Check it out ..

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Blackboard logo

vonsven — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:57:54 +0000

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Here is a logo I designed for Annika Lindström. Annika is a master seamstress, is a specialist in mending vintage denim and also produces her own label, Blackboard. Check out her clothing or contact her for alterations or other services via blackboardlabel.com

The logo is brushed freehand in a one stroke casual with a relief drop shadow. The colors have then been corrected for print.

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