During our sign up process for the imminent European Car Meet this Saturday in New Jersey (where we now officially have 200 cars coming!!!) I reconnected with an old client of mine. It turns out he also does hand drawn artwork of owner's cars!!

I thought I would clue you guys in since it may be something that is of interest.

Here is his website address:

http://www.alkendesign.com/auto.html

and a sample of the work:



I have asked him to join the forum to answer any questions you guys may have.

 

very talented freehand work.

just thought some of those with photoshop access could do there own photo's to look like hand paintings. just use the hundreds of different filters to get some cool effects. those without Photoshop are more than welcome to send me photo's that they would like done. the least i could do to repay for all the great info most of you have shared with me.

btw sorry for ripping off you photo.

 

Relentless: Can you do the picture of Arling hanging with 50 Cent?

T

 

T,
stop it. i don't want to hurt Vivian. she's too sweet!

 

Hi - sorry it's been a few days since Ken was nice enough to introduce me here. Now that I'm registered here, I'd like to share a couple higher resolution images of my artwork, and answer any questions.

First, if I can comment on the capabilities of photoshop. Without question, with very little skill or time, anyone can take a photo and stylize it to look like artwork. By comparison, the work I do for my clients is 100% by hand, save specific faded backgrounds that I print. The samples below are created using a 'stipple' technique, where the detail and shading is done with thousands of individual dots, made by a single pen. The process is labor intensive, but the final product is always stunning. The artwork is not cheap, and for that reason I try to market to owners of the higher end makes.

Enough talking - here are a couple samples:

 

another:

 

To contact me, please email alken17@optonline.net. Be sure to include any contact info I should use. My website, still undergoing changes, is www.alkendesign.com.

Finally, a scan of the drawing I've done of my own car...