Sportster Tank Job - Complete

[colourshift]

Ok....here we go, some of you have heard me talk about this for awhile...and well, here it is. This is for the customer that showed up with a two inch stack of reference that was all over the map....took two meetings to nail her down with the theme and the images themselves.
"Rock and roll enthusiast", was the basic theme... kinda tied into a road tour, loosely. The images on the top view of the tank are spiritual representations to her, an elk and ocelot....the female face is the owner itself, I shot her at sunset (on the patio at a bar)...played with the images in Photoshop, and there you have it.
I delivered today, and she was absolutely floored. I love the reactions almost as much as I do the green stuff.
Hope you like it too....
Thanks,
Lynne

[ABD]

INDEED!!!...Excellent stuff...I really like the colors and how they mesh.....And the "reaction" as well as the "green", well said!....Thanks for showing Lynne..Came out sweet!

[colourshift]

Lol, thanks D and Dell....but hon, green? No green in this piece. Base colour is kind of an IROC blue candy over aluminum flake....and all the art is rendered in orange, purple, magenta, yellow and blues.

[illfx]

Some beautifull work!! Still got me charged up!! Enough with the hugs, bring on the green!!

[illfx]

Cash, Lynne green CASH!!!!!!!

[colourshift]

OH THAT GREEN.
Ok, I'm officially blonde today. Sorry boys.
I know Moe (illfx), (he's the sweetheart that does all my clear work) we don't get tips, we get hugs. What the?
You knew I was gonna post this up as fast as possible. I'm still geeked about it.

[blinddog 99]

Superb execution Lynne, nice overall work, very good posterization look, wow, truly an impressive artistic style. No wonder she was happy, love the smoke trails.....hope the green was good, it should be, this is top drawer!

Awesome job!

[redanner]

Very nice Lynne! Looks slick!

[josie]

Beautiful Lynne i love the smoke effect you put in there

[colourshift]

Thanks ALL!
Now, lol, I go back to work on more stuff...lol.

[purplemyth]

looks awesome! :thumbsup:

[air_fx]

Very nice job....I like the old poster style look to the art....great work.

[colourshift]

that's the idea air...she wanted something funky looking...

[Saint]

Hey Lynne!

Love it!
You really pulled it off, and even with all that 'input' from your customer!

I also love that's it's really fresh!

Came out great and even better for scoring future work, too!



Denise

[Cowboy]

Very nice Lynne . I certainly see what you mean by making it Original , Very creative, Like BD said I hope Ya got enough green for it, The concept itself is worth some Bucks. Thanks for showing .

[tomcat]

Lovin that Lynne, no wonder the customer was impressed..

[Full Blast]

Very cool Lynne. Is she someone we might regognize? cuz she looks familiar.

Awsome job BTW Bet that was worth some GREEN! < haa haaa everyone else is on that kick... So maybe instead of being blonde your green?

Rob
:tee:

[airarts]

Lynne, that bike is absolutely gorgeous! I love how you worked the totems in the smoke trails! Not only are you a great artist, but also a great coceptualizer!

[REDNECK AIR]

VERRY SWEETTTTTTTT

[XZOTIC INK]

lynne, lynne, lynne,,this is SO NICE,,,I LOVE THE Part OF HER BLOWING THE WORDS,,,THATS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND IT SHOWS ALOT OF MEANING BEHIND IT,,I LOVE THE CROWD JUMPER TOO,,LOL,,as an artist i look at pictures before i read what people have posted so IMMEDIATELY I KNEW IT WAS FOR A BAND,,so you caught the moment perfect,,nice work lynne,,love this,,its soft and classy and stylish,,i like how you didnt plaster her face on there either,,the photoshop one is KEWL,,,i know her roadies will love it,,,:dropjaw::music-smiley-012::rockon::guitarist::mullet::headbang:

[jason prouty]

nice job on the theme Lynne, and the artwork is great love the way you put it all together, very cool project

[colourshift]

Thanks all!
Jason, means a lot comin from you man..your work is always tight.

Nat, she's not "in" a band, but just a rock and roll enthusiast (fan).

[figair]

lynne,thats looks amazing...Real nice and detailed.VERY KLEN WORK..I like it,thanks for sharing
Eddie

[XZOTIC INK]

EVEN BETTER,,,AT LEAST SHES GOT STYLE,,,ME IM STILL PEDDLING TO THE NEXT SHOW,,LOL,,WOW NOW THATS CLASSY OF HER,,

[cicioc]

great work
congratz

[AirTodd]

The tank and fenders look really good.I like the colors you used.

[colourshift]

Thanks! I shot it all in AutoAir (the OLD formula, Clinton tell's me there's a new one...Clinton, lol, tell autoair to send me paint!)...
white layed down first, then built colour in opaques and transparents, maybe a little candy here and there to punch it up.

[colourshift]

Owner called me last night, at 11...jesus. She got a chip on the TOP of the tank, said a bug hit it...dammit...gonna go survey the damage and take pics of the bike put together this afternoon. Sigh...some people's kids.

[colourshift]

Let's hope so....

[colourshift]

Made it out there to take a look...it's a small nasty chip...looks like a rock or something...who knows. Sigh, I told her we'd take care of it, but she needs to drop it off.

[colourshift]

Nah, the fix will be gratis. it's tiny, really. And I'm getting more work from them...

[colourshift]

Nope...ya can't! Lol. It's not my standard policy (which I'm making up as I go along, if any of you ask)...but it's small enough, PLUS! Moe's gonna coach me on it, and I get to learn how to fix stuff like this. Handy.

[colourshift]

Keep it up and I'm makin a little blonde voodoo doll...suddenly you're really thirsty, too hot...inexplicably.

[colourshift]

Lol, no. But if you send me a t-shirt, I could maybe make her disappear for a little while.

[colourshift]

You're just tryin to get to 4000 posts before the end of the night, aren't you?