Purplemyth Hobbies

2010

2010-01-22T08:25:00.004-05:00

2009-12-19T13:12:00.002-05:00

2009-12-07T14:54:00.002-05:00

Just some things I've done this month, but due to weather and dwindling supplies, I will be down until next spring.

enjoy~

christmas ornaments

2009-11-14T11:00:00.003-05:00

just things I'm doing lately.

august

2009-09-12T16:48:00.008-05:00

Engine in my Bay

85 Honda 500 Shadow
with shadow design
on tank sides.

more misc scroll designs.

Thanks for looking :)

long time

2009-07-23T09:06:00.006-05:00

been awhile and still doodling.
Painted the windows in the bay as advertising and printed flyers. But economy is tough here so no calls. I'm continueing to doodle, and throw out 1 empty can at a time. Due to low budget, I can't travel or order more supplies, so hate to say, but when I run out all I can say is, It was fun~

scroll samples

2009-04-09T17:25:00.003-05:00

missed the bike gtg last month, my fault, hubby had to work, kid in bad mood and I had a bad case of stage fright.
But I have kept on practicing.

enjoy the pics~

learning something new for the locals

2009-02-11T17:08:00.005-05:00

I was going to add in a bunch of new pics but seems the blogger is dbling the pics and then not letting me delete them so~ you'll have to check the pinhead gallery for the latest things or click the links below to a few samples. If these work~(seems they won't, sorry~)

http://www.pinheadlounge.com/portfolios/bbs_2Medium.JPG
http://www.pinheadlounge.com/portfolios/bbs_3Medium.JPG

http://www.pinheadlounge.com/portfolios/bbs_4Medium.JPG

http://www.pinheadlounge.com/portfolios/bbs_7Medium.JPG

more samples here~
http://www.pinheadlounge.com/portfolio.php?artistid=purplemyth&cind=0

I have made my flyers and I have the most of them at my Husband's work place. A lady picked one up and handed it to her Dad, he's in a gold wing group. He called, and they'd like to have a local artist at a gtg they have in march. BUT, my dagger designs are not quite what they want~ so I took pics of his bike, and searched online, found scrolls by other artists and Kafka himself on his website, stored them for reference and have been learnin to scroll the fancy things. A friend loaned me some different size scrolling brushes he has, and another friend loaned me a dvd of a pro doing them, so now I see how they are done, I've been going at them steadily.

Maybe I can get these embedded in my brain and can make the group happy. Hubby has handed out flyers to many other car folk, so maybe this is my year to get away from being a home body. The bay is running pretty good and with the open floor space, I can easily pack in my supplies and go work outside the home.
So check out my new pics, more are posted almost daily. I'll see if I can load them here later.
Thanks for looking~

Happy New year

2009-01-02T08:43:00.003-05:00

12/30/08 opposite colors, red and blue, purple diamond poster (bad camera)

12/31/08 on flat black poster

1/1/09 greys with a touch of blue , poster

all 11x14" posters.Wanted to end the year and begin the year doing stripes, hope to do much more this year Enjoy :)

2008-10-18T14:25:00.003-05:00

Flyer for local distribution.

New wall art posters

Thanks for looking :)

new practice

2008-09-25T08:33:00.003-05:00

some new practice. Lots more posters with different backgrounds.

practice just gone wild,

more bobbo playing

mix of bobbo and blue00 brushes and learning fades better

some early christmas ornaments

thanks for looking :)

wild mower

2008-08-16T15:59:00.003-05:00

Hubby left this sitting for a couple of weeks after he did work on the mower, couldn't stand it, brought it in the house.
He said it took me long enough~
He wanted bright and wild, and this is what I came up with.

Thanks for looking :)

summer 08

2008-07-30T10:44:00.002-05:00

as usual, I haven't updated in awhile :)
Am hoping to do more, will post as done. Thanks for looking and if you are interested in any work, send me a note, contacts in the list on the rt side~

We have a fence, we have dogs, live on a major hwy. I'd really appreciate it if you'd blow your horn before entering. I may not be home and this will protect you and my dogs~ thank you.

My mom's first name begins with a 'W', for her bday.

Something different.

Just goofing off with left over paints.

Tried out the 2 color fade technique by jr huff, Not bad for the first try. Practice more!

Since I'm driving the bay more often, I have to decorate it. Again, if you are local, you can't miss it. Not quite what I wanted on the rear, but close. Will be adding more.

rare action shot. It was 102* that day, I almost gave out, and learned some serious lessons about working in the heat.

Small girl purses.

redid the back of my bug. If you are local, you've no doubt seen it around.

more samples on the display tank.

Fish nets anyone?

One of 3 panels I sent to the Steve meet 4. Several other stripes added to it.

With the airbrush out, I tried some new things, water drop effect, still need to work on this more.

For a friend/customer with a volksrod over in Texas, of course :)

A small photo album.

new background, with the airbrush, on the back side, striping on front.

another tiny car, just had to try it.

thanks for looking , and have a great day:)

march / april, the beginning with a scroll brush

2008-04-05T11:57:00.002-05:00

Finally got the new toy, a Bobbo mack super quad, size 0.
So, starting at the bottom (maybe next post I will remember how to post pics correctly in order from top to bottom! )~ This is what I've done in less than a month. Zeke has given me some helpful tips on holding this and like before, it's practice practice practice!

Saw an element the night before, and decided to make a design from it in different directions. I think the center looks like a rib cage, hubby thinks it has an oriental flair to it, like the designs on samuria clothing, I can see that too~

Went smaller, a 1/32 bus. And it's suppose to be a dragon/serpent, but I never said I was good at animal heads.

I got a lil buggy,,,, actually I have alot of these bugs! But I've been wanting to decorate our r/c cars. So I took this one to start , it's a 1/18th jada. Not sure how long it will last on there after it gets run under chair rungs, but it looks good for now.
Picked up some items from a store, and this were tests to see if the paint would stick. It does so as I get $ I will buy more of these to do up as consignment items.

I added some touches to the purses. And then touched hubby's lighter with some paint. A good test to see how 1shot will last on a SS zippo.

I did this one for my kid's counselor. She has a simple yet complex job. She has been eyeing my stripes for the past few months and said she loves blues. So for her new house, a gift.
These I had lines to work with. I like to see what I'm doing first so I'm trying to break away from that pencil. But I can see parks on other peoples pcs so I'm not the only one dependent on pre drawn lines. Following them though is another topic lol!

My first two panels, on my own, no pretty . I'm so used to having a center line , these had nothing.

Same thing, not my designs but I did fudge them a lil with my own touches.

practice pieces, with someone elses designs under and I just copied.
recvd march 11th, 4weeks later. And a comparison to what I was using before.

December07 thru February'08

2008-02-23T15:47:00.003-05:00

Bad when I don't stay up for 3 months.

I tried to place them in order from latest to oldest, it's close. Looking forward to spring, get some outdoor work. Be sure to click the pic for a better view. Enjoy~

still going

2007-11-10T16:07:00.000-05:00

birthday came and so did new colors! Thanks to hubby and Rob! so here's the latest~ have even sold a few! I have been buying up new 'targets' , as they get dressed up, they'll get posted!
I have been asked to do some panel swaps too, with other pinheads , I'll post what we exchange, ought to be real fun collecting pieces from other artists. Glad I have a new art room in which to display their work!
Enjoy!

My latest plexi panel. New colors, new ideas!

My first 'special order' Customers asked for flat black and red stripes only,they are happy with them and so am I !

Found these mini buckets and changed them up a bit~

Pulled out some tins, one that was flamed last year and added a lil decor to them. Tried out some blank freesbies too, unfortunaly, the paint is not sticking properly.

I like doing the borders, finishes the peice off nicely I think.

Found blank flasks so thought it would be a good try out.

2007-10-05T11:50:00.000-05:00

few more pieces I've played with~

finished the design on my car.
center caps on hubby's car.
some designs on the rear of hubby's car
an old clipboard. My first spider and a try at something shiny like. Is easier with an airbrush~
large spider on an 11x14" plexi.

series of panels, all with crosses. The first one is spoken for. When it's pd for, I order more colors :)

the granite is painted poster I did previuosly. looks good when these are scanned. If I get my brush going again, might make some blanks for back grounds.

the pink plate. Was sent to the VR boss. Along with a smaller ceramic plate, as a gag, the smaller one was busted, prior to shipping. The call after he got it was funny~ especially when I told him it was a gag, but the pink one was the real gift! I just like surprising folks :D

When I get more done, I'll post them in~ thanks for looking~

july 25

2007-07-26T10:15:00.000-05:00

Been doing more than just posters now. Trying out new surfaces.

My MT checkbook
My first plexi panel, gift to the guy who pesterd me to start striping
the beginning design on my car
hubby's car

hubby's car front
more posters, practice with new brush
more practice
my clipboard, clear plastic
my first plate, decor use only. Can't see grey well, but it's there.

I'm have lotsa fun! enjoy~

seems like a month!

2007-07-14T08:57:00.000-05:00

after about 300 strokes of each, my motivator said just do one, and I haven't stopped!

not perfect, but more practice and it's fun!

I recvd 2 pencils for marking on plastic, glass and other shiny surfaces. And a new smaller sword brush, all from my great freind, mentor and motivator! I owe him big time! I'll be getting real panels now to work on, he has faith that I can make something of this hobby . So does my Hubby :D I'll start doing smaller designs now.
Enjoy the pics :)

something new

2007-06-29T07:24:00.000-05:00

Finally got the brush and paint out. Not much to look at right now, but I'm hoping after doing all the practice I can make something cool looking. But it aint as easy as it looks!

I have no problem with the straight lines, but the curves?, twist, twist, and twist some more! I can't say it's as fun as airbrushing but I hope to blend the two later on.

the backwards C is very easy, but the reg C , really had to work on that one!

practice practice practice!

new tryouts

2007-06-16T12:26:00.000-05:00

sorry I have not posted in a long time, ya do a hobby when you get time though.

Got new tapes and did some spring playing. As soon as a place can be made up to work in, I might actually get to do another car!

Here's my try outs of some hard rock works~

these 2 pcs were sent to a get together for volksrods freinds, the bigman (admin of volksrods.com) is recving his own after some freinds added their special stripes to them .

I have fun doing this technique and am looking to do this on the side of my own car. What's more fitting for a dragon than granite walls on the castle~ :)

more fire

2007-03-08T08:06:00.000-05:00

Weather improves and I play.

here is my latest playings. These are painted posters. Easy to play on, and makes for nice wall decor later or just to keep to look at for style references later. Have traded a couple of the first ones out already with other artists, stripes for flames , lol!

Enjoy :)

late winter practice

2007-02-23T21:40:00.000-05:00

finally got some tempatures to play in. these are a pr of tins I did . These are 3"x4.5" in size. Stencils are the new model sized templates designed by fraiser.

So I played with the new hok kandies too. Still learning the right formula for more realistic fire colors.

Enjoy the pics though~ will post more as I play :)

down for the season

2007-01-04T19:16:00.000-05:00

The weather is not cooperating. It's not normal for this time of the year. Have tried to paint anyways. I realized today, mother nature always wins.
I have new HOK kandies to learn, but not util later spring .
Check the archive for past works~ and as always, thanks for looking~
Purplemyth

flames for christmas

2006-12-04T15:23:00.000-05:00

bus is only 5" long, pearl in clear.

christmas ornaments

candy tins :)

previous works

2006-11-19T15:59:00.000-05:00

Here are some previous works I've done . I was labeled a realist in high school by my art teacher, before I even touched an airbrush.
Once into airbrushing, I decided to go with stenciling. I make my pictures as close to real as possible . I like 3d effects. Have started using more freehand effects. Each picture is a challenge to me and I find a new technique on each one.

shriner's buggy

2006-11-19T15:38:00.000-05:00

We did this in the past 2 weeks. It came in very faded and in need of a new look.
Owner just wanted the logos refreshed. After looking online, I noticed the logo did not correctly match the real one. But it does now. The color is corvette yellow, the green is just one from a deck we liked with plenty of metallic in it.
The majority of our paints are base/clear. Before the clear went on, I repainted the logos.
This car will be in plenty of parades in the next 2 months.

art works

2006-11-18T20:48:00.000-05:00

the very first motorcycle tank. Wanted the emblem bigger than the original and in better chrome

The next one, a flameing alligator skull.

And while the purple dragon was getting a modified engine, I took the oppurtunity to add some heat to the engine.

I did not want it to be too strong, subtle is what I wanted. VWs and fire donot get along.

These were done for a raffle to raise $ for a member in a vw forum. They, along with a striped panel and a hand painted lisc tag raised $700.

2006-11-18T19:49:00.000-05:00

this is the car that restarted us into vws. A 70 std beetle, was in rough condition. Solid 1/8th'' steel floors , ford pattern drums, and a 1641 engine. All metal body.
This one I was allowed to get crazy with. A 74 std beetle. It has new floor pans and had only minor damage. Had a stock 1600 engine, now has the 1641. Custom mixed paint colors, custom decor in the interior. And a lil airbrushing.

This is a 74 super beetle. This is what it looked like a year ago.
Now it looks like this. A brand new Scat interior, new floor pans and now has a 1641 engine. Custom paint colors and some extra airbrushing.

ribbons on the back lid flowing off the rear glass

And volkswagen across the rear deck, and yes, there is gold glitter applied in the clear coat over the whole car. Owner want, owner got.

past projects

2006-11-18T13:14:00.000-05:00

I will be posting pics of the cars and airbrushing we do.