Saturday, November 6, 2010

Ghost Flames

TRYING OUT SOME GHOST FLAMES ON A SCRAP PIECE OF ALUMINUM SHEET....ALSO ADDED SOME HAND PAINTED AND SPONGED BORDERS WITH STRIPES AND MALTESE CROSS CORNER DESIGN USING ONE SHOT LETTERING ENAMELS...PANEL IS CLEAR COATED WITH AUTOMOTIVE URETHANE...STILL HAVE TO SHOOT ANOTHER COAT TO MAKE IT SMOOTH LIKE GLASS....GONNA USE THESE AS MY OWN SAMPLES FOR CUSTOMERS....

Friday, November 5, 2010

SOME GHOST FLAME SAMPLES

THESE ARE SOME GHOST FLAMES THAT ARE AIR-BRUSHED WITH URETHANE CLEAR COAT...YOU CANT SEE THE FLAMES AT ALL ANGLES, JUST WHEN THE LIGHT HITS IT IN A CERTAIN WAY...ADDED SOME FANCY MULTI COLORED SPONGED AND PIN STRIPED BORDER DESIGN...THESE ARE NOT JOBS FOR CUSTOMERS, THEY ARE JUST SAMPLES PAINTED ON ALUMINUM PAINTED SCRAPS THAT I USE AT CAR SHOWS TO SHOW CUSTOMERS...

Thursday, November 4, 2010

JUST BEING CREATIVE


HERE IS AN ALUMINUM PANEL WITH SOME REALLY COOL GRAPHICS AND GOLD LEAF LETTERING WITH AQUA OUTLINES AND BLACK DROP SHADOWS.....SOME HAND PAINTED BORDERS WITH 1 SHOT LETTERING ENAMELS AND SOME PINSTRIPING TO BALANCE OUT THE DESIGN....

Saturday, October 16, 2010

A LITTLE SELF PROMOTION NEVER HURT ANYONE.





ANOTHER SIGN THAT I MADE FOR MY BUSINESS....SOME FAUX FINISHING WITH STONE TEXTURE, HOT COLORS, REALLY SUBTLE DROP SHADOWS AND 23 KT GOLD BORDER...

A LITTLE SIGN THAT WAS FAUX FINISHED WITH GOLD LETTERING

 AN HDU (HIGH DENSITY URETHANE) CARVED SIGN THAT WAS FAUX FINISHED WITH A STONE TEXTURE AND GOLD LETTERS.

Monday, October 11, 2010

FLAME JOB FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO...

WE DID THIS JOB YEARS AGO WITH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE...WAYNE MASSIMI FROM "EVIL SPIRITS CUSTOM PAINT" OF NJ......TURNS OUT, WE NEVER TOOK PICS OF THE CAR AND I WENT TO A CAR SHOW THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THERE IT WAS.....SO I GRABBED SOME PICS FOR HIS PORTFOLIO AND MINE...HE DID THE BASECOAT OF RED...THEN I DESIGNED AND CUT THE FLAMES OUT OF REMOVABLE VINYL MASK AFTER BEING LAID OUT ON MY COMPUTER AND CUT OUT ON A VINYL  PLOTTER...WE POSITIONED THE STENCIL IN PLACE BOTH SIDES AND APPLIED THE STENCIL TO THE CAR....THEN WAYNE SHOT THE FLAMES INSIDE THE STENCIL, REMOVED THE STENCIL....DID SOME AIR BRUSHING WITH SHADOWS & ETC., THEN HE SHOT THE ENTIRE CAR IN CLEAR...I WOULD HAVE PINSTRIPED THE FLAMES , BUT I WAS ON HIATUS FROM STRIPING FOR A WHILE SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO DO IT FOR HIM.....BUT I JUST GOT OUT ALL MY STRIPING BRUSHES AND PAINTS AND GONNA GET MY BRUSHES WET AGAIN.....KUDOS TO WAYNE...HE DID 80% OF THE WORK.....

Friday, October 8, 2010

CARBON FIBER LETTERING

SOME CARBON FIBER LETTERING SAMPLES FOR A FRIEND OF MINE.....SO FAR HE LOVES IT.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

RECENT TRUCK LETTERING


GOLD LEAF LETTERING WITH BLACK DROP SHADOW AND GRAY LETTERING AND BURGUNDY LETTERING....CUSTOMER LOVED THE JOB AND SAID ITS THE BEST ADVERTISING HE COULD EVER GET....HE EVEN HAD SOMEONE CALL HIM UP WHILE WE WE'RE LETTERING UP THE TRUCK...

DESIGN FOR A LOCAL CAR WASH CUSTOMER OF OURS

LOCAL CUSTOMER REQUESTED A NEW DESIGN FOR HIS CAR WASH AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH...THEY WILL BE FULL DIGITAL PRINTS 8FT HIGH X 4FT WIDE EXTERIOR MOUNTED WITH LAMINATE....

TRADE SHOW BANNERS FOR A CUSTOMER


THESE WERE DONE FOR A CUSTOMER THAT HAD A TRADE SHOW COMING UP AND HE NEEDED SOMETHING THAT WAS ELEGANT AND EASILY READ.....

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Monday, September 20, 2010

23 KARAT GOLD LEAF LETTERING WITH BLACK DROP SHADOW....

23 KARAT GOLD LEAF LETTERING WITH BLACK DROP SHADOW DONE A FEW YEARS AGO AT LINCOLN HARBOR YACHT CLUB

HAND PAINTED NAME FOR BACK OF POWER BOAT IN HOBOKEN NJ

CUSTOM HAND PAINTED WITH 1 SHOT LETTERING ENAMELS ON A LARGE POWER BOAT FOR A NY LAWYER THAT LIVED IN HOBOKEN, NJ...LIGHTER BLUE HIGHLIGHTS/BEVELS ON LEFT SIDE OF LETTERS AND DARKER BLUE HIGHLIGHTS/BEVELS ON RIGHT SIDE OF LETTERS TO GIVE IT THAT 3-D BEVELED EFFECT....

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010

TEANECK FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD AN OLDER MID 1990 FORD TRUCK THAT NEEDED TO BE RE-LETTERED AND STRIPED WITH REFLECTIVE LETTERING.....WE STRIPPED THE ENTIRE JOB, HAD IT REPAINTED AND THEN RE-LETTERED IT AND STRIPED IT TO MATCH AN EXISTING FIRE/RESCUE VEHICLE THEY ALREADY HAD.....

Friday, September 17, 2010




WE DID THIS FOR THE HACKENSACK POLICE DEPARTMENT DARE PROGRAM A FEW MONTHS AGO....ALL 3M REFLECTIVE LETTERING APPLIED TO BOTH SIDES OF TRUCK, BACK AND FRONT HOOD
ONE OF MY FIRST LARGER VEHICLE WRAP JOBS ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO.....WE HAVE DEFINATELY STEPPED UP OUR GAME SINCE THIS WAS DONE...HE IS A KITCHEN AND HOME REMODELING SPECIALIST IN HACKENSACK, NJ...
DID THIS PARTIAL HUMMER WRAP FOR A LOCAL MASSAGE THERAPY BUSINESS....DID BOTH SIDES AND IT TURNED OUT AWESOME...
NEW REFLECTIVE LETTERING AND STRIPING FOR THE NEW AMBULANCE AT HACKENSACK VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP....
NEW PARK SIGNAGE FOR STAIB PARK IN HACKENSACK, NJ
CUSTOM DESIGNED 4 FT X 10FT DIGITALLY PRINTED SIGNS MOUNTD TO ALUMALITE BOARD AND INSTALLED FOR A GYM IN EDGEWATER, NJ....
A CUSTOM LOGO FOR A BAND THAT I RECENTLY DESIGNED...THEY WERE MORE THAN HAPPY WITH THE DARK AND DREARY LOOK OF THE GRAPHIC AND IT FIT THE BAND PERFECT...