Motorcycles as an art form
Josh Zink sketches Harleys Here’s an unusual way to spend the weekend - hanging out at the Harley-Davidson plant near KCI Airport, ... there, doing sketches. People were intrigued at the sight of students with their sketch pads. I guess it’s only ... drawing a picture of their motorcycle. Naturally they wanted to wait for the artist to finish [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 21:56:07
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Forum Comic (remember this thread from CAD?)
Remember where Car Vs. Motorcycle started as sketches, Blanco did caricatures of us all and Bev came up with Sub and Scorps for the first time? ... It's been too long since we've had an official thread to make comics/sketches/half-assed efforts that poke fun at the forum/people. So I'm restarting it. Attached Images File Type: jpg [more...]
Date: 2008-08-23 08:14:33
Stage Fright: a classic, a tribute, and lots of fun in between
Last night was the third Stage Fright at the Oakland Center for the Arts. The night started with what else…zombies ( ... Panning and Matt Liller with another of their over-the-edge sketches, this one combining allusions ... the motorcycle). Returning acts included lovely ballerinas Natalia and Emma who danced to music from Alfred [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 13:40:06
Gilera 600cc Supersport 2009 Fact or Fiction?
I’ve sat on this story for a few days now, trying to figure out what exactly is going on? ... by an Italian designer known for “concept” sketches? Is this poor reporting by the motorcycle ... . This all started with a post by Oberdan Bezzi, a well known motorcycle artist/sketcher [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 04:06:52
Tucson’s Custom Aprilia BT550 Superleggera
French motorcycle customizer Tucson has released this sketch of its new BT550 Superleggera Aprilia sportsbike project. If the final product looks half as mean as the sketch, we’ll be impressed. The bike’s clean look is completed by 125GP-size Strawber solid carbon fiber wheels and a number of angular parts [more...]
Date: 2008-05-16 18:21:23
Terminator Salvation Mototerminators violate laws of physics
Motorcycle_terminators.jpg We're really digging the gritty post-apocalyptical aesthetic McG is bringing to Terminator Salvation, but we're not so sure about the motorcycle-based Terminators revealed in the film's concept sketches. Allegedly, they're dispatched by Skynet to collect humans, but we can't really see how [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 21:37:23
Blogging/ My Super Bike
If you’re wondering why I haven’t been blogging the past couple days it’s because I’ve been very busy working on my new television show with Michael Showalter. What is it? It’s basically a show where Michael and I do sketches and argue with each ... to outfit such a fine motorcycle with potentially offensive dick-shaped handlebars and a muffler [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 19:14:11
2009 Yamaha RD350 Concept
Two-stroke motorcycle engines are akin to the dodo bird – or nearly so ... that the two-stroke streetbike might be experiencing its own resurrection, as these concept sketches ... technology can be somehow adapted to a street-legal motorcycle engine. The challenge Bimota and others [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 17:32:38
I’m here!
I’m here! Categories: General 7 Responses Here’s a bunch of stuff for you all since I haven’t posted in a while ... a 3rd. Ghostbustin' Here’s a few random sketches, I don’t always have good ideas. Wolvie loves ... definitely least, here is lil’ motorcycle boy having a gay ol’ time. vroom vroom Thanks for stopping [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 14:24:31
Re: OUTCAST CLUB (Needs guys plz!)
"Leah." She gave the girl a slight tap on the shoulder, second-guessing herself immediately. She withdrew her hand, putting it back on her camera. A loud snarl ripped through the air, and she looked up, watching Cold ride by on his motorcycle ... with it's warmth. Opening up her notebook, she flipped to a page with some sketches she had done. Putting [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 18:31:52
Happy World Cardmaking Day, Part 1: Just For Fun!
It's such a special day! Not only is it World Cardmaking Day (and there's lots of fun stuff (like challenges & chats) ... for a "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" vibe, using an old favorite from A Muse. Be sure ... from Jody Morrow shares, Copic Sketch & Spica markers, White paint Sharpie [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 18:08:15
Lost
I’ve been facing some small, tough design problems lately: relatively simple cases where finding a good solution is surprisingly hard ... notation, somehow resembling Christopher Alexander’s sketches. I wish I could say it made a huge ... . Alexander, even in his early works, strongly emphasized the role of sketches while documenting a pattern [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 18:53:28
Things You Need Thursday: Great stuff out in January
Okay, normally this is where I do a bunch of pimpin' for books I have coming out, but here are a few that I'm just anxious to get my hands on.In no particular order: VIGILANTE: CITY LIGHTS, PRAIRIE JUSTICE TP Written by James Robinson Art by Tony Salmons & Bret Blevins Cover by Mark Chiarello The motorcycle-riding, two-gun hero [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 13:10:56
Merida Gets Realism
As a child, Harold McAnaney would get called up in front of his father’s friends after a bit of drinking and told to "Draw something!". Apparently he performed well enough each time that this became a regular activity. In an Irish pub after a few pints, a young boy who could draw your likeness as you watched was good fun, and worth a few pennies [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 13:52:43
Just some Thursday stuff to share
Well, the midwest got hit with storms again last night. We didn't get much right here but Lincoln, Omaha and into Iowa got , wind, rain and tornado's. There were 4 lives lost and lots of injuries at a scout camp near Little Sioux. I cant imagine what those kids and their parents went through last night, and the devastation they feel today [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 22:02:21
Fuck Preconceptions
After four days in Lodz, Poland, I have decided to let go from all and any expectations I could ever have in my life. Although surely I've been put in situations before, after which I would always learn that it would've been better dealing with these situations with no expectations instead, but Poland has really set the record straight [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 19:14:00
Tuesday Inspiration: How “Kicking It” Came To Be
All good things begin with a plan. ”Kicking It”, the just released documentary on the 2006 Homeless World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa was a part of a plan by AOL executive Ted Leonsis: How Ted Leonsis’ Snag Films Came To Be: “I wanted to make films that had a double-bottom line - movies that had a return on their investment, [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 00:35:00
Friday Inspiration: Jay Williams
From the State.Com: About a year after being drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the No. 2 pick of the 2002 NBA Draft, (Jay) Williams was flung from his motorcycle when it smashed into a utility pole at 75 mph, seemingly ending his once-promising basketball career and almost killing him. “It was hard, there were times [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 23:30:00
Party Favors: The Bunny Hop
CARSON CITY - Sunday morning is quiet time at the Bunny Ranch. The crisp mountain air rejuvenates the lungs after a night of breathing in a whirlwind of carnality. The parlor is tidy so there’s no remnants of Saturday night’s parties. The space is so calm that you can imagine cloistered monks nearby [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 02:52:01
Roland Sands/Toyota mural
I am way behind on this blogging thing but figured I’d try my best to catch things up to speed ... artists and paint murals for a motorcycle/truck show that Toyota was putting on. The idea was to do murals ... . I’m THAT tall. The sketches the chimp does of the bike. It’s fun to draw like ass. We painted [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 10:02:37
the girl who is a stealing the stealin's
This little post is courtesy of Princess who stole it from Jen who stole it from...well, you get the idea ... of the sketches made it into paintings, but I posed for another artist when I moved to Florida and I know he was doing a painting from the sketches. I never saw it finished though. :( ) 48. Gone deep sea fishing [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 22:47:19
Ducati Monster 696: Interview with Designer Bart Janssen-Groesbeek
by Tamara Warren The Monster, originally released in 1993, is one of Ducati's more classic and successful models ... this past April, and has already proved popular. During the upcoming Motorcycle Show in Cologne opening ... are important to motorcycle design? Motorcycle design as a profession is relatively young. The best [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 17:38:42
April’s Notes from the Road: Vietnam + NE Thailand (2000)
This travelogue documents my return through the north-eastern regions of Thailand (collectively known as Isaan – I worked my way through Bangkok, Chiang Mai and the like earlier and that travel tome remains to be posted) and then up the length of Vietnam… Merhaba! Xin chao! Another great travel phase – post-Malaysia and pre-Philippines [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 03:20:05
October 25, 2008: Stargate Atlantis Constume Designer Val Halverson Answers Your Questions
Costume Designer Val Halverson My writing/producing partner Paul and I work well together because we have different strengths and interests when it comes to production. Whereas he has a great eye for visual effects and a great head for scheduling, I’ve always preferred the personality of casting and creativity of costumes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 23:58:28
PR: Takehiko Inoue titles from Viz
I picked up Real at the comics shop last week, and it looks great—and this is coming from someone so sports-impaired that I was standing on a baseball diamond last week and had to ask someone which was third base. Anyway, Viz is going long on Takehiko Inoue; check out the assortment of manga and art books that are coming our way [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 11:10:25
National Post: French reveal case against Ottawa prof accused of Paris bombing
From the National Post: OTTAWA — The French government’s case that Ottawa university professor Hassan Naim Diab bombed a Paris synagogue in 1980 ... worked back to the dealer who sold the Suzuki motorcycle whose saddlebags would contain ... authorities, who say he was responsible for parking a bomb-laden motorcycle outside a synagogue in Paris [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:16:04
Permalink : New custom painted crash helmet
New custom painted crash helmet September 26, 2008, 1:44 pm I've just got to show you my lovely new crash helmet! ... . When I passed my motorcycle test in March I promised myself I’d get a helmet painted and here ... in the southern oceans. These are Cape fur seals, taken from the sketches I made in Namibia last year [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 14:57:52
Hassan Diab: The French connection, Hassan Diab Syracuse Univ. Grad (NY), Canadians Arrest 80s Bombing Suspect, Bill Ayers Your Next.
Hassan Diab: The French connection, France spells out case against Ottawa professor arrested in 1980 blast Kirstin Endemann, ... authorities. The Lebanese-born Canadian is accused of parking a bomb-laden motorcycle outside ... from the scene of the crime to find the dealer who sold the bomber the Suzuki motorcycle whose saddlebags would [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 20:23:22
Life in Ubud
Ubud is definitely the Art and cultural center of the region and the people reflect this in their daily rituals ... it up with as many sketches from Bali as possible. My next option ids picture taking and with the camer ... as part of y animal study sketches and paintings. One of the more welknown artist here [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 04:47:00
Ferrari Motorcycle
A Ferrari motorcycle. Sounds good, doesn’t it? When you look at some of their fabulous supercars, a Ferrari motorcycle is good to fantasize about. Some, like Amir Glinik, take it a step further and actually design a Ferrari motorcycle concept – the bike you see here. Glinik actually started researching his Ferrari motorcycle project back [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 08:51:00
Hot Wheels(R) ‘Takes It to the Streets’ with 40th Anniversary Cross-Country Road Trip
Hot Wheels(R) ‘Takes It to the Streets’ with 40th Anniversary Cross-Country Road Trip EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Hot Wheels( ... that drew 10,000 people to this 47-person town. Featured activities in Speed include a car and motorcycle ... and Mitsubishi will be signing sketches of their winning Hot Wheels(R) Designer’s [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 06:26:31
Wednesday Monster: Monster Masterpiece
Stefan Bucher’s Daily Monster is our Wednesday staple of creative, hairy fun. Stefan has gone straight artiste with his new masterpiece, the ”Omakase Monster”: Just call him the ‘New Millenium Van Gogh.’ What’s your Red Rubber Ball?! All good things begin with a plan [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 23:33:01
Apple Admitted Kane Kramer Invented the Technology Behind the iPod
[ ... would improve. His sketches at the time showed a credit-card-sized player with a rectangular screen ... THIS THIEF. Related posts: Inexpensive solar cells in Japan Touch Sight Camera TomTom RIDER 2 Motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 20:31:18
Ongoing Adventures of Al Onteroa
[This is part of the ongoing saga of Al Onteroa and the swinging footbridges project ... Counties—on his motorcycle. “Back then that’s the only way we got from one side to the other ... his motorcycle engine with parts from a washing machine. He worked every mine up and down every holler between [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 02:25:15
Highlights
Visit a Spring town Your options this weekend: Jump into the thick of it…the annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ festival in Fayetteville, ... at the Carnegie Public Library Annex from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The tours will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 10:00:45
Tomb Raider Underworld
Tomb Raider Underworld Nov 26, 2008 in Video Games Tomb Raider Underworld Tomb Raider: Underworld for Xbox 360 by Eidos resumes where Tomb Raider: Legend left off. This installment introduces a new, interactive playing environment that gives players a chance to immerse themselves more fully into the game [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 16:43:33
Honda’s V4 Concept Model: C’mon guys, really?
V-four-7 Ah, concept bikes. Those magnificent design studies where conventional ideas can be stretched, design sketches can be brought to life, ... you cough up to get another space-bike like this one built. The typical visitor to a motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 01:06:21
Photoshop Tips and Tricks vol.1-5
Volume 1: Detailed Video Descriptions 1 - 3D Reflection Effect (Running Time: 7:16) This effect is identical to the effect shown in video 7, except that in this video, you'll learn how to create a reflection for a 3-dimensional object. Censoring an Image 2 - Censoring an Image (Running Time: 2:53) [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 18:19:25
One does not simply walk into Goa.
One does not simply walk into Goa. Filed under: Bollywood — tsadkiel @ 10:10 pm Bombay to Goa (2007) is a hard movie to classify. Is it a series of loosely connected comic sketches masquerading as a screwball ensemble comedy, is it an ensemble comedy which branches out into a series of comic sketches, or is it a butterfly [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 04:10:24
Art as lifestyle
Art as lifestyle Rosanna Salonia and Matthew Yates were featured artists in a gallery opening that Tim and I went to on Friday night ... he wakes up with an inspiration and sketches it out before he sets up the shot. Sometimes he sees [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 05:46:30
Design Culture
From Do you matter: How great design will make people love your company: ... of materials, choice of tools, rounds of sketches, a process of making that requires adjustments [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 10:45:27
Thursday Shoutout: Make It Fun!
Thursday Shoutout is our time to feature those who have given us love on their websites or blogs. This is our way of saying: Backatcha! From the Christopher Scott blog: Make it Fun! One of my favorite presenters from this year’s Maximum Impact Simulcast (MIS) was Kevin Carroll. Mr [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 00:02:00
Cynsational News
Tomorrow morning I leave for The Youth Literature Festival, sponsored by the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ... . In Biker Pups (Pub Date TBA), the pups will zoom through town as motorcycle police officers." Yay [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 22:05:00
yesterday's snapshot and hopefully will note in another snapshot but if times run out, we noted it in another entry. Also covering war resistance is John Mackay in "Canada to deport another Iraq war resister to the US" (World Socialist Web Site) about Jeremy Hinzman: [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 22:02:00
Puerto Rican Guy Robs the Bank of Israel
Puerto Rican Guy Robs the Bank of Israel TEL AVIV - Throughout his presidential campaign, ... on a Moto Guzzi motorcycle, tearing toward Bethlehem on the Derech Hevron. The getaway Since ... the Motorcycle Bandit” and Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, assigned one-quarter of its 1,200 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 06:30:19
Tell Me About Your Tattoo
Motorcycles and tattoos seem to go hand in hand. For most of my life I never really understood why anyone would want to get a tattoo ... to go for it. I made some sketches and brought them into one of the best tattoo shops in the area; Wild [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 15:18:43
eBay: “Original” Star Wars Jawa Sandcrawler & Statistical Authentication?
Currently listed on eBay is a Star Wars Jawa Sandcrawler model that is marketed as “FROM ORIGINAL 1976 STAR WARS and “ONLY PRE-PRODUCTION MODEL IN EXISTANCE!”. I archived an auction listing from the same seller for the same item from earlier in the year and have compiled facts, photographs, [more...]
Date: 2008-07-12 07:33:06
Amir Glinik’s Ferrari motorcycle fantasy
Amir Glinik's vision of what a Ferrari motorcycle would look like...Pics: MotoFlashA Ferrari motorcycle. Sounds good, doesn’t it? When you look at some of their fabulous supercars, a Ferrari motorcycle is good to fantasize about. Some, like Amir Glinik, take it a step further and actually design a Ferrari motorcycle concept – [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 07:30:00
Monday Montage: Jostens Renaissance
Jostens Renaissance event, Phoenix, AZ: (Photog credit: Ted Roseen—Roseen Cultural Photography) ... from his motorcycle when it smashed into a utility pole at 75 mph, seemingly ending his once-promising basketball [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 23:31:00
Book review: American Nerd by Benjamin Nugent
American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent My review rating: ... Night Live's "Nerd Rock" sketches to the fascination with Japanese culture to the position of nerds ... and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" helped me understand my father, this book helped [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 20:38:24
