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13 hours ago, Schnitzel said:
not sure what other threads you frequent but I thought you might get a kick out of this.
The hype Vault mag from about 10 years back had a double page spread that might be yours.
Yep, those are two pages from one of my blackbooks, early 90s. That letter "I" study in the upper left was obviously very much inspired by HR Giger, whom I was a big fan of at the time (still enjoy his work but in the late 80s early 90s I was a bit obsessed). The "Cohc" piece was painted at the Franklin Wall in San Francisco. I think it ended up in IGHT as I was sending Phase2 a lot of photos during those years. While the headline notes my "...stylish characters" - they have always been inspired by my mentor ETCH, from Washington DC. That guy single-handedly inspired an entire city with his characters and letters.
Thanks for sharing!!
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Yeah, they're very much not affordable. I just did a full build for that bike (granted, I used ENVE & SRAM for everything, and Ceramic Speed rear derailleur) and it ended up at $12,500 USD. That's not affordable. The new Cannondale SuperSix EVO is $15k. Canyon Aeroad CFR is $10k. Trek Emonda SLR 9 is $13k.
I think $10k+ for a race steed is just the new normal. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that $8k was incredibly high for the same quality of bike, but now that price is a low-to-mid range bike.
I'm kind of in the market for a new road bike (even though I no longer race road) but what I want and what I can afford are two different things. I thought with the bike market being flooded with supply, and now a low demand, there would be some amazing sales happening but I haven't seen anything worth considering. I'm thinking I may have to buy frame and fork and then build it up on my own with deals found online for components, wheels, and accessories. Try to get a $13k bike for half that... or less.
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True, kinda. Modern day Amish do work in the real world... though mostly carpentry jobs (like building house and such) and selling farm equipment. Therefore they pay taxes (like income tax, property tax, etc). I'm not Amish, I've not spent any amount of time with them, but I'd imagine living their life has it's fair share of "mud" to deal with, just like non-Amish folk do.
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That Rodeo Labs frame is wicked...
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True. I mean, if some "kid" walked up to my door and offered me a ridiculous amount of money for my land I would sell it, too. From talking to those fellas it sounds like everyone in the small town isn't too happy with how the influx of growers has changed their quiet, sleepy town. Unfortunately... that's growth in any town.
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Probably not the same, but in rural Oregon, especially near Bend, the amount of land being bought by weed growers has been wild. I admit I haven't read a lot about it but a few years back I stayed in a small town called Tumalo, just outside of Bend, and I was hanging out at a bar drowning my feelings after a 30 mile mountain bike race I crashed twice in (therefore finished poorly in after months of training) and I got to talking to a couple locals who've lived in the area since they were kids. They were telling me how people are driving onto folks land, knocking on their doors and offering millions in cash for their acreage because the region is perfect for growing. So of course these tired, old timers are selling their lands for double or triple their value and weed production in the area has skyrocketed. This has led to issues with traffic, odor from cultivation (which seems silly considering any rural farm is going to have odor), issues with grow lighting, etc..
After the chat I did a little research but there wasn't a ton of information out there at the time. Since then there's been a lot of legislation happening and folks never interested in politics now running for seats who are either pro or anti marijuana growing. I've no idea if any of the folks buying up land are corporations or just all small businesses trying to grow (pun intended) their business. Either way, it's kind of interesting.
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All the gear, all the time. The only way to ride...
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False. I work with some damn amazing folks.
TPBM did not watch the super bowl.
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Those DEBS throwies are very nice...
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False. I'm a chronic "I'm not doing anything unless I know what it is, how long we'll be gone, and who's joining us" kind of person. Call it old age, call it playing it safe, I don't care... I am who I am.
TPBM does not drink coffee
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Silly self-promotion. Late last year I did the label artwork for a new HAB Sauce flavor. Super-tasty, minimal heat.
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One of DC’s finest, and a genuinely nice human.
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@Aristo- The first thing that jumps out at me is there are some connections to be made to clean up the overall configuration. For example, the right leg of your M is almost the exact same curve and shape as the back bar to your E, so I would merge the two together to clean up that connection. Same with the end of your E... you could connect that directly to the left bar of your N to clean that connection up as well.
As for adding serifs... to help with this exercise I chose a slab serif font as my example to work from. Basically I got the letters where I wanted them and then went back and added the serifs. Doing this helped me connect my letters even more creating a nice, fluid form to the word. I tried my best to keep your letters so it feels familiar but let me know if this is hitting the mark on what you're trying to achieve.
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Yeah, I think the seat tube is carbon. Definitely the fork. That Cerakote paint & anodize finish is so beautiful. I wish I could find a good photo of the bike they showed at the Chris King show. It's very similar to the green one above but the the details are so good.
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Not too long ago I went to the Chris King handmade bike show where about twenty bike builders were given new, limited edition Chris King components to build a bike around. There were some really cool bikes on display but by far the coolest was from a company called No.22. Being a fan of titanium bikes I was really drawn to it but I think I was equally drawn to the attention to detail not only in the frame design/build but also the paint and anodize they do on all their bikes. Really nice stuff.
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I always wear padded bib shorts and jerseys when riding. My saddles are all narrow and completely unridable without padded shorts for any extended period of time, so yeah... always wearing bib shorts. It completely makes sense when you've been digging deep for 3 hours in a group ride, sitting on the 'rivet' of your saddle just to hang on to the group, or put the group under pressure (depending on how you're feeling that day). I also use chamois cream for every ride over an hour, too. It's the best thing, ever, for longer rides. Took some getting used to at first but now I wouldn't do a long ride without wearing any.
Pretty sure there's MTB padded shorts that look just like normal shorts but with a padded liner. I know some men refuse to wear bib shorts because they feel it makes them look like a a gay dude freakin' in da club... which is, I don't know... weird? It's not like they're shimmery gold with flashing lights and music booming out of them.
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3 hours ago, Mistery said:
Hey what app/ Device are you using???
I am using an iPad Pro with Apple pencil and the app is Procreate. I've found Procreate to be the best drawing/painting app out there. I had used Morpholio Trace for a while but it's more suited for architecture/drafting and design than painting and drawing.
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TO get back on track and quit talking about myself...
I just learned about this small boutique shop here in Portland called UNLESS Collective. I'm kinda feeling this yellow hoodie and these shoes...
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1 hour ago, glorydays said:
brooooo
hopefully you get to come out again
i'd love to meet. I got a black book that you can sign
It'll probably happen next year. The wife and I have been making the trek down there once a year for the last handful of years. It's good to get some sun therapy after 6-8 months of Northwest grey skies, cold air, and rain. And it's always good to see the old painting partners like Giant, Brisk, and Persue, and of course Bobby and crew at Tribal.
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4 minutes ago, glorydays said:
Bro that's rad!
for sure I wanna meet mike giant....his collabs with skate companies are fucking baller
He usually announces Art Night on his Instagram page, or you can always reach out to him through DMs and find out times and location. I showed up with something to drink, an iPad and Apple pencil, and sketched for about three hours. Mike spent the night working on his car and spinning records. It was fun.
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51 minutes ago, glorydays said:
I live in san diego now
i wanna go pay them a visit
Yeah, you should. The shop is cool, there's a tattoo parlor with some incredible artists working in there, and I believe there's a skateboard shop as well. There's usually a beautiful lowrider or two in the parking lot, and if the garage door is open you can see some of the Graffiti painted on the warehouse walls.
Also, if you're into it, Mike Giant does an Art Night once a week (I think every Wednesday). He invites folks to come hang out at his studio and draw or paint or whatever. I went this past summer while I was in town and it was pretty cool to meet like-minded folks and see the work they're doing.
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On 12/2/2022 at 10:45 PM, glorydays said:
did you work on any designs yourself for tribal?
or did you just do graphics, when it came to the clothing?
I mostly just did graphics for t-shirts. Characters, tags, and a few Tribal letter pieces. A friend of mine designed one of their first cut & sew jackets which was based on a vintage denim jacket. I kinda helped with that but I wouldn't give myself design credit. For the most part my job at Tribal was graphics for tees and filling orders to be shipped out. I also helped with those early 90s trade shows (set up/tear down, and sometimes sales) in San Diego and Vegas. I had a day job but I would go to Tribal after work most days because I got off work around 2:30pm so I could be there to help them finish out their day.
What's really cool is they have kept at least one if not more of everything they've ever done. And every writer and artist they've ever worked with has also given them some kind of framed art so the back of house walls are covered in some incredible artwork, both framed and painted directly to the walls. So much great history in there.
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The sketch on the right is an old sketch I did for you a while back. I think you should study it… a lot… and copy it line for line until you know you can do it without looking at it.
Same with the sketch on the left.
The goal is to get you to understand the flow of the letters, the relationship of one letter next to the other, how the interact with one another. These are simple pieces, especially the left sketch, so it should be easy for you to learn from.
The tags are horrible, sorry, but it’s something to work with.
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8 minutes ago, Ray40 said:
Back after a long while any advice, maybe a few demo sketches@Joker ?
Welcome back, Ray.
Yep, that looks good for a solid simple. Your letters have similar weight to all of them, the bits to the left and arrow to the right give the whole thing balance. Nice.
My only feedback is the Y has 50% more 'style' to it than the R and A. Either add some style to those letters or pull back on the Y. Up to you.
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KINGISM...
in Paper Chase
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I don't know what to make of this thread. Is it for blackbook sketches? Videos? Photos of girls? All of the above? Some of the details in the sketches is very nice, though.
Out of curiosity - what is "Kingism" referencing?