retiring golfer guy

Got a rush commission Friday. Needs to be done by Wednesday.

A couple of things this week

Finished some big projects!! The T-Bird is done! Here is it in all it's glory-

I've gotten a few MORE commissions, got started on another big one, I got the groomsmen done and the scorpion car is done also. I can only post the final of the scorpion car-

There's 3 new jobs from this client now too! I found out he wants to put eco friendly motors into the hot rods. The huge diesel motor will run on alternative fuel! HOW COOL IS THAT?!

In other news, I worked for tips in some bars for about 12+ hours on St. Patrick's day. It was a zoo but it was fun and even though I have nightmares about it, it is what I consider the START of the season for me, so GAME ON 2010!

T Birdy

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Good times!

Tonight I had the honor of being part of a proposal! A guy called me last week and asked if I could draw a picture of he and his girlfriend and present her with a studio caricature of him proposing to her so he could ask her to marry him. Here is the picture I drew for him (I've had to keep it a secret till now):

We made a plan that he would meet me at one of the bars I draw caricatures in on the weekends and he brought all his best friends along (only a few of them knew what was going to happen). I called ahead and asked the bar to have some champagne ready for after the proposal. The plan was that I would draw them, hand them the picture I drew live and while they were looking at it, pull this one out of the back of my pad and hand it to her. 

My wife Stacie went along with me to take photos. We took some photos of a few people before I drew these people so that I would be seen drawing and so that Stacie would be seen taking photos so it wouldn't look suspicious. Stacie almost started crying while I was drawing them and about lost it! - thank god she kept it together! LOL! It was sweet...

I drew the picture and the whole thing went off without a hitch. The few people that knew what was going on however jumped in front of Stacie with their cameras so we don't have many photos of the proposal but- 

SHE SAID YES! = ) 

She was totally surprised when I handed her the studio caricature. She said she just saw her face and all the hearts and started crying because she knew! She had known he was going to propose, had an idea that it was going to be today but when they showed up to the bar with all their friends she figgered it was not in the plan for today. She saw me come over, watched Stacie taking photos of some other people and thought nothing of it even while she was getting drawn! - AWESOME! (and YEAH!! They asked me to draw at their wedding on New Year's Eve this year!)

Look at the guy in the photo below. So cool. I thought he'd be nervous but he played it totally smooth!

Here are a few photos of the night. Stacie took some photos of me working too. It was hectic and few of them came out very good but here they are none the less. Enjoy!-

Oh yeah... GOOD TIMES! 

busy week for me!

Here is what I did today- Finally smoothed out the body. The reflections always seem to be the hardest part, which makes me tend to avoid working on it if I lose my momentum... Once I nail the body reflections though I'm usually pretty pumped to finish it. I'm a little bummed that I can't work on it more today but I need to get out and work for a living. Next is the chrome, tires and the finishing touches!

Here is the T-bucket with the diesel engine in it- It went from the former to the latter

And the variation of it - (the engine is nicknamed the "scorpion" so this is for a theme car-)

In other news, here are some commissioned caricatures I got done this week-

YES! All this week!! That last one there is a rough for the client (the first one- top left). The finished sketch will come next week if I get a chance to work on it. I've a few more commissions to work on (thankfully!) so I should be pretty busy for the next week or so at least!