Tobias Stucco



Tobias Stucco is an amazing interior wall product developed by a good friend of mine Randy Johnson. Randy started Tobias stucco in his garage and has now grown into a successful company that sales and distributes his interior wall finish stucco all over the States. As Tobias Stucco grew Randy needed a couple of company vehicles for his application crew. Needless to say he needed his company logo adorned across them. He did not want to go with the standard vinyl sign as he felt that the logo of the angelic looking womans face became to granulated and lost its elegance. So Randy asked if I could paint his logos on his fleet for him.

The suburban that Randy uses as his sales vehicle had a factory champagne paint job on it. We needed the logo to "pop" off of the truck so I painted an area of the tailgate and side doors white with a dusting of sno-white pearl for the backdrop. The lettering was stenciled using a spray mask made from a computer, for crisp perfect letters. I then airbrushed the face using rootbeer candy and pagan gold kandy, building the details in glazes. The double pinstripe lines were also from a spray mask to ensure the symmetry.

The vans used by his application team were already factory white so I only had to appply the spray masks and do the airbrushing for those only on a bigger scale. Everything was then clear coated and buffed.

Tobias Stucco appreciated the fact that the logos were hand crafted much in the same way as the product they sell. A sign for the new factory soon followed, crafted all in paint to give that extra touch.

"Warewolf in London"

"Werewolf In London"

This project came to me courtesy of an English ex-patriot now residing here in Sonoma county. He had had his motorcycle custom built and painted by a good friend of his. His friend proved to be a great builder but not as well accomplished painter. The original paint consisted of a dull blue base and a stagnant Union Jack. My "Limey" compatriot wanted to keep the original scheme of the Union Jack but knew that the cool custom was in need of a complementing outer skin.

I started this project by completely striping the old paint off to bare metal. Some of the body work needed to be redone as well to really make the "canvas" perfect for paint. Primed and sealed the bike was ready for its blue base. I chose a really lively and deep blue by Hot Hues to put down the Union Jacks foundation. The pieces were then cleared and cut then taped out for the next two colors, Hot Hues red and base white for the two crosses that complete the flag.

After laying out the rippled flag, complete with shadows and highlights to add dimension, I cleared the pieces again. Now I was ready to start rendering the "lone wolf". I started with the wolfs eyes to establish its character. If I didn't capture the intensity of this carnivorous disposition all of this English lads new American Biker friends would have at him about his cute little puppy on his tank. I worked on the wolfs features with a diluted white and came back over changing out colors several times. I rendered the texture of the fur with multiple layers of dagger strokes. I then tightened the whole piece up with candy black and white highlights.
The Flag was finished with silver pinstripes and the fenders were given a double pinstripe in red and silver to tie the whole project together. The rear fender was also given a red medallion featuring the insignia of this chaps M/C club back home in merry old England.
With the final coat of clear laid down and polished smooth and extra shiny this cool custom finally had the paint it deserved

"Horror Gate"

HORROR GATE

A client approached me to paint his tailgate, though he wasn't exactly sure what he wanted on it. I noticed that he had his arm tattooed with images of characters from the classic horror movies. I asked him about the tattoo and he animatedly begun to explain his obsession for the "classic" horror movie monsters. Needless to say it was clear what we should put on his tailgate. The tailgate was prepped and given a black base by Taylor Shultz of Shultz Pinstripe and Paint, to provide a backdrop for the characters . I gathered some reference material and got to work.
I quickly sketched out some reference points in chalk and started to airbrush in white developing the shapes and textures of the faces. I transitioned into several shades of gray, one darker then the next and built up the lights and shadows. I tightened everything up with a custom mix of candy black and base black and then highlighted again with a couple shades of white.



After about sixteen hours of airbrush work the tailgate was ready to be cleared. Once again Taylor Shultz was called into put on the clear and some pin stripping to frame the monsters in. Then the clear was cut and polished.


Complete with Frankenstein and his Bride, Dracula and his victim, the Mummy and his latest victim (not pictured) and some great pinstripes the tailgate was ready to be shown off on the streets of Sonoma county.