My Personal Rat Fink

I've always been a fan of psychedelic / counterculture artwork of the 70's - especially guys like R. Crumb and Robert Williams.

I recently came across a photograph, that I must have taken a long time ago of a Rat Fink chopper. And I decided to do a bleeding ink illustration of the motorcycle.

I never imagined how time consuming and mind pounding the project would be. So, here is what I have so far. I am really happy with how the chrome came out .. but I kind of screwed up the right arm .. you can see a dark bleed .. I can probably fix this is Photoshop. I should have done  this while porting the picture .. but too tire and I want to go to bed.

Copyright 2011 Cram - based on photograph.
Original Rat Fink concept by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

Good night ...

Rat Fink is the original creation is by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth 

Finished a rough draft of the entire bike.

Copyright 2011 Cram

 

 

 

 

Speaking of Death

Harvey Pekar died yesterday (July 12, 2010). Harvey Pekar was a cartoonist and writer who worked with such comic greats as R. Crumb. He is most famous for his autobiographical comic, American Splendor.

Paul Giamatti played Pekar in the movie American Splendor. Pekar appeared eight times on the David Letterman's Late Show on NBC. However, his crude style and abrasive criticism of General Electric (company that owns NBC) got Pekar banned from the show.

Giamatti said of Pekar,"Harvey was one of the most compassionate and empathetic human beings I've ever met. He had a huge brain and an even bigger soul. And he was hilarious. He was a great artist, a true American poet, and there is no one to replace him."

Goodbye Harvey - you were never a disappointment.





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