Portrait Painting - Little Rey

Here's an oil portrait that I did as a Christmas present for my cousin Reymundo. The portrait is of his son "Little Rey." I presented the painting to them at Little Rey's birthday party this last weekend. So far as I can tell, the painting was well received. Let's hope that it will be well cared for, as well.



"Little Rey"
11" x 14" Oil on Canvas
©2010 Christopher Manzanares

Duck the Zipper - CD Cover

So I finally decided, after talking with the DJ, Jesse Gillmore (aka N'YaBass), That I was going to just stick with the theme that I've been developing and do something simple. Here's the outcome. I'm pretty excited about it. A bit of artistic idolatry went into this particular piece, but I knew that I wanted something that was rugged and gritty. So here's the character, Duck the Zipper, holding a Desert Eagle. This is the gun that Jesse said he liked the most. I also figured that if he was going to be a motorcycle hero that he'd need to be able to shoot with his left hand so that he could still control the throttle. Overall, I think it turned out pretty awesome. Let's see what the client thinks.

If you want to hear the album, it's on Sound Cloud
N'YaBass - Duck the Zipper

Dyna Wide Glide: back end Modification

Due to a request from my client, I've brought down the back end of the bike and dropped the fender over the back tire about 3 inches (based on the amount of space between the tire and the fender.) So now the fender is just barely hovering over the back tire. The modification is pretty subtle but you can see the difference best if you're looking at the left rear blinker and the chain. This gives the back end a little bit more of a tapering aero-dynamic feeling rather than being so high off of the ground.

Dyna Wide Glide - Process update!

Just wanted to share where I am with the Dyna pin up. Haven't exactly gotten the go-ahead from the t-shirt printer, they seem to be stuck with color separation on the taillights of Easy Glider, which features a Harley Road Glide. They're telling me that there are too many different types of red inside the taillight and they can't print it properly, or something. I don't know, sounds kind of bogus to me, if they can print pictures onto a t-shirt from some crappy stand inside of a mall, why can't these guys figure out how to do it, as well? Either way, I'm getting back in gear and just going to work on this piece until it's finished. Then we can work out the problems later on.

With this piece I'm finding out the kick-ass foot gear is essential for female riders and a good picture. So I did some research and came up with some sweet looking boots for our sexy Dyna girl to be wearing. I also threw in some fingerless gloves to match and get an all-around bad ass feel to the whole thing. I was also asked to remove the left mirror, since that's what's planned for the actual bike that's being used in the painting. If you look at the last process shot and compare, you'll notice the difference.