Deuces Wild - New Pinc Tacos Pinup

I'm working on the next pinup for Pinc Tacos t-shirts. After this one, I believe they're going into full production with the 4 motorcycle pinups that I've done, including this one. I am confident enough with the drawing to be able to share it with you all. Everyone was pretty excited about Dyna Doll, the last motorcycle girl, but this one is going to take it another step. More complex bike with a more complex arrangement of figures. Since the bike is a Harley Davidson Softail Deuce, it's only right that I have two awesome girls instead of just one. This custom Deuce belongs to the client. One unexpected element popped up in the last week or so with a request from the client to put an 80-spoke wheel on the front of the bike instead of the 40-spoke that's currently on the actual bike. This pushed the project back a few days and will take a couple of days more once the painting and rendering phase gets around to that part of the bike. The benefit of this, though, is a much more dynamic front-end on the bike and another shiny thing to be able to look at, since the ends of the drag pipes are nearly covered by one of the girls. The girls themselves are subject to change, in the future, but the drawing of the bike is pretty much finalized, unless the client sees something he wants to change. So here's a process shot of the drawing. I'll try to keep them coming as the project rolls on. Also, here's a picture of the actual bike, so you can sort of get an idea of what I'm talking about with the spokes and the pipes.

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.

Skier Update!

Just wanted to post this quick update on the Pinc Tacos skier. A friend of mine from RMCAD suggested that I try doing a high-key pinup, so that the flesh doesn't look so "Hard." I'm not sure if I've quite achieved it, yet, but it's certainly starting to pop.

Pinc Tacos - Skier Spraying the White!

So you saw the snowboarder, now here's the skier that I'm working on. This is second draft that I've sent to Pinc Tacos of this pose. Once again, the catch-phrase for this winter series will be "It just feels right to spray the white!"

Pinc Tacos - One HOT Burnout! Final (maybe)

Ok, after blood, sweat, tears, and probably the loss of 8 or so pounds, I believe that I'm finished with "One Hot Burnout!" Everything's been polished, contoured, and Turned on, I think I'm ready to stamp my final seal on this one. Of course it's all up to the clients to tell me if there's anything else that they want to see, but I'm guessing that this one's good to go!

Pinc Tacos Pinup Update - One Hot Burnout

Hi everybody, I just wanted to give you another progress shot of "One Hot Burnout." All of this machinery is meticulously time consuming, but I'm trucking along at an even pace listening to a LOT of Meat Loaf. I should have this thing wrapped up this weekend. Then it's on to more snow bunnies!

Spray the White - Pinc Tacos Snowboarder #1

Here's the final of the Snowboarder.


Digital Painting 5x11x300ppi
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Wacom Intuos 3 Tablet

One Hot Burnout Update - Pinc Tacos Pinup #3

You saw the bike, now I've added the babes. I'll continue to refine everything, but here they are, for now.

Easy Glider Final

Ok, the client wanted the text changed a little bit, so here's the final version of "Easy Glider."

Easy Glider
12"x16"x300ppi
Digital Painting
Adobe Photoshop CS4 w/ Wacom Intuos3 Tablet

Easy Glider - Pinc Tacos Pin up #2

Here is the second Pin up girl for the Pinc Tacos t-shirts. Still working with the text, but this is what the back of the t-shirt will look like, more or less. Baggers are getting really popular in the motorcycle world, so I decided to put a girl on a Road Glide, which is where the name "Easy Glider" was derived.



Easy Glider
Digital Painting
12"x12"x300ppi
Adobe Photoshop CS4 w/ Wacom Intuos3 Tablet

Pinc Tacos!

Since I only currently have 1 follower on my blog, I'm hoping that I'll draw some attention with what I'm working on, now (drumroll) ..................................
PINC TACOS! This is the logo that I came up with after several revisions. This logo will be the spearhead for all of the marketing.


I'm on assignment with a couple of guys that do custom .45 work, and now they're out to make a line of apparel. They're heavy into motorcycles and pin ups. Someone handed them my card and called me to do all of the pin up work for their clothing line. The company is called "Pinc Tacos." Basically pin up girls and pink taco bell tacos. It's cheesy and kitsch but that's pin up, right? So I'm pretty excited.
I'll be putting up some more of the stuff that I'm working on, but here's some shots for now.

This was the sketch that I did after hearing the client's ideas.

This was the sketch that I showed the client. He quickly approved, so I moved on to the next step.

Adding Color!

After several revisions, and knowing that the t-shirts would be black, this is the final image that will be printed on the T-Shirts, keep an eye out for them.