Back to some drawing

Hi everyone, I’ve been slammed with work from my new teaching job, but I haven’t stopped drawing altogether. Here’s a new marker drawing, and there are a few more to come after.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

I’ve been a bit too busy getting settled in my new classroom to make a new Santa hotrod drawing, so I’m posting up my old but still favorite from last year.

I have been working on a few new pieces, so I will be posting some new artwork soon!

I got a Teaching job!

Hi everyone, Last week I said there would be a big announcement, so here it is! I just got a job as the art teacher for Stokes Elementary in Trenton, NJ!!! I can’t wait to share my passion for art with my students, and hopefully learn quite a bit myself.

I moved into this monstrous room on Tuesday, but sadly my art supplies consist of a few boxes of crayons and random paper so I am going to have to see what I can do with a tiny budget (and teach the students a lot about minimalist artwork while I’m waiting on my supplies to arrive). So far I’ve received some great donations of art supplies and posters from family and friends. If anyone has any art posters or old art supplies lying around I would be more than happy to accept any donations, send me an email or leave a comment if you are interested.

I will definitely continue with my automotive artwork, however wait times for InfamousJim’s Artwork will be a bit longer, especially as I am busy getting myself settled in the classroom.

My awesome (but a bit barren) room!

Father and Son car guys

Hello again everyone, here’s my latest work… a customized White Mustang GT (I think my next car is going to be white) with the owner’s son’s very own matched Power Wheels… And no finished drawing starts without a lot of planning and brainstorming sketches, so take a look at the few I put up too.

Let me know what you think!

 

 

And keep checking back, I have a big announcement coming very soon!!

Toyota Landcruiser drawing

First of all, I just received a page from Automotiveartists.com it’s a great site with TONS of automotive artists and artwork, and I’m honored to be featured. check it out!

 

Also, here’s something I haven’t drawn before, a Toyota Landcruiser. This is a quick planning sketch for a possible custom paintjob. Like it?

 

 

 

New Logo

Hi everyone, here’s the first new look at a new InfamousJim’s Auto Art logo. This one’s more simple [versatile] than the old one, and I’m having it cut into window stickers in all different sizes and colors. What do you think?

 

More cars from 402 Motoring

Here are two sketches of 402 Motoring cars. The first is a custom Mustang GT Convertible with a Cervini’s bodykit.

The second is a concept for a Camaro project at 402 Motoring. Hopefully it will be brought to life.

A few more sketches

Summer is wrapping up and I’m starting a new teaching job Thursday (Not art yet, but hopefully soon). So for my last few days I’m continuing with the sketches… here you go.

Irene Aftermath

Hurricane Irene came through this weekend, My apartment is on high ground and I’m far enough from any rivers so I wasn’t effected at all. We did however loose power for 26 hours, So I spent all day Sunday stuffing my face before all my food went bad and sketched out a possible new direction of painting.

I am also becoming a bigger and bigger fan of these Prismacolor markers, they take tons of practice, but help create amazing effects. Luckily I have a Utrecht art supply warehouse around the corner so I can pick up any colors I need.

What do you think? Like the new direction??

Another Mustang Drawing

Here’s another InfamousJim marker drawing, this time a Mustang built by 402 Motoring.  Like it? Let me know!

New Project at 402 Motoring

Hey everyone, it’s been a while since an update so here you go. This is my rendering for the second phase of 402 Motoring’s latest full build. We finished the car earlier this month, and it is coming back later for a widebody, 2011+ tail, and suicide doors.

 

 

 

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. I talked my dad into co-driving my car at the NNJR SCCA autocross today

… I may have created a monster …

Art Education

Hi everyone, I just finished an incredible experience as a long term substitute for art in my old school district. I have a few examples of great student artwork from my automotive design lesson.

I taught my fourth graders a bit about automotive designers, showed examples of my work, work by Dwayne Vance, Chip Foose, and a few others. I also showed them the templates from the Factory Five 818 Design Challenge. Next I worked with the students to design their own vehicles, photocopied their illustrations, and had them create two or three different “paintjobs” for their cars.

If there is anyone who would like a copy of the actual lesson plan and examples, feel free to email me and I can send it to you!

Click on the images to enlarge.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

Factory Five Design Contest

Hi again everyone, I’ve been very busy lately. This time it’s my submission for the Factory Five Racing design contest. I didn’t have enough time to put as much work into this as I would have liked, but here you go…

Factory Five is the company that is behind many(most/all) of the awesome Shelby Cobra style replica cars driving around, and the contest is to design their next car. The next car will be Subaru WRX based, mid/rear engine sports car.

Here’s my sketch…

2003 Mustang Race and Show car.

Here’s a new mustang for me, I haven’t painted many of this bodystyle. A 2003 “New Edge” Mustang GT owned and raced by Karen, another member of NJStangers.org

 

Design Competition

Here’s something a bit different from InfamousJim…

A submission for the SideQuesting.com Video Game Hot Rod design competition, also sponsored by one of my favorite artists, Dwayne Vance.

Like it?

A Bullit Mustang

The school year is winding down and I’m starting to get the time to ramp up InfamousJim Designs. Send me an email if you’d like to get onto the list!

Here’s a Pen and Marker sketch of a Mustang Bullitt

I’ll also have another mustang painting finished by Friday for Fords at Carlisle. This time, a New Edge style 2003 Mustang.

Next on my list are a few motorsports sketches and drawings so stay tuned!

A bit of design…

Hey everyone, I figured I’d post up a piece of work to hold you over until I finish my current projects. It’s a design of the “8-Ball Mayor” from Mark on NJStangers.org (remember this car?) He’ll be getting this made up in vinyl for his car later.

And I’m off to the New York Auto Show!

‘Jim

Art contest sketch

Hi everyone,  it’s been an incredibly busy month and unfortunately my artwork had to take the back seat for a bit,  but I’m finally back and cranking out drawings and paintings.

Here is the sketch from my Facebook free sketch contest!

Also, here is the second TOW II painting that I’ve been working on for a while.

More to come very soon!

Art Contest Winner

First of all, thanks to everyone who entered for the free drawing giveaway, a winner has been chosen and we should be seeing his new custom sketch shortly, so check back often!

In the meantime, some of my work has been featured on http://www.championmusclecars.com/ so stop on by and check out the site!

Win a FREE sketch of your car!!

Hey everyone, be sure to hop over to my Facebook page here become a fan, and reply on my post about the contest to enter yourself for a FREE marker sketch of your car!

Truck Painting

Hey everyone, I’ve been keeping especially busy lately. I just started a 7 week long elementary-art substitute position and I’m also working with my old high school building sets for their production of Hairspray. I’ve also been keeping busy with some art (Days are 24 hours long, why not use all of them for work?)

Here’s a painting for my cousin Paul, owner of NorthEast Copper Craft.

 

 

 

Automotive Photography

Hope everyone’s doing alright with this unending snow. I’ve had about all the snow I can take, but snow days are a great excuse to lock myself in my studio and paint. I’m finishing a second TOW II painting, and have a couple more paintings to do after. I don’t call myself a photographer, but I do “dabble” in photography, so here’s a nice snow photo to hold you over.  So as usual, keep checking in for updates

Until then, check out and “like” 402 Motoring on facebook. In-case you haven’t heard, 402 Motoring is one of the best custom shops on the east coast, and much of my work is for them.

 

Modern Muscle!

First off, Happy New Year to everyone! Here’s  to a happy and prosperous 2011!

 

Next order of business… All the signs are clearly visible… The big 3 each offer v8, manual transmission, rear wheel drive monster muscle cars again! It’s 1969 all over again!  The window-stickers may be a bit steeper now, but these cars all come with over 400 horsepower, air conditioning, and get over 20mpg! (Hell, these modern musclecars can even do more than go straight fast, they can turn now!)

It’s time to live the dream, because just like in the late 60′s… Environmentalists are fighting for more fuel efficiency, and this week the news has been full of rising fuel price speculation.

So on to my latest work… My friend Cheech’s custom camaro built by 402 Motoring. (18″x24″ watercolor and pen)

Now that the musclecar wars are in effect as much here as on the street… Which one of my paintings is your favorite? Camaro, Challenger, or Mustang? Chime in with comments!

Merry Christmas!!

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and happy holiday season!

Santa’s Elves are good, but they don’t have time for everything, so here’s a couple of the Christmas presents I have been making….

A 2010 Challenger, with a bit of vintage style from old Plymouth posters.  I will soon be offering this as a poster as well (And in various colors!)

And a few sketches of a 1946 Nash

Again, Have a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season!!

Ponycar wars are back!

You’ve all seen a bunch of Mustang pictures, It’s time to let Dodge and Chevy throw their hats in the ring… I’m currently working on a painting of a Dodge Challenger SRT and one of a Chevy Camaro SS.  Here’s a taste of how the final drawings may look. Also, keep checking back for a second painting of the HotRod TowII.

 

Paintings and graphic design

I’m currently working hard to get a bunch of different paintings finished by Christmas, so here are a few non automotive works of mine to hold everyone over until I can put them up.

Also, be sure to “Like” InfamousJims Auto Art on facebook, After the holidays I will be randomly selecting one of my page fans for a FREE pen and marker sketch.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from InfamousJim’s Auto Art! I hope that everyone, their friends, and families have a great turkey day!!

The easiest Black Friday shopping you can do is to send me an email about getting your own custom InfamousJim drawing.

Some background behind the drawings

We have a few more paintings coming soon, until then, here’s some insight into the process behind the works you see here…

All the paintings here start with many sketches, the sketches are not only practice, but they let me try different effects and techniques for each drawing to see what fits the subject and customer best.  Sometimes the finished painting looks exactly like my very first sketch, other times I go through dozens of sketches before I find something I like enough to put my name behind. The sketch gives the owner and I something to go on before I start working on the finished drawing.

Once I complete the painting, you get not only the finished work, but all sketches I created during the process as well.

Here are some Marker sketches that may look familar…

The perfect Christmas present for a car nut

The Holidays may still be several weeks out, but now is the time to commision a custom painting of someone’s car. Whether you’re looking into a present for yourself, or the perfect gift for a car nut, You’ve come to the right place.

Drawings and paintings can take up to a few weeks, so make sure you contact me soon to be sure it can be delivered by the holidays

This sketch is also available, $15 for a high resolution digital copy (that you are free to print or use online) or $30 for a 11″x14″ print.

56 Chevy Pickup

A great, very personal gift for friends and family! Here is my first Christmas present of the season, a 56 Chevy Pickup. Drawings and paintings typically take a few weeks, so email me today about getting in line so yours can be finished by the holidays!

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween from infamousjim’s auto art!

Some Variety from InfamousJim

Well, My work has been very mustang heavy lately, thanks mostly to my friends at NJStangers.org . Now however, we have a few different cars coming out.

Some may remember when I designed the paintjob for BigSpicy300′s Chrysler 300  (Check him out on facebook!) Well we’re working together again for a few more touches, this time I’m designing a custom headliner.

Also, here’s a quick sketch of Austin’s (Mustang08) Jeep Comanche.  Trucks are fun to draw, and I have a few more coming out next, so if that’s your thing remember to keep checking in!

Some more Mustangs! Pony Package and GT-500!

Here’s a few more mustang paintings!

As always, I am taking requests for any sort of custom work so feel free to email me for information on how to make your car next!

Also, don’t forget to “like” InfamousJimsAutoArt on facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Infamous-Jims-Automotive-Art/244473590507

Keep checking back for more updates and artwork! (And also try clicking the  “<== Older Entries” button on the bottom of the page to see previous posts and even more art)

‘Jim

Will your car be next?

Summer is almost over, and if you’re one of those people who hide their cars under a cover in some garage all winter, what better way to see your car than with a custom painting on your wall? Email me or comment here for more information about having your own car drawn or painted.

Also, don’t forget me if you have any other artistic needs like murals, logos, designs, etc. Also feel free to contact me for information about purchasing any of the work you see on this blog.

Alright, here’s two more paintings that I’ve been working on lately…

I’ve already begun work on my next painting, and it should be a bit different so stay tuned.

More work!

Here’s some more work for everyone

First is another sketch for NJStangers.org, It is a sketch uploaded and colored on the computer. Also, a Twisted Metal painting for a friend (18×24″ acrylic on canvas)                                                                                                   

And a Painting

Here’s another commissioned painting I finished before the roadtrip.

16″x20″ Acrylic on Canvas

I’m Back!

Alright, that was a busy month! I left Midnight June 6th for a month long road trip across the country. My girlfriend Rachel and l drove all the way to San Francisco and back stopping at various parks and cities along the way!

Her ’08 Charger was our home for the month.

Right before we left, I finished some more drawings but didn’t have the chance to put them up, so here you go

Just in time for Fords at Carlisle here’s two more drawings I did for the NJStangers forum. These are both 18″x24″ with Watercolor.

Along the way we stopped for Friday’s qualifying for the Pikes Peak Hillclimb, had an awesome time and got some incredible pictures.

So now it’s time to go back to work, if anyone has any requests or questions about getting drawings, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

‘Jim

Busy for a few days…

Hey everyone,

Sorry if I’ve been a bit slow to answer emails or phone calls, I’m graduating from The College of New Jersey on Friday and am wrapping up loose ends at school. All should be back to normal on Saturday!

Thanks, and be ready for some new drawings to come up on the website next week..

A bit more twisted Metal

Here is one more painting, the second to last “Twisted Metal” piece.

Pileup

24″x36″

Show season is here!

Show season is here!  Time to clean the salt off your car (or take it out of the garage if you have the luxury) and get ready for some shows. What better to display with your car at a show, or even your living room wall then a custom drawing or painting of your car?

Here is a pen and marker drawing I did for Eddie aka “Bluestang07-Eddie” of NJStangers.org

Stay tuned because there are many more to come as well!

Send me an email for more info and pricing (JimTramontano@gmail.com)

Some more Twisted Metal and Honors!

I would like to send a sincere thanks to the Dean of the School of Arts and Communications at TCNJ, John Laughton for the purchase award on one of my pieces from Twisted Metal! The piece will be on display in the Dean’s office for a year, then entered into The College of New Jersey’s permanent collection.

And some more Twisted Metal, here is a painting that was completed after the show.

New 402 Motoring Design

Here’s another planning drawing for 402 Motoring’s latest project: Widebody Charger for “NJBatmobile” aka Mike Perez
and a photo of the finished product….

Also, 402 motoring has launched their new website so check it out! www.402motoring.com
enjoy!

Twisted Metal

I would like to thank everyone who stopped by to view my show! Here are some photos of the space for those who were unable to visit.

Join me on facebook!

Hey, if you’re on facebook be sure to click the link below and become a fan of InfamousJim’s Auto Art up there as well!
InfamousJim’sAutomotiveArt on facebook!

Twisted Metal Show at The College of New Jersey’s Gallery

Hey! My work has been selected to be part of TCNJ’s “4×4: The Debut Student Art Exhibition Series”. My exhibition, “Twisted Metal” will run from April 6-12 2010 in the new TCNJ art building (TCNJ.edu). The open times have not been set in stone, but as of now are Tuesday-Thursday April 6-8th from 12:00-7:ooPM, and Sunday April 11th from 1:00-3:00 PM. Other times are available by appointment.

Here are a couple pieces that will be present

“Relax” – Oil on Canvas – 24”x24”

“Tailgaters” – Oil on Canvas – 32”x36”

“HitAndRuin”– Oil on Canvas – 54”x36”

Look up my artist statement on the “pages” link on the right side of the webpage.

Custom Illustration Display Boards

Hey everyone, here’s an update, this is a marker drawing for a good friend and customer Ken (aka “SRT8NJ”). I’ve also got an example of a display board, perfect for car shows!

Automotive Artwork, Classics, Hotrods, Cartoons.

Here’s some more of my work, some commissioned drawings and paintings, some just for fun.

Enjoy!

Fine Art by InfamousJim

Here is also some examples of my fine art.

6 foot by 3 foot – ( 72″x 36″) Charger; a legend lives on : Acrylic on canvas

18″x24″ HEMI : Acrylic on canvas

18″x24″ Standup : Acrylic on board

Shirts, Shirts, Shirts, and… shirts

Well i’ve finally perfected[enough] the screenprinting process, and have some very nice Infamous Jim’s shirts (and sweatshirts). The tee shirts are $15 and come in a bunch of different sizes/shapes/colors.