Mercury Bites the Dust
After a 72 year run, the Mercury automobile will cease to exist by years end. Ford Motor Co. announced June 2nd, 2010 that it would cease production of its Mercury brand by the end of 2010 after years [...]
Project Street Rods - The 3 Amigos
Three famous Street Rod Projects get together and parade their stuff By Jim Davis Back in the summer of 1984, aspresident of B&M Racing & Performance Products, Ivisited the Street Rod [...]
Europe by Lowrider
A LongLavenderLincoln Lowrider Cruises Across the Atlantic for a Tour Through Europe By Terry Cook (This is a 3 part article – please follow the navigation at the end of each page to view the [...]
Third Gen Corvette Reference Book
by Motorburg Associate Artist Brian Stupski Originally published in 2001 as a hardcover edition, this book is a treasure trove of reference photos and information. Another great release this month [...]
Norm Grabowski Comes to Motorburg
Norm Grabowski, One of a Kind! Special to Motorburg By Kerry Peterson Here’s a little quiz for you, see if you can answer any of the following. Norm Grabowski is: A. The car builder famous for [...]
From PhotoChop to Bubble-top
Using photo reference to create a wild bubble-top Jet Car with PhotoShop Special to Motorburg.com by Keith M. Towler (This is a 9-page tutorial. Please follow the navigation at the end of each page to [...]
Challenger and Barracuda Reference
by Brian Stupski www.problemchildkustoms.com As a designer and illustrator, having reference material available to me is of extreme importance. I take pride in making my work as accurate as possible, [...]
Going to the Movies
Finding Illustration Inspiration in the Lobby… Let’s All Go! by Motorburg Associate Artist Brian Stupski As a kid, it was a big deal. We didn't do it often… it just wasn't [...]
Fink-er-ing With a New Car
by Motorburg Associate Artist and V.P. Brian Stupski Rubik has nothing on this Cube…. and the possibilities are endless. Seriously. This past Summer, our good friend Pike had organized a [...]
Illustrator Hop-Up
Special to Motorburg.com Creating a three color T-shirt design with Paintbrushes and 3D effects in Adobe Illustrator by Ger Peters (This is a six-page tutorial. Please follow the navigation at the end [...]
The Way to San Jose...
…apparently involved a maze. by Motorburg Associate Artist and V.P. Brian Stupski Well, THE Maze, actually. Custom paint details Recently, a conversation with a client (debating the [...]
Age of Inspiration
by Motorburg Associate Artist and V.P. Brian Stupski Ingenuity… …is defined by Webster’s as “skill or cleverness in devising or combining : inventiveness, or: cleverness or [...]
Rendered Hope
by Motorburg Associate Artist and V.P. Brian Stupski It's here!!! The 2010 Rendered Hope Charity Calendar featuring transportation artwork from professional designers. This years calendar has a great [...]
The Art of Performance in MOTION
“There was no long-range marketing plan”, says Joel Rosen in the new Motorbooks title Motion Performance: Tales of a Muscle Car Builder by Martyn L. Schorr, and like so many legends, [...]
Merchants of Speed
Merchants of Speed The Men Who Built America’s Performance Industry by Paul D. Smith Illustrated. 240 pp. Motorbooks Available October 4, 2009 $40.00 by Brian Stupski www.problemchildkustoms.com [...]
New JUXTAPOZ Car Culture Book
Leave it to Juxtapoz to fully cram the best artists from the hot rod, low rider, and kustom kulture world into one book. It’s pure eye candy for existing fans and an aesthetic eye opener for [...]
Thousands of pages of original art — phffftt
by Nelson Dewey In the 25 years I contributed to the Car Comics, I drew almost 2000 pages of art. Multiply that by the five to seven other regulars who contributed as much or even more. And the scores [...]
50 Years in Hot Rods, Racing and Film
by Brian Stupski This new book on Dean Jeffries, written by Tom Cotter (and forwarded by Bruce Meyer) is a fun look at the career of one of the most under-rated builders of all-time. The good folks at [...]
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