McPrice Myers/Barrel 27 winery-tasting room signage...

Just finished up and installed the street signage, and the first part of the total signage package for the McPrice Myers / Barrel 27 winery in Paso Robles. 1/8 inch galvanized lettering / logos on chemically treated (rusted) cold rolled steel...

Born-Free Show 2014 by Meditation 4 Madmen

Aged hand lettering today...

I hand lettered this 1949 Ford F-6 today, and gave it 50 years worth of wear. There is only one way to produce realistic aged lettering, and that is to hand letter it. Almost every time that I see "faked" old lettering, it's sprayed through a stencil and buffed off in random spots. This is not how lettering ages. Old hand lettering fades in the strokes, and is very directional. This can't be duplicated in a sprayed field. I have studied and geeked out on old faded lettering for years. It's a real joy to produce lettering that is very believable.

Town Pizza, Highland Park

A little video of the finished hand lettered Town Pizza building...

Four Lanterns winery...

I just finished and hung today the main tasting room signage at the Four Lanterns Winery in Templeton/Paso Robles. Raw steel with Stainless on aged rustic wood. A great combination!

Panhead tanks urn...

Just finished up these early 3.5 gal Panhead tanks for a friend of ours. They were her fathers tanks when he was a young man. Now that he has passed away, they will serve as an ern at each of his childrens houses.

1940's kit trailer, for July 4th...

Born Free 6

New styles...

 See you at Born Free 6, with new Lucky B swag...

Today...

Town Pizza in Highland Park LA today, got a good start, much more to come...

Taking Back Paso Kick-off parade party...

Taking back Paso kick off party July 4th 10am at 100 South Main St. Templeton Ca. get there early, old time parade starts at 10 and turns the corner at the house, so you must be parked before. Plenty of parking, BBQ fire will be lit, so bring something to throw on. Lucky B Design open house, America!

Rare Form

Rare Form in downtown San Diego's Gas Lamp district, reverse gilt windows & lettering.

More from Syndicate...

Saturday evening good times...

Central Coast or Sothern Cal, we got you covered Saturday night...

Bryan Thomson's Born Free 6 video...

Rare Form

Killer shot by James of Us versus Them of me working in the Gaslight district in San Diego today.

Devil's in the detail...

This 1951 Triumph Thunderbird build is turning out to really be outstanding! Anyone who knows Bryan Thompson, knows that nothing escapes his eye. Every part of this bike has been looked over, re-worked and manipulated for the better. I again am so proud to have a small part in this build, with the hand lettering and pinstriping. There is so much that is still "top secret" that I can't show yet, but belive me, it's out of this world! If you like early custom Triumphs, then this is a bike to see. I'm sure it will be "everywhere" once it makes it's debut at Born Free 6. And the truly crazy thing is that this bike will be up for grabs on Saturday at Born Free, if you ticket is pulled! But a bunch of Born Free 6 raffle tickets, and get your chance...

Volcom Stone...

Honored to be asked to paint the award skateboard deck for the Volcom Newport 500 surf event. The theme this year was Nascar inspired, so I was tasked to create a painting along those lines. I was given full creative control, without a lot of restraints. The only stipulation, was that the stone logo must be somewhere. I also got to choose the deck. I went with the Vision Gator shape from like 1984. My own influences from my youth, are all over this board, from the Richard Petty colors, to the 80's deck. Then to find out that Jim Gray (G&S sider) at Inkgenda was making the blanks and the transfers was even better, totally 70's / 80's! A big thanks goes out to Volcom, they were great to work for, and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.

Street Chopper Magazine 45 anniversary issue...

 

Bryan Thompson's 1959 Triumph Pre-Unit gracing the pages of the new Street Chopper Magazine, and the 45 anniversary issue to boot. Such a great studio shoot, and the gold leafing and striping that I applied really pops. Such a great bike!