art deco sketch art of Michael Kaluta, from the artwork book of the movie "Metropolis", the incredible 1927 silent film

I didn't want to watch the silent film, not once I learned that a anime version with English vocals was made. It's a magnificent epic story that varies a lot from the original, and I recommend it highly. The original was written about on Wikipedia, and seems to be a very difficult story to follow, and that must be why it was editted differently by anyone who could, resulting in every known copy that existed from the 1930's to the 1990's having about 30 minutes cut from it to make the story cohesive. Watch the anime version for enjoyment, or the original if you're a film afficianado. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293416/

these two prints are from http://momentdinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/01/metropolis-book.html

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Josh Hadar: bike sculptor

Costing between 10 and 40 thou, but tailored to the customer. Learned about it from Carscoop: http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/12/awesom-o-alert-tim-burton-your-bicycle.html or go right to the source http://hadarmetaldesign.com

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Rex Burnett, the cutaway drawing king of Hot Rod magazine

See a gallery of 50 of these at http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2010/06/rex-burnett.html

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cool sketch art from Rulo Treviño

Enjoy the portfolio at http://trevinoart.com/

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Train - plane, art of Jeff de Boer

It doesn't have to make sense when it combines two cool things, old trains and old airplanes
Found at http://mhsteampunk.tumblr.com

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the marvelous paintings of Nicola Wood

These were both commisioned by Peter Mullins ( Mullins museum, new in the Los Angelos area http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/mullin-museum-is-finally-open-but-only.html )

I met Nicola at the Del Mar Concours and when I looked at these two photos I knew I had to post them, and share with you the beautiful artistic ability. See her gallery of automotive art at: http://nicolawood.com/gallery/gallery_page1.html

These images are pale in comparison to the originals I saw at the car show, but my computer garbled the images and they got knocked akimbo. So instead of the bigger better variety I took, here are two from her website, used with permission, to tempt and tease you to look at the rest of her paintings.

The red Delahaye can be seen here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/mullin-museum-is-finally-open-but-only.html

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Big Daddy Ed Roth's art in motion, the Finkosel

"Wouldn't Finks make a cool carousel? " and the idea of the "FINKOSEL" was born. From there came scale drawings. The artists got permission from the Roth Estate to build the thing, and a new type of Kustom Kulture is born!

Take a close up look at the panels here: http://finkosel.homestead.com/files/panels.htm

And the whole project link is here: http://finkosel.homestead.com/files/index.htm

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This has to be Doug DoRr's truck, it's in the Mad Bomberz CC and has kool art on it... the "Old Soul"

For Doug's kool Kustom car: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/05/doug-dorrs-cool-kustom-was-at-beatnik.html

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This is the Mad Bomberz CC co-president's (Paul) ... the "Old Soul". Awesome art is from the painter 3 Sheets

For the Mad Bomberz at the Ventura county fairgrounds, go in, hook a right, and then straight ahead.

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Kustom Kulture art at the Primer Nats

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Kustom Kulture art at the Primer Nats

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Kent Rappert, awesome Kustom artist, you may have enjoyed his art in magazines... that is where I recognized his art from

All these photos are used with permission, so don't re-post them without asking Kent for his permission, it'd make your mom proud of you! No copying his artistic style either, that's not cool.

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