Checking in

Hey guys,
Thought I'd check in after seeing lemorris' link over on Motorburg (http://www.motorburg.com/forum/index.php)
My name is Brian, and I've been drawing professionally for over ten years, and do this to support my family... I own Problem Child Kustoms Studio (http://www.problemchildkustoms.com), and have been fortunate to grab some ink over the years.

Been looking in at the great skill here for a while, and figured I'd sign up and post a few pieces... Glad to be here, and thanks for checking out my stuff!

Older piece I did for Truckin':
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h81/flyingpolock/ehtonnajj2.jpg

Older Mustang (car is currently at trim shop) :
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h81/flyingpolock/mbartmust.jpg

2010 Cube based on Roth's Surfite:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/surfitecubemb.jpg

3D anaglyph I created using art I penned for Rod and Custom Magazine:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/dreamrunnerwglass.jpg

Playing around with an AMC Hornet:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/xhornetmb.jpg

Just FYI you guys

This is Brian Stupski

easily the tops in the auto art field right now IMO.

The top magazines and auto art collectors agree.

I know it's been slow up here lately (for a while actually) but if you're just lurking, waiting on something big to happen...well it just did.

Brian's a kind humble cat so take advantage...ask away.

This is a big deal IMO.

Thanks for takin the time Brian.

-Lemorris

Stunning work, Creative Styling.

I'm intrigued both by your vehicles and your back drops. Very well done. I'm gonna have to agree with lemorris, not every day do we see such a talented artist post in here. WELCOME to the forums, Hope to see more stuff from you

hi brian ive seen your work at motorburg and we chatted via pm welcome aboard ,your stuff is amazing and its an honour to have you here aswell !!!!!!! could look at your work for hours

Beautiful stuff! The Mustang is killer! Good to see you on here.

B

Brian, welcome. I want that Hornet, long time AMC fan and use to own a 68 AMX.
It's such a great pleasure having you sharing your fantastic art on this site.

Ah, you kill me, lemorris... thanks for the big head, man. (I showed this to my wife, and I still had to clean dishes, though...)

Thanks for the welcome, guys, and Blip, it's good seeing you here, too! rexsins-art, good seeing you, as well! Thanks for the kind words, and as lemorris said, feel free to hit me up with any questions, and I'll try my best, or at least get you pointed in the right direction. This is a great career where you always learn something new, and I'm looking forward to doing that here, too!

Thanks again!

Dude! I've seen your stuff like everywhere! I'm excited! Nice to meet you! *G*

Fine...I'll ask

:)

note: I try to pick this guys brain like my son used to pick his nose...and that's a damn lot.

anyway

Brian,

Obviously your work has some digital stuff goin on with it. By that I mean you're doing some photoshop work and stuff like that. Your drawings have a very organic feel to them though. I mean they still look hand drawn and loose yet very polished.

Do you do a pencil rendering and work over that, or do you achive the soft hand feel in your work purely digitally?

-Lemorris

p.s. You and I need to set up a meet. I'm in Phoenix way too often for us not to have had coffee yet.

p.p.s. If you ignore the previous p.s. I'll cry...no s_it. :)

Hi Brian... welcome to this site.. I am also a huge fan of yours.. been on your site off and on for years now. I especially love that Dodge A-100 you did with the wing.. Im in the midst of building up a 61 Econoline...and that truck has alot of the same stylin cues, Anyways.... Thanks again for joining ... take care!

Holy cow... thanks guys!
Quite a warm welcome... I'll try to make time to stop in and return your kindness as often as possible here.

Hey, elcamino6t9, THANKS! Wow... that made my day!

Fine...I'll ask

:)

note: I try to pick this guys brain like my son used to pick his nose...and that's a damn lot.

anyway

Brian,

Obviously your work has some digital stuff goin on with it. By that I mean you're doing some photoshop work and stuff like that. Your drawings have a very organic feel to them though. I mean they still look hand drawn and loose yet very polished.

Do you do a pencil rendering and work over that, or do you achive the soft hand feel in your work purely digitally?

-Lemorris

p.s. You and I need to set up a meet. I'm in Phoenix way too often for us not to have had coffee yet.

p.p.s. If you ignore the previous p.s. I'll cry...no s_it. :)

First off, sir... we GOTTA meet up! I need to shake your hand and all that... HUGE fan of yours, and knowing that we live under the same desert sun is amazing indeed. Let's get that planned!

On the questions, let's see.... All of my doodles start on paper... plain old sketches to get the angle, main details and lighting figured out, then I scan in the sketch, and it's all Illustrator from there. The goal was to keep my hand-drawn, goofy-assed linework, but make everything editable.
No brushes, gradient meshes, plug-in's or anything... I'm working on a HUGE, super-detailed tutorial series, and as it gets done, I'll share how I do whatever it is that I do.

On some pieces, after output (or "printing", if you like non-studio jargon like me), I'll hit the piece with the airbrush, some ink, whatever I'm in the mood for, just to get more detail and have some fun. If it's a design for a shop, I usually spray some toners and 'flake to nail the paint spot-on.. key here is shipping the rendering flat, as rolling it delivers a goofy-looking drawing with a tube full of paint chips. Ask me how I learned that.... (I am every Polock joke in human form... I accept my fate.)

Hope that helps a bit... I'm not secretive (OK, maybe about "the incident", perhaps), so ask away... I'll be doing the same, anyway... So much I want to learn yet, and you guys have some killer techniques!

THE Brian Stupski!

Super man, good to see you here!

This man is a legend, a legend I tell you!

man uve got some pretty killer stuff here. lookin forward 2 seeing more.

Welcome Brian, I also watch you on DA amazing stuff man, and now that I know you and lemorris are here in the desert, it truly inspires me to get my arse in gear and start turning out some more stuff. I really dig your style and customization ideas in your pieces. I have some ideas runnin through the ol noggin that I definitely need to start getting down on paper.

Very cool stuff, Brian.

Welcome! Great to see the pros drop into this little corner of the planet. :smokin:

BG

Awesome to see this cool work here, Im in the process of building that A-1oo in model form, i liked it that much

THE Brian Stupski!

Super man, good to see you here!

This man is a legend, a legend I tell you!
LOL... just a guy who doodles cars, man. Thanks for the kind words!

man uve got some pretty killer stuff here. lookin forward 2 seeing more.

Thanks! I'll post up some more stuff pretty soon!

Welcome Brian, I also watch you on DA amazing stuff man, and now that I know you and lemorris are here in the desert, it truly inspires me to get my arse in gear and start turning out some more stuff. I really dig your style and customization ideas in your pieces. I have some ideas runnin through the ol noggin that I definitely need to start getting down on paper.
Thanks! Hell, I'm just glad to live under the same sky as anyone as talented as lemorris.
...and Hell yeah... Get sketching! Put the ideas down before they fade. I keep a ton of sketchbooks and notebooks (and scrap paper and post-its and...) laying around to put ideas down for later. Build up a library of ideas and doodles... WAAAYYY helpful for later!

Very cool stuff, Brian.

Welcome! Great to see the pros drop into this little corner of the planet. :smokin:

BG

Thanks! Glad to drop in, and a pleasure to see so much cool stuff happening and being created!

Awesome to see this cool work here, Im in the process of building that A-1oo in model form, i liked it that much

I'm stoked! Can't wait to see this!!

Under his breath he queried, "Stupski, Stupski, Stupski,...
now where have I heard that name before?"

Under his breath he queried, "Stupski, Stupski, Stupski,...
now where have I heard that name before?"

Yeah, where have I heard that name before? Maybe I met him at the Grand national Roadster Show in Pomona....:sly:

Yeah, where have I heard that name before? Maybe I met him at the Grand national Roadster Show in Pomona....:sly:

Ahhh..... thanks, guys. It's a name that kinda sticks in your brain like a dirty limerick, and a face that hurts your eyes, right? :uhoh:

Figured I'd throw a few more pieces of my stuff out there... been busy between new projects and re-facing the Motorburg site lately (dig the new look at www.dev.motorburg.com (http://www.dev.motorburg.com) /shameless plug)

Anyway.... a little peekup that's going though even more changes now:

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/lwrootmb.jpg

Jeep cartoon for a friend:

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/ramfnkscan.jpg

Another Cube... SoCal VW-inspired....

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/socalcubemb.jpg

...and some stencil/airbrush art, too:

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/hw40monotype.jpg

...and a 50x50-inch acrylic painting. Why not?

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg36/pckpics/dragsterofficeweb.jpg

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Yeah, where have I heard that name before? Maybe I met him at the Grand national Roadster Show in Pomona....:sly:

Ahhh..... thanks, guys. It's a name that kinda sticks in your brain like a dirty limerick, and a face that hurts your eyes, right? :uhoh:

I don't think so Brian. I do remember it was over at Dwayne Vance's booth and got real busy so I didn't get to talk to you much. I did get you to sign
Dwayne's book (Masters of Chicken scratch) - Thank You. I do know you do some awesome work and the book seems like a great success! :smokin: