Motorcycle art

[mrspock]

Hiyya everyone , I thought i would share some of my motorcycle related artwork I use as part of my studies Here in the Image Arts program at Ryerson University where I am a student .

The image are NOT my original images but rather , images I found while surfing the net and then , went to town with photoshop CS3 .


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[mrspock]

Here are four images to start with :)

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[Malks]

Those are quite interesting. Got any that feature ST11's?

OOps, sorry, just noticed that the first one is a ST1100. New wallpaper!

[mrspock]

ummm , if you want the high res versions , send me an email and I can fire them to anyone who wishes as the ones posted here seeming are automaticely reduced . The original sized are around the 1300 x 950 range . Ya , I really do love the gothic / vampire theme / subculture so ya , my artwork is pretty much all based around this theme .



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[Ivor biggin]

I followed a link in one of MrSpock`s prevous posts and was very impressed with his work. Now what I really want to see is an insight into the motorcycle lifestyle of his home planet.
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[mrspock]

Thanks for the kind words :-) As for what the motorcycle lifestyle would be like on my "home planet " is about , well , right now I need to wait for a volcano to come and melt the 35 feet of snow we got here in Toronto . However , I am at the present time , bikeless ( gggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ) and going more insane with each passing day without a bike .

Ok , I showed y'all some bike so ya , ok , here are a few of my cars as well :-)


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[mrspock]

It has been a while since I last posted as my computer was down and out for a week or so . However , I was busy at school preping for final exams , working on last minute assignments , plotting world domination and in general , creating mayhem and debotchery .... oh ya , and a new motorcycle related bit of art . :) If you wish to see the full sized version as opposed to this itty bitty image , go here : http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Chopper-1-81371715

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[sportbikecalgary]

I find the layer of smooth objects (car or motorcyles) on top of the hard backgrounds to be an interesting juxtaposition. The combo creates that surreal feeling you're going for. As for the chopper shot, I find the lighting to be off a bit and sightlines to conflict with each other. I PM'd you with details. Nice work... a bit on the dark side for my tastes... but hey... that's just me :D

[KZDon]

It has been a while since I last posted as my computer was down and out for a week or so . However , I was busy at school preping for final exams , working on last minute assignments , plotting world domination and in general , creating mayhem and debotchery .... oh ya , and a new motorcycle related bit of art . :) If you wish to see the full sized version as opposed to this itty bitty image , go here : http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Chopper-1-81371715

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Interesting - I don't recall either that chopper or the leather chick out front of Osgoode Hall anytime I was there. However there was usually a pair of R1100RSs parked out back bookending my KZ.

[Uwe W.]

Interesting - I don't recall either that chopper or the leather chick out front of Osgoode Hall anytime I was there. However there was usually a pair of R1100RSs parked out back bookending my KZ.

Strange. I thought it was mostly lawyers and doctors that were buying choppers...

[mrspock]

I have not recalled seeing the beemers at osgood hal of late but , I have seen a few time a few beemers parked outside the Supreme court on university ave , but parked in the bike area just off chestnut street . ( unless that was the area you also were referring to :-) )


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[KZDon]

Same bike area - that's Superior Court

Uwe, I know of very few lawyers or doctors on custom chopped hogs. There is one in my office who rides a fairly decked out VRod, but most riding lawyers I know are on Beemer GSs, sportbikes or Wings. In contrast, the blue collar contingent around here have the blat-a-blat two-wheelers in spades.

[mrspock]

Supreme court , superior court , super sized court , its all big to me :-) as I have never been in there :-) . Hey , I like do lock my MOUNTAIN bike in the area on occasion ... makes me feel good :-)))


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* is off to study for final exams *

[mrspock]

Hiyya y'all , I am very busy trying to study for final term exams that start monday for me . Feel free to click HERE: http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Honda-Rune-1-81888901 to see just how hard I have been studying :-) . OK , ok , i REALLY am studying very hard but do stuff like what is linked here as a distraction . Oh the joys of ADHD . Just for the record , this is far from done but rather , a progression only for the final image .... however that will end up turning out .


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[TimP]

Nice Ru(i)n(e)s.

Now take a Ritalin and get back to the books. You can get a bike after graduation, not before. It'll be worth it. Trust me.

BTW, my skater dude son is always going on about "ollie-ing a six-set". Do you think a Rune could do that on those steps?

[mrspock]

Nice Ru(i)n(e)s.

"... Now take a Ritalin and get back to the books. You can get a bike after graduation, not before. It'll be worth it. Trust me. ...


Hmmm , TRUST ME was the same line some one else once saidto me as he screwed me out of everything . \

Ya , I know but hey , if I don't have a bike now , the least I can do is create bike art . .... an dhell no to the Ritalin , i like my hyperactive mind as it is :-)

"... BTW, my skater dude son is always going on about "ollie-ing a six-set". Do you think a Rune could do that on those steps? ... "

No but then there are some other awesome stuff you CAN from those steps :-) I skate and blade on occasion myself and I can crash land with the best of them :-)


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[New & reborn Priest]

The job of resident schoolmarm and spelling Nazi is actually vacant, Tim.

Steve k, one of our regular posters here, used to get bugged silly by mis-spellings and syntactical errors. But Steve hasn't posted lately and I think he has given up in despair. I used to try to educate at one time, and managed to cure Uwe of writing masses of copy full of run-on sentences and no paragraphing. But lately he's become a better writer than I.

I did it professionally for more than thirty years. And then realised that there are some damn good writers who don't know shit about orthography and probably never will.

Did you ever read Merriwether Lewis's diaries (of Lewis & Clarke fame)? His spelling was home-made, quaint and very funny. But livelier prose you never did see.

[mrspock]

New & reborn Priest , I hate to say this but for me reading is my BBBIIIGGG challenge . I am really badly dyslexic to the way i see the words is a freaky combination of polish , russian , chinese and possibly klingon :-) .... and I speak or understand NONE of these languages . If I actually would have READ every book assigned to me to read , I would STILL be on about page 3 or 4 on the first book ....... from three years ago . My profs have been awesome with me and have allowed me alternative ways to do assignments .

Actually , my university here really has some awesome technology available to me to help me with things like exams . I have available a program called JAWS that will read through the computer my exam questions and I can re-play it as often as I need . My Access Center at Ryerson University is one of the very best , not only for the technology available to me but also because of the awesomeness of the staff who REALLY do everything imaginable to make sure a student gets the best chances possible .


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[New & reborn Priest]

Spocko, you know of course that I make no criticism of your communication. You know also that I have huge sympathy with your coping with dyslexia. You, after you overcome it, will have a much greater understanding and sympathy with others who have disabilities and are coping with them. And that will be your great advantage.

Now quit whining about not having a bike. You will have one before long. You remind me of myself before I ever got laid. Then when I did get laid I wondered what all the fuss was about.

[TimP]

when I did get laid I wondered what all the fuss was about.

Same deal with writing.

There's official "Writing" which is full of art and style and joy and craft and is simply wonderful to experience, and then there's "Communication" which is making a statement, full of emotion, making a point, saying something important in whatever way you can.

Both are valid. Do one or the other, I don't care. If it's done with intent, and with heart, I'll read it and enjoy it. And thank you for it.

[mrspock]

Hiyya y' all . for those interested , i too the time yet again to destroy a perfectly good image of a motrcycle and create yet another abonination using the awesome evil powers of CS3 . This is where y' all can go to gasp as the gastlyness of this creation and a short timer later , to a private room of your choosing to whatever it is that will help you recover .

Ok , the link :

http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/BMW-GS-1200-Adventure-86476928


..... and to think that THIS is what i PAY GROSSLY INFLATED tuitions fees to learn how to do .... and they will even give some degree to tell that i AM indeed qualified to destroy perfectly good motorcycle images .




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[mrspock]

Hiyya y' all , ya , its been a while since I took a percectly good motorcycle and created some abomination called motorcycle art but hey , old habits die hard , So , rather than let y' all start the week off with a nice peacefull cup of coffee , I would much rather ruin the rest of your weeek with this new creation at :

http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Harley-Davidson-V-Rod-92344290

.... don't say i didn't warn ya .


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[mrspock]

Yuppers , I was at it again , destroying what were perfectly great pictures on thier own to create some concoction like this :

http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Black-and-white-Honda-ST-1300-93986626



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[KZDon]

Sure, but you really can't ride the ST with the screen in the highest position like that...too much buffetting

[Touring]

I'd put one in my living room as three-dimensional art. Comfortable to ride, they are not.

Unfortunately, our society doesn't allow posting of such artforms, so I'll just post a link to it...

MV Agusta (http://edelweiss.smugmug.com/photos/187852838_LYAjj-L.jpg)

And the one that I drove...
http://edelweiss.smugmug.com/photos/187853971_gCYiM-L.jpg

[KZDon]

That's it. I'll come out and say it here. This is the worst porn site, ever!

[TimP]

I'm not sure why people seem compelled to take things of individual beauty and smush them up together to create kitsch. The girl, the bike, the accessories (ok, ok, I'm an Industrial Designer. The helmet is nice.) are all attractive in their own right, but each looks degraded in a collage like this.

I'm not sure which I find more pathetic, the "artist" or the audience who likes this kind of thing. Mostly I just feel sad for the girl, the bike and the accessories.

[Touring]

I'm not sure which I find more pathetic, the "artist" or the audience who likes this kind of thing. Mostly I just feel sad for the girl, the bike and the accessories.

What can I say, North Americans are so.......only in NA are people so offended by something as natural as breast-feeding in public. What a sad bunch!

Thank God things are different in Europe.

[TimP]

Thank God things are different in Europe.

In my experience things aren't so different in Europe, or anywhere else on the planet. Bad taste varies (breast fetish in NA vs. ass fetish in EU), but it's everywhere.

And it's just as pathetic there as here.

[Plain Peter P.]

just about said it exactly. I was moved to look up the derivation of "kitsch" in my American dictionary (which has more risky words in it than I would have the balls to include had I been the lexicographer). "Kitsch" comes from the German; means "gaudy trash".

The under-age, underfed female in the pic doesn't deserve to be there. What might better have been there was a full-sized, suitably dressed woman. One with a brain; as good at Karate, if needed, as with a pasta sauce; one who would be able to twist off the lids from jars herself, and then hand them to who's doing the cooking.

Kinky? Me? No, I just admire REAL women. Tits, legs, ass, hair, smell - the whole marvellous thing...

[Touring]

In my experience things aren't so different in Europe...

Yes they are. They're not so uptight.

[KZDon]

Yes they are. They're not so uptight.

Define "uptight". Old world folks, in my experience, have just as many issues as new world residents. They're just in different areas.

[Ivor biggin]

Thank God things are different in Europe.

And I thought Vale had Balls.:D
I.B.

[Touring]

Define "uptight". Old world folks, in my experience, have just as many issues as new world residents. They're just in different areas.

Age has nothing to do with it.

Over here, if a girl went topless at a beach (lets forget the legality issue and the fact that deprived guys wouldn't mind), a lot of people would be uncomfortable with that.

I also brought up the breast-feeding in public issue a few posts up. A lot of people are uncomfortable with that also.

Did you know that you can't go for a walk around the block with a glass of wine in your hand, at least not in Ontario. Simply unbelieveable!

But this topic is about "Motorcycle Art", so lets post some pics. After you!

[KZDon]

This is very weird, Alex. You're coming across as far more obtuse than I think you are.

In any event, I appreciate Frank's work, and his candor in posting his motorcycle art. It's not going on my family room wall, but I commend the talent and skill put into it.

[mrspock]

KZDon , thank you for the very kind words .

Art is so subjective that it is perhaps that one thing can can evoke a real love hate relationship without having to say one ingle word . i chose to make my designs in the genre of gothic art / styling because gothic art and all that goes with it is indeed the lifestyle I live by / with . NO , i don't sacrifice little children and small animals , no , I don't drink blood and YES , I am educated ( and spell about as bad as one can spell ) and continuing forward in this area . For the record , my partner is a practicing witch and a dominatrix so , I draw from from many styles and have alot of material to work from . The love , enjoyment / appreciation of Art is very much like that of motorcycles . some will like certain bikes and others will dislike them . However , art , motorcycles is perhaps that last real bastian of expressivness and freedom of choice so ya , lets just enjoy it ride 'till the tire fall off and avoid oil slicks :-)


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[Plain Peter P.]

irreplaceable presence on this forum. Sportbike, a designer himself, can see and talk about the lines, and the sharps and flats in your images; Don has an artist's eyes too from his photography days; I, in particular, like your black and yellow skies. Plenty of drama... lots of sturm und drang.

> For the record , my partner is a practicing witch and a dominatrix.<

Jasus, Jasus, Jasus, ya gotta be puttin us on!

[mrspock]

"... lots of sturm und drang. ... "


Sheeesh , NOT FAIR ... themz words is so fancy for my teeny brain to understand . Are these words in a dictionary ? Wait , never mind , a dictionary is my sworn enemy so i avoid it like the plague .


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[John]

Square-head Speak... Need a Krautish dictionary for that one, I'm afraid.

[Plain Peter P.]

>themz words is so fancy for my teeny brain to understand<

Dyslexia is a perceptual handicap, it is not a mental deficiency. If you were born with a low I.Q., or were still coping with the booze habit which one or both of your parents had, we might be right in feeling sorry for you. If you were honest right now, you'd say that you were not motivated, or just too fuckin lazy to look in another book.

Just as a cop might legitimately say to a difficult client, "I don't make the laws, I only enforce them..." he would be taking refuge behind a handy way to lessen the stress of yet another weary day. If he were being deadly honest he would say, "I personally endorse the law which I am presently enforcing, and in my professional judgement you have taken unreasonable liberties with it. If I get much more lip from you I will consider calling for help and unlimbering handcuffs. Thereafter things will go badly for you". I can't blame him for choosing the easy alternative - he wants to finish his shift without a nervous breakdwon - but what's under scrutiny here is honesty, not expediency.

Be honest, Spock. You have a good-functioning brain. The term I used has been in the public domain since Fred Nietzsche died 108 years ago. Many literate people use it to describe something like the shit hitting the fan.

[TimP]

Be honest, Spock. You have a good-functioning brain.

I concur. I've seen more than enough Photoshop wizardry in Mr Spock's work to know he ain't no dullard.

Question for the Artist-in-Residence: Is there in fact room on the back of an ST1100 for one of those "Dyslexics of the World, Untie!" bumper stickers?

[mrspock]

Guys , your very kind words make me all wanna give five bucks to the local save the crickettes campain ::) THANKS .

Umm , yes , yes there is a sticker thusly mentioned . :)


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[mrspock]

Hiyya y'all , ya , it has been a while since I posted a new creation for here is my latest one :

http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Black-ST-1300-107384183



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[mrspock]

Ok so ya , its been a while since I posted a new creation so , here is my latest destruction of what started off as perfectly good images ... until I got my little hands on them .

http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Haunted-ST-1300-117412839


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[TimP]

Is that Mother Bates in the upstairs window?

I dunno, shouldn't your work be getting brighter and happier now that Spring has arrived (except for Ivor, SBC and others 'way up North)? I admit the red ST has a lively air about it, but that acid rain shower in the distance would make a mess of any recent wax job. Isn't it about time for more pleasant themes?

Oh yeah. Your signature...

I hope you find your happy place soon, Spocko.

[Malks]

Hey Tim, you made me look to find Mother Bates. That is the only thing missing from this latest creation; or there could have been one of Spocko's favourite Gothic girls waiting on the porch.

I liked this latest creation. The colours in the approaching "acid rain" storm balance the red ST nicely and it looks like the sky is clearing, or that could be the the last of the blue sky before the storm, not sure. Anyway, I now have new wallpaper.

Thank you Spock.

[mrspock]

" ... shouldn't your work be getting brighter and happier now that Spring has arrived ... "

That IS my happy place :) . I really LOVE doing dark gothic styled art as it is really apppealing to me and something Ican not only relate to but also have a pretty decent understanding of in the way I think , and wish the art to feel / look .


" ... Anyway, I now have new wallpaper. ... "

Can I therefore expect to enormous sums of currancy deposited to my account as royalties payments ? hey , I AM a student who has huge tuition fees to pay you know . ( cash and USA funds are best received :) )

[TimP]

How delightful that our resident ST1100 Rider and our resident ST1100 Lover are interacting and transacting! But it seems the delivery of goods (wallpaper) has not yet been secured by any form of payment. It seems obvious to me how this transaction may be concluded.:D

Malks, give him the bike.

[mrspock]

"... there could have been one of Spocko's favourite Gothic girls waiting on the porch. ...

Fear not , there is indeed such a creation coming very soon .... as soon as I am able to upload to my site ( can't upload right now , feature seems to be not working just now )

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[mrspock]

*** WARNING ***

.....this post will contain artwork with female model .

I am enclosing a link to my art site again an dhave uploaded a revised version of the last image ... this time , with a model added . I also cleaned up a few areas that were in need of cleaning up .enjoy it y'all .

Link : http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Haunted-ST-1300-2-117572919

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[Uwe W.]

*** WARNING *** .....this post will contain artwork with female model .

OK, I fell for the model ruse. The image hardly needed a warning, but then again, umbrellas can be so racy.

[Malks]

*** WARNING ***

.....this post will contain artwork with female model .

I am enclosing a link to my art site again an dhave uploaded a revised version of the last image ... this time , with a model added . I also cleaned up a few areas that were in need of cleaning up .enjoy it y'all .

Link : http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/Haunted-ST-1300-2-117572919

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Thanks again Spock; the revised image is even better. Sorry I cannot help you out financially, as I am currently supporting my recently out of work animation artist daughter. Accordingly, my starving artist funds are already spoken for and the ST needs tires,...again.

[mrspock]

" ... The image hardly needed a warning, but then again, umbrellas can be so racy. ...


I must confess to a love affair with sharp pointy objects so anyone who has those , whatever these object may be is good in my books .


Tires , GREAT , like that will get you somewhere :mad:. Oh , wait , they WILL take you to lots of places .... never mind , carry on :)


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[TimP]

Wait a second... Something's not right here...

Got it!

Brolly dolly? Check!

Rain gear? Check!

Ergo: Must be the British GP!

But that's July 26th....

Rain? In Britain? In July?
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Check!

Nice work, Spocko!

[mrspock]

Ya , ya , ok , so I was at it again ... destroying yet another image of a perfectly good motorcycle and creating some dark photoshoped montage of , what ever you call it ..... hey I already up my big words of the week so you figure it out :)

Oh ya , here is the link :

http://mrspockofvulcan.deviantart.com/art/BMW-R1150GS-Adventure-119101599


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[ducati14]

mrs pock - the last image looks like a Johnny Deppmobile. Nice.

Re the sidebar on spelling and syntax and the like; it was Mark Twain himself who made the remark Any writer who can't spell a word more than one way, isn't worth his salt. I paraphrase.

And oh yeah, on the continuing lament for the ST110, I did not get the original explanation if there was one - did you have to pawn it for tuition? or what?

[Malks]

Since Mr. Spock has not posted on this Forum in quite some time I will answer your question as best I can. Although I am not privy to all the sordid details, I was advised that Mr. Spock was separated from his ST in some kind of deal that left him feeling like he had been screwed. That is all I know.

[ducati14]

The pic of your bike first had me thinking it was a PC800 which I gather is the ancestor of the ST series. Love my Pacific Coaster but it's mothballed at the moment while I down size my insurance costs by driving a Maxi scooter.

[yzf1000jon]

I would almost argue that the PC was the ancestor of the maxi scooter more than the ST, but that's just me.

[Malks]

The pic of your bike first had me thinking it was a PC800 which I gather is the ancestor of the ST series. Love my Pacific Coaster but it's mothballed at the moment while I down size my insurance costs by driving a Maxi scooter.

The Pacific Coast was available at the same time as the ST. PC's were avaiable between 1989 and 1998, but the latter years were not imported into Canada. The ST1100 was introduced in 1990 and was produced until 2002; it is still in production as a 1300. So the ST did not actually come from the PC, since Honda was making both at the same time.

The closest decendant that I can see from the PC is the European NT700V that has been around across the pond since 1998. The NT was finally brought over to the States last year and hopefully it will find its way to our region next year.

[Glenn]

Motorcycle art, near and dear to my heart!
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http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac332/peatreek/S-1art2.jpg
http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac332/peatreek/Lorcanimage-EddieLawson.jpg