tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79622915537482019562024-03-05T10:49:33.089+01:00Michael Endres aka Painted SteelPinstriping & Lettering, Illustration, Custom PaintUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-86261016670243462562021-03-31T23:57:00.007+02:002021-03-31T23:57:56.188+02:00Alphanamel Color Swatches for Adobe Photoshop<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_maTy85i3crx0jCVY7sKEnA4vcYZnZmAS8jcoXFgfXRa_cOZD6OmYGmf-WZLG46JA3vhqFQsrVyQ21glTHwL6HPjK8Gcy8tzPNk8MzfiR5yO_higv9GAbA-Rf9fCa2DHowSuItdn_zw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_maTy85i3crx0jCVY7sKEnA4vcYZnZmAS8jcoXFgfXRa_cOZD6OmYGmf-WZLG46JA3vhqFQsrVyQ21glTHwL6HPjK8Gcy8tzPNk8MzfiR5yO_higv9GAbA-Rf9fCa2DHowSuItdn_zw/w292-h320/image.png" width="292" /></a></div><p></p><p> I have not done any pinstripping lately. But I still follow a few Instagram channels...you Japanese and Finnish dudes will know. There is a active crew in Thailand as well. Mr. Pinman created a design in Photoshop and I pointed him to my Photoshop swatches I posted in 2016. </p><p>Because times are changing and colors are too, I created color swatches for the Alphanamel Lettering Enamels. The colors are straight from the color chart provided on the internet. As the compression rate is too big, I used a pretty big sample size. I never used the paints myself...need to find some time to use up all the one shots I have lying around :)</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16h_CNcBEjE0-_x6MqVajQ7sJxN4JguDZ/view?usp=sharing">Alphanamel Color Swatches for Photoshop</a><br /></p><p>use them, abuse them. create some nice designs and share them online</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-57877866609192137982018-08-01T08:56:00.003+02:002018-08-01T09:05:16.871+02:00Hello World, again.This blog has not seen any activity for more than 2 years...frightening.<br />
<br />Life just took over and I needed to work on things that are more important than to throw out some nice pictures and sharing my thoughts. I was forced to get my priorities straight and clean up my ‘artist life’ a little bit. I am still not done.<br /><br />About 4 years ago, I felt, that I would need to change something in life and announced that I would reduce my Custom Painting Art activities for some years. People laughed at me – they were already a step further, locked into their particular life and had everything sorted out. Well, they did not know about all the projects and 'lifes' I had going at the time.<br /><br />4 years is a long time, but meanwhile new challenges & opportunities came along, like my Tattoo Mentor Michael ‘Michel’ Huth, Marco Planting inviting me as a guest artist to his Kustom Kulture Show in Helsinki, meeting and befriending Fernando Oddone & the Japanese Pinstriping posse lead by ‘The Nash’, getting 24/7 access to a paint booth finally after 20 years doing this stuff, getting a degree at the local university (huh….) and picking up a new and challenging job in a totally different direction. Not to forget family. All these distractions added to the already 'weird' situation. Focus and clarity was needed. <br /><br />As art/custom painting is my hobby, not my day job, this was the part in life I identified to clean up in order to have extra time for a better work-life balance. Much to the disappointment of a lot of people in the scene, who I call friends or very good buddies but did not have enough time to spend with the last few years: Udo, Moelle, Vosen, Maze, Andre, HP, Fernando, Andrew from Kiev, Horst, …<br /><br />My focus has just shifted and I removed a few things that do not fit in my current life phase. <br />Mainly, I tried to remove activities that asked me to be away from my family, just because I have a demanding day job with little to no time during the week for my family. But, the upside is that I got to work on delivering all the projects I promised, but which got piled up and never got finished (read: no more new projects will be accepted). Whatever I promised will get done. It just takes time and some focus. Obviously, all this would not be possible without the support of my wonderful and understanding wife, who supports me in this adventure.<br /><br />You might have noticed that I have been sharing glimpses of what I am doing on Instagram – I will continue that, but I plan to move my activities back to my blog, just to share my art, thoughts, learnings and ideas. And more important control the rights to my pictures. And there will be a few things to show. Stay tuned.<br /><br />Keep on keeping on.<br />Michael<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-3707168367899415322016-11-23T14:17:00.003+01:002016-11-23T14:17:49.326+01:001Shot - Color Swatches for Adobe Photoshop and Manga Studio<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A while ago I created 1Shot Color Swatches for Photoshop with the intention to it with the community and facilitate digital pinstriping/sketching on the computer....well as always, things take a little longer with Michael. I also learned that there is already a collection of Color swatches which is using more 'streamlined' CMYK values. Mine look great on screen, and this is what I care about.<br />For my japanese friends, I also converted & tested the swatches in Manga Studio/Clip Studio/Studio SAI. btw, this is the better program to create digital pinstripes, due to the adjustable lag for your brushes...maximum control.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Nash explained his way to nurture the Japanese pinstripers with influences from the world trips he is taking them to. Very inspiring person and a great ambassador for the Kustom Kulture movement.<br />Keith Weesner’s and Max Grundy’s were more busy, selling shirts and posters, which was good to see. It is horrible seeing artist not being successful and not sell enough at a show.<br />
My auction object, ‘The Finker’ only brought in 110 Euros. It took me a few hours
to produce it to the high level of quality it finally was. Marco & Pekka
were a little disappointed, but Marco told me Rat Fink is not of a lot of
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The night was short and the Sunday hard. But with the few visitors not a big
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Sunday was slow, but Udo, Jens and myself had a good night out on Sunday with Fernando
and Chanil. We went to Bar Loose again (the pre-party happened there) where a Blues Jam Session took place. 3 songs
per group of musicians, then the band was exchanged....the quality was
extremely good (with 2 exceptions - 'Jimi Hendrix' was forced from the stage by the drummer and bass player) and they played until 24.00. We had lots beer. Not as much as the people around us, but enough to enjoy the evening.
Genau.</span></div>
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We missed out on the garage tour, organized for the international artists. The club car with which we were picked up, was already fully booked, so that we missed out and had a less thrilling ride to the airport. The flight, though was cool. The stewardesses had a lot of understanding for my two thirsty partners and provided them with a lot of free beer throughout the flight. I suspect they needed to clean the storage from over due beer...</div>
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Kulture Helsinki is a wrap. <br />It was a high speed, nitro fuelled introduction to
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goods. For me and my wingmen Udo & Jens, it was an experience in Finnish
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‘drinking car’. Together with Carsten Estermann and his buddy Oliver, we were taken
on a sightseeing tour through Helsinki on the way to the show. The welcome was
warm and my table was in a great location, right next to the big names of the
show and some cool Finnish pinstripers. <br />
Talking about the pinstripers and the community they have there, I have to admit,
that I envy them. Their mastermind Pekka is sharing all the info to nurture the
scene, create needs and wants from possible customers, which then creates more
work for everyone. Very much contrary to Germany, where everyone seems to be
busy and has little time and interest to share....could be a goal to change
this over time in my country.<br />
The first day closed with a long walk to the pre-party at ‘Bar Loose’ and then
an even longer walk home. <br />
The street leading up to the bar featured about a dozen of hairdresser saloons
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Let’s not forget Satu and her friend (sorry, do not remember your name.). They
were around when we set up the table.<br />
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producing. Skewed 70’s motorcycle
paintings. Everyone was super friendly,
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comHelsinki, Finnland60.169855699999992 24.93837899999994159.917055699999992 24.29293199999994 60.422655699999993 25.583825999999942tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-9374218332716297102016-01-08T13:52:00.001+01:002016-01-15T08:34:27.629+01:00Attending 'The Kustom Kulture Show' in Helsinki February 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Marco Planting invited me last year around April during a causal conversation to be part of the Kustom Kulture Show he is organizing.<br />
He always have some spare tables for foreign artists to hang out & paint. The event will take place in Helsinki 13.-14.February.<br />
Now the heat is on an I need to produce some art work to bring with me for the show....Looking forward to meet all the great local artists and those from all over the world. <br />
Foremost my buddy Fernando Oddone, who will run a workshop - if you have a chance to attend, do not miss it. It will be incredible.<br />
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Cu in Helsinki February 13th - 14th.<br />
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Check it out: <a href="http://www.kustomkultureshow.com/">http://www.kustomkultureshow.com/</a><br />
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Created this Design for my friends from Custom Cycle Crew (CCC) this year. It was meant as a shirt and sticker design. Looking forward to see the proof prints ;)</div>
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A lot of good moments to remember - although the way there was a little bumpy with the project for USCB (see pictures below) not going as smooth as expected.<br />
The bodypainting show was also pretty good. I had worked with Julia before and she was a fabolous model. open to ideas and good company on stage. Martin the moderator was very funny and made some great jokes along the way.<br />
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I can not list all the people I met during the 3 days, btu to name a few: Max Schneiderbanger, Chris Morell, Henny Kroeze, Frisco Vosen, Martin, Jean-Francois, Julia, Chiko & Nikolina, Simon, Bennie, Siegrun, Gaby, Michael Schöne and so many more. Thanks for your company.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>AUSGEBUCHT! NO MORE SEATS AVAILABLE! AUSGEBUCHT!</b></span><br /><br />I happy to announce a very exclusive Signpainting & Lettering Workshop with Fernando Oddone from Barcelona. The Workshop will take place on November 7th and 8th in Amorbach,Bavaria. Fernando studied Arts in Argentina and developed a lifelong fascination for the traditional Argentinean artistry. Signpainting and Lettering, especially of trucks had its climax in the 40s of the last century and Fernando not only wants to present the world the visual richness of this style, but also help keeping the traditions and craftsmanship alive in this age of digital tools. Fernando is constantly travelling Europe to paint Shop fronts for shop owners who value his craft and arts. Therefore I am extremely excited to be able organize his first and exclusive workshop in Germany.During the workshop, Fernando will explain in detail his approach to various designs, how to achieve the fantastic visual depth in his artwork. He will also cover lettering with a lot of hands on practice and will explain in great detail everything he knows about the topic. There will be a lot of possibilities to watch him work. </div>
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Please contact me directly if you need more information: <a href="mailto:paintedsteel@gmail.com">paintedsteel@gmail.com</a> or +49 17622667501<br />
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Fernando Oddone aus Barcelona wird am 7. und 8. November einen exklusiven Signpainting und Lettering Workshop in Amorbach, Odenwald halten. Fernando hat in Argentien Kunst studiert und sich schon früh mit dem traditionellen Kunsthandwerk in seinem Heimatland auseinander gesetzt. Dort hat das Schildermalen und Beschriften von LKWs und Firmenschildern in den 40iger Jahren seine Blüte erreicht. Fernando möchte mit seinen Arbeiten nicht nur die Vielfalt dieses Kunsthandwerks in die Welt hinaustragen, sondern auch die Traditionen bewahren und das traditionelle Handwerk weiterleben lassen. Fernando ist sehr beschäftigt, in ganz Europa Fensterfronten und Schilder zu gestalten. Deshalb bin ich sehr stolz Ihn für diesen ersten ersten Workshop überhaupt in Deutschland gewinnen zu können. </div>
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For the final Illustration, we decided on a sketch I did for the 2014 Bamberg Run already.<br />Just beefed it up a little in Manga Studio and added some lettering & a frame to hold it together when printed on a shirt. Next time, I will use colors. Promised.</div>
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You might remember the photo of a friend of mine, kicking starting his bike.<br />Well this dude turned 50 and I used the chance to create a present from him, using traditional ink & inking nibs, molotow black & white acrylic ink. It turned out great. MUST DO MORE LIKE THIS.<br />
Finally I glazed it to bring the different materials together and hide the brush strokes a little bit (this stuff is called Elefanten Haut or 'elephant skin'. actually it is just water based acrylic binder).<br />
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Es war super mit ihr zu arbeiten und wir hatten deshalb viel Spaß auf der Bühne. <br />
Vielen Dank an Horst Rösler für die Bilder.<br />
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Wir sind dieses Jahr auf der Custombike 2014 in Bad Salzuflen nicht nur bei Udo Sacher von US-Custombikes zu finden, sondern auch als Teil des Bühnenprogramms.<br />
Wie schon auf der Erlebnis Motorrad die letzten Jahre, hat uns der Huber Verlag diesmal auch für die Hauptmesse als Bodypainting Act für die Hauptbühne gebucht.<br />
Cu there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-67152304044034761892014-06-30T21:57:00.000+02:002014-07-04T21:59:04.321+02:00Chopppawood 2014 - Poster Artwork<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Einmal im Jahr veranstaltet die Custom Cycle Crew ein kleines Get-Together. <br />
Wie schon im letzten Jahr durfte ich das Poster Artwork gestalten. <br />
Warum suchen die Typen sich immer das komplizierteste Motiv aus?<br />
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Like last year, I was asked to create the invitation poster for Custom Cycle Crew's annual get together.<br />
Why do they always choose the more complicated proposal. The party will be a blast.<br />
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Jolina has an incredible presence on Andre's pictures - simple to deliver a good paint job.<br />
I know a lot of guys envied me when I was cheating with the skull template - could have done without it, but I would not have had a good reason to put my hand where I put it....<br />
On the 2nd day, I decided to change the backpiece a little bit: cutting the finger waves, calming down the overall appearance and increasing the size of the cherry blossoms helped to make the piece more readable for the audience.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-81414197092121569052014-03-25T13:32:00.001+01:002014-03-26T13:39:27.458+01:00Customizing Christmas Balls for Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Mannheim people rather spend 4 Euros on a cheap Curry Wurst (without knowing where the meat came from) than buying custom painted Christmas balls. Customizing them with a Easter theme did not help much either. Finally they got sent over the ocean to cheer up some Canadian kids. <br />Easter time is 'serious business' in Mannheim - no room for funny stuff.</div>
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This beautiful tail belongs to Udo's bike, for which he won the 'Best Chopper' category at Erlebnis Motorrad 2014. This fair is the pre season sibling of Huber Verlag's 'Custombike' Show in December - Europe's biggest Custombike show. <br />Meet us there. Hanging out and painting parts & naked ladies. :PUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-71045473046117438792014-03-20T12:44:00.001+01:002017-11-02T14:57:24.465+01:00'Girly Stuff' on beautiful girly leg....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The presenter for the show was asking me questions about motivation and deeper meaning of my applied deocration. Well, as most of the stuff has no deeper meaning and the has the purpose to rather fit the body than an artistic mind, I choose pseudo hilarious concepts to give people a reason to smile....<br />
Girly Stuff like Roses and Swirls ended in Knuckleduster, Franken - Skull/Jaw and two Alibi Roses.<br />
More pictures soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-40445686623702435072014-03-19T18:21:00.003+01:002014-03-19T18:21:37.929+01:00Choppawood 2013 - Moehle's Bike<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Moehle's Bike - Member of Custom Cycles Crew.<br />Selfmade Customizing. Extremely authentic. Good Shit.<br />Their garage is awesome. Need to visit them again at some point in time ;)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-78675250898138201742014-03-12T15:05:00.001+01:002017-10-19T16:57:59.333+02:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-26324655919694786372014-02-18T16:06:00.002+01:002014-02-18T16:06:51.298+01:00Fresh from the brush - Flame PinstripingMercenary work: recreating the new Wide Glide flame pattern on an older model.<br />
This tank waits for clear coating. Excuse the blurry picture.<br />The unorganized background is Udo's workshop.<br />
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Detailshot of Chicken's 'R' Board tracker: Betty Boop on top of the fuel tank. <br />
Approx. 5cm high. The work was pretty delicate and I needed a magnifying glass.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-28018505758358021402014-02-11T13:37:00.001+01:002017-11-02T15:00:16.924+01:00Erlebnis Motorrad 2014 - part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Looking at the picture, I wonder for how long I can do this 'job' considering the sometimes very awkward positions I need to get in to paint the model. Overall the designs turned out great and people were happy with the results. Given the fact that I ONLY paint people at this particular show (plus one gig at the Intl. Tattoo Convention in Frankfurt 2013), I need to figure out a lot during the gigs themselves. Questions like 'how big do I need to paint something', 'how much contrast do it need?', 'How does the paint hold up over the course of the whole day?', 'how fast can I go without sacrificing details/ how much detail is needed?' all need to be answered and the work adjusted on the fly.</div>
Bodypainting on stage is pretty intense work (at least for me) as 15 minutes can be quite long or just not enough to get the design finished to a 'good degree'.<br />
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Like last year, I was booked to paint a beautiful lady on stage.<br />
This time around Jolina Marijan posed as my model. Who proved to be an extremely beautiful canvas....everything at the right place and the right size...to do a proper bodypainting job.<br />
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The fair/show was smaller due the early date, however, it was pretty packed with visitors.<br />
Unfortunately, the locals seemed to have spent all their money (reduced price due to reduced size of the venue, however) and the entrance fee and a 'Curry Wurst' and did not have the spare to support their local artists. Nobody dared to buy some hand crafted 'Easter - Eggs' - Christmas Tree Balls painted with morbid Easter Bunny motifs....<br />
Well, perhaps my humor is hard to sell to people from Mannheim....<br />
More to come soon.<br />
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Drop me an email if you like my work, but do not write me to get her phone number. ;)<br />
check her sedcard at <a href="http://www.funtastixx-models.de/index.php?get_by_engine=myhome/eng_mem_detail&set_memcontent=info&set_id_m=36738" target="_blank">funtastixx</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7962291553748201956.post-52017170266278699602013-11-27T13:19:00.003+01:002013-11-27T13:20:22.575+01:00Choppawood 2013: Party Invitation Illustration done with Manga Studio 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My friends from Custom Cycle Crew 'invited' me to their annual party in September. The entrance fee was a flyer design they could use to invite their 'real guests'. ;)<br />
I used the chance to learn how to produce work in Manga Studio 5 (MS5), a software package I bought shortly before. Despite the 'cheesy' name, this piece of soft is THE SHIT.<br />
Coming from Photoshop, it is very simple to pick up - I have more problems going back to PS now because the shortcuts are just more intuitive for me in MS5.<br />
The whole thing was sketched out before with pencil & paper,signed off and then illustrated in MS5.<br />
The brush engine, the way the pressure sensitive WACOM pen behaves, is so much better than in PS. <br />
It really feels natural. The path drawing abilities and raster layers are so simple to use and open so many possibilities.... The font was a bit of a pain to do in MS5, but there needs to be a challenge...<br />
Since then I upgraded MS5 with brushes from Frenden.com - which makes it the perfect digital tool for inking projects. Those brushes were used on the Shirt Design for Udo.<br />
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The best is the price of Manga Studio: they want to push the new version into everbody's face, so they sell it for around $50. Plus S&H &taxes it will be around 70 Euros - but it is a steal if you are into this kind of 'art'.</div>
I can seriously recommend it if you own a WACOM board or something alike.<br />
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Expect more good things to come soon.<br />
I plan to punch out a few bikes in the ink style I explored with Udo's old Panhead. This time in digital.<br />
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Stay tuned.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com