Hi,
Here is a preview of the "Old West Cue" under way at Ken's Studio. It was our goal to have this cue finished so that we could have it at the Cue Show next week with our other 4 completed art cues. I had given Ken a deadline of this Saturday to have it done so that I could get it cleared and buffed in time.
Ken has spent 3 solid weeks of his time on this cue and added so many intricate details to the creative art renderings that the whole project has slowed to a crawl concerning the schedule but alas that's life in the art world he lives in. If the man want's to go big on the art, I just want to get out of his way.
He told me tonight that he will indeed have the cue finished by next Thursday so it will be ready to travel to Philly. What he is doing now is flowing with the art and doing his thing. In the next two to three days most all of the imagery will be on the cue and then he will be working his magic doing the 3D effects. I will not be able to clear it and buff the finish because of cure times required but it will be sealed in lacquer to protect the artwork at the show.
The amount of time it has taken to produce the art renderings for the conical wrapping was truly a monumental task. There are 2 steer skulls who's horns over and underlap to meet at 90 and 270 degrees and they form a symmetrical geometry like you would see in an inlay design. There is a sick detail to this cue that blows my mind. In the butt sleeve he has a Indian Chief's face shrouded by the vertical downward feathers of the head dress. When you turn the cue 180 degrees you see the face morph from the Chief's face to a face of a wolf within the head dress feathers. Unreal!!
On these images below, all of the air brush details that produce the shading and the 3D effect has not yet been applied. I am all pins and needles and can't wait to see it done. I told Kenny that I did not wish to rush him or the process and we did not have to make our show deadline but he assured me that all of the big "time bandit" work is over.
This is a fully cored Esoteric Cue that I stained to give it that very old look. The shaft is also aged stained. While building this cue I wanted to give him as much space to work for the town, Indian, and frontier areas of depiction. I did not put points in this art cue for the first time and it gave Ken more latitude in the forearm area. There are some interlocking inlays separating the town stuff from the Indian area.
Next up is the Civil War Cue, Leonardo Di Vinci, and The Tesla Cue. Ken wants to also do the "Charles Darwin Cue, Origin of Species / Natural Selection" with evolutionary art history and some interesting renditions of his view of some animals and how they might look in a future surreal world.
Thanks for looking,
Rick & Ken
Ken's steady hand at work
As you rotate the cue the images seen through the windows break up the scene as the wall between the windows block the view but the perspective is correct. Pretty Cool to see it in person.
Here is a preview of the "Old West Cue" under way at Ken's Studio. It was our goal to have this cue finished so that we could have it at the Cue Show next week with our other 4 completed art cues. I had given Ken a deadline of this Saturday to have it done so that I could get it cleared and buffed in time.
Ken has spent 3 solid weeks of his time on this cue and added so many intricate details to the creative art renderings that the whole project has slowed to a crawl concerning the schedule but alas that's life in the art world he lives in. If the man want's to go big on the art, I just want to get out of his way.
He told me tonight that he will indeed have the cue finished by next Thursday so it will be ready to travel to Philly. What he is doing now is flowing with the art and doing his thing. In the next two to three days most all of the imagery will be on the cue and then he will be working his magic doing the 3D effects. I will not be able to clear it and buff the finish because of cure times required but it will be sealed in lacquer to protect the artwork at the show.
The amount of time it has taken to produce the art renderings for the conical wrapping was truly a monumental task. There are 2 steer skulls who's horns over and underlap to meet at 90 and 270 degrees and they form a symmetrical geometry like you would see in an inlay design. There is a sick detail to this cue that blows my mind. In the butt sleeve he has a Indian Chief's face shrouded by the vertical downward feathers of the head dress. When you turn the cue 180 degrees you see the face morph from the Chief's face to a face of a wolf within the head dress feathers. Unreal!!
On these images below, all of the air brush details that produce the shading and the 3D effect has not yet been applied. I am all pins and needles and can't wait to see it done. I told Kenny that I did not wish to rush him or the process and we did not have to make our show deadline but he assured me that all of the big "time bandit" work is over.
This is a fully cored Esoteric Cue that I stained to give it that very old look. The shaft is also aged stained. While building this cue I wanted to give him as much space to work for the town, Indian, and frontier areas of depiction. I did not put points in this art cue for the first time and it gave Ken more latitude in the forearm area. There are some interlocking inlays separating the town stuff from the Indian area.
Next up is the Civil War Cue, Leonardo Di Vinci, and The Tesla Cue. Ken wants to also do the "Charles Darwin Cue, Origin of Species / Natural Selection" with evolutionary art history and some interesting renditions of his view of some animals and how they might look in a future surreal world.
Thanks for looking,
Rick & Ken
Ken's steady hand at work
As you rotate the cue the images seen through the windows break up the scene as the wall between the windows block the view but the perspective is correct. Pretty Cool to see it in person.
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