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Sue Hopper is painting my trike

Tyris

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She is awesome and I have the good fortune to be only about an hour away from this talented lady. Have always loved art grew up worshiping artists like Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Micheal Whealan as well as the dungeon and dragons guys, Jeff Easley, Larry Elmore, Brom, etc

So having the trike painted with Sword and Sorcery in mind and the fact that I really loved Lord of the Rings made choices very easy.

Thanks, Sue.

The "Good" side, Shows the progression as she was painting, farthest right is after clear coating!!!!
 

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And the "evil" side, love Christopher Lee!!!!!!!!
 

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And my favorite, the frunk!!! If you look very closely you'll see that the flames from the Balrog bleeds into both the side pieces, especially on the clouds behind Gandalf. It's one of those times when you have an idea of what you want it to look like and it turns out better than you could have imagined. Should you ever have the opportunity to see Sue at one of the rallies she paints at, check her art out. You will not be disappointed.
 

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Awesome. ..!!

Very talented lady...I have her work hanging in my garage...not on the spyder yet all about the spyder and the lobster...great piece....:firstplace:
 
Helmet

Had Sue do a helmet for Christmas.

Turned out awesome. The Eye is painted on three sides so wherever I turn my head, that I is looking at ya. Like "Monsters Inc" movie, "I got my eye on you!!"

Thanks, Sue.
 

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She is awesome and I have the good fortune to be only about an hour away from this talented lady. Have always loved art grew up worshiping artists like Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Micheal Whealan as well as the dungeon and dragons guys, Jeff Easley, Larry Elmore, Brom, etc So having the trike painted with Sword and Sorcery in mind and the fact that I really loved Lord of the Rings made choices very easy. Thanks, Sue. The "Good" side, Shows the progression as she was painting, farthest right is after clear coating!!!!
Beautiful work. Not sure I would do that, but congrats and hope to see your bike one of these days.
 
Absolutely fantastic! Love it. Someday, soon I hope, I’m going to try my hand at this kind of art. I have all the airbrush equipment. I’ts the guts I’m a little short of. Lol
I’m in the leathercraft business and can’t seem to find spare time.
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She made it up...

I always felt the spyder is like a lobster...I gave her the Idea and she went with it. I labled it "Evolution" so she used my spyder and did a great job....Only saw it when it was done and was very pleased....:2thumbs:

Quite the talent! And imagination :bowdown:
 
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