Archive for the ‘concept’ Category

Harley time!

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Taking an aftermarket sportster gas tank and putting a cafe racer vintage spin. The inspirational images are what we’ll be gunner for but with a deeper/wet look.

Original restoration images found here…

Throwback SPOKE!

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

This aerospoke will take on a jet black base and topped with a triple stage Icecream effect (gold flake, currency, and a touch of glass).

More originals before the good stuff happens here…

Concept lookin’ good!

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

The concept sketch turn out really well and the frameset is looking incredible. I’ll post finals of the frame and fork at the end of the week.

For stay tuned here for updates…

Sketch Fri’s

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Icecream graffiti sessions are officially taking place as we speak. I’ll be doing bits and piece here and there – eventually covering the entire wall. I’ll keep general image updates of the progression on here and facebook.

Album can be seen here…

Apple Swirl…

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

I forgot to show the concept sketch for the ’seattle apple swirl’ to you folks. Well, here it is! If you don’t remember this project it can be found on the link below…

Click me for some apples…

OLMO in the house!

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Restoration of the week goes to this vintage frameset – OLMO. After years of use, it’s time to make its way into the Icecream Shop for some goodies. We will be replicating another classic OLMO with a satin red/orange tone.

More original shots before I do what I do, here…

Feat. Branding…

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

In our pricing break down we have design some fun icons to go along with the main packages that we provide.

See the other options here…

Tammaso…

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

With this project we are going to bring back the luster in the pearl white and do some rust removal.Typically with this type of frameset we execute a full restoration, but we will only be restoring the base and the rest will be executed off site.

More images to come, additional images found here…

Rust Worrior!

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

On this frameset there was quite a bit of rust on the various sections of the frame. We protected the frame, and sealed the rust – then implemented color tones and masking to complement the metal/rust tones.

More rusty stuff found here…

Get ready…

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

Looks like this is it! This will be the new frameset being produced for the Icecream Shop. Images of the process coming soon.

Knuckle on deck

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Here is the concept sketch and the original frameset – we are going to implement what we did on the ‘Ferrari Frameset’ fades with this Bareknuckle, but have more of a subdued contrast between the deep ‘orchid violet’ and the ‘jet euro black.’ This project will be work following.

Album of inspirations and original frameset here…

Icecream 2013

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

For the next couple of months I’ll be producing many various types of iterations of frame concepts to design for 2013. Most of the inspirations are variations of soft-rides and old school funny frameset. Enjoy the progression, I’ll be taking a favorite out of the pile each week to present to you folks out there.

Final Lion Kendama

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

From concept to final, this project came out amazing – the transitions between colors and the masking is on a 10 scale (10 being the best ;)

More final images of the concept sketch and kendama here

Icecream Friday’s

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Hope you folks get to enjoy some ice-cream this weekend and this sketch. Have a great weekend from the Icecream Shop

Schwinny Schwinn!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

Instead of recreating this machine into a freshly restored Schwinn, we will be giving this number a darker green with some British Racing Green base and toning that down with some satin/matte clear-sets.

More originals and inspirations found here…