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1953 Fageol – custom mobile studio!
1953 FAGEOL MOVING VAN!
Without a real studio to work out of I have been having crazy ideas of what could be. And this would be the ultimate! A mobile studio. One where I could work letterpress magic on one end and screen print fabric(shirts and junk) and posters on the other. I know what your [...]
Dodge A-100 van art
I am loving flat nose vans right now. My new obsession is the Dodge A-100. Windowed or not these vans are cool. Even Shaggy and Scooby thought they were cool! Here is a sketch that I put together of an A-100 in various forms of modification. Enjoy!
New shirt art – NEBULOUS THEOREM
I was approached (by approached I mean e-mailed) recently to put together some t-shirt art for really cool race cars. These aren’t just any race cars, they compete for world record in places like the Bonneville Salt Flats. Super fast! super sleek and super cool! Here is a mock up of one of the concepts [...]
JUNE SALE – All shift knobs!!!
We just wanted to get June rolling with a sale on shift knobs. Get them while they are hot because on July 1st they go back up to normal prices. Hit our SHOP page to pick one up!
SERVICES – Custom Poster Printing
Defiance Speed Shop is not just about creating cool stuff for us, we can also create cool stuff for you! We have the graphic design capabilities to design brochures, logos, t-shirt graphics and just about anything else you can think of. We recently added a SERVICES page that tells a bit more about our capabilities. [...]
Hot Rod Sketches – part 3
Finally had some time to vectorize the pen sketches I have been working on. I also completed 3 new sketches last night so I could zone out a bit from packing up all my art stuff to move it to Carthage. Instead of showing the new pen images I made contact sheets with most of [...]
Hot Rod Sketches – part 2
I had some time last night so I worked on 3 new black and white images of cars that I liked at the HAMB drags last year. the HAMB drags is a great event that takes place in the middle of nowhere at a drag strip that has been around since the 1950’s.
Once I have [...]
Vending at Greaserama 2009
For some reason I really like being a vendor. Vending at a car show is just an added bonus! Here is a shot of what my area looked like at Greaserama 2009. I was running low on a few posters so I pulled a few Dragstrip Riot posters in blue and green for this show. [...]
Hot Rod Sketches
With no looming deadlines I have fallen into a bit of laziness. So instead of milling around the house doing nothing with my free time I made a list. It is the projects I want to get accomplished list. Some new sketches was at the bottom but some of the larger projects require a budget [...]
Series 1 Shift Knobs – Buy yours NOW!
Cody Langford owner and resident artist/designer has been up to it again. This time he has sculpted, molded and cast in resin a series of 6 hot rod shift knobs for 2010. Drawing from different aspects of the hot rod culture he created this mix of monsters and tikis. Not completely satisfied with selling raw [...]
Series 1 Shift Knob Posters
These posters were inspired by the Series 1 cast resin shift knobs. These letterpress prints, from hand cut linoleum, are printed in Black and Metallic Gold. Two versions of the prints were created. The first on Pearlized Metallic 120# cover stock will only be available for purchase to people who purchase a full set of [...]
NEW! Shop Rags
With all the hustle to get the shift knobs ready for Kansas City Gear Grinder this weekend I decided that I needed more stuff to do! So here it is. SHOP RAGS!
These shop rags are printed in black with standard t-shirt ink. Design and Illustrations created by Cody Langford and screen printed by Cody in [...]
Press Release: Series 1 Shift Knobs from Defiance Speed Shop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Series 1 Shift Knobs from Defiance Speed Shop
Cody Langford owner and resident artist/designer has been up to it again. This time he has sculpted, molded and cast in resin a series of 6 hot rod shift knobs for 2010. Drawing from different aspects of the hot rod culture he created this mix of [...]
Hot rod Shift Knobs – the base post
Last night I got a wild hair to start working on painting up the base that I am going to drill to display my Series 1 hot rod shift knobs from. First I took a yellow Stibillo pencil and outlined the scrolls. The shape is going to mimic what is on the packaging and posters [...]
KC Gear Grinder – Hot Rod Car Show
I am working my hardest to make it to Gear Grinder at Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City for this fun show. Lots of Rockabilly music, hotrods and Kool Kats and Kittens. I should be ready to roll out Defiance Speed Shops Series 1 hot rod shift knob set at this event. Come on by and [...]