A.D. Cook was at his second show in Key West for A Boy And His Dog Fine Art Gallery on Duval Street for Fantasy Fest 2007. All these shots were taken within two blocks of the very busy gallery. Enjoy the pics! Then come back for more from Key West over the next few days.
There was no shortage of dudes looking like ladies.
Airbrush artists kept busy creating lots body art.
Dude…
Martinis anyone?
Beautiful couples where everywhere.
Shrek and his new bride were there.
This pre-Halloween event is crazy fun and the costumes are amazing!
A.D. and the Iwata Medea - Artool crew make ready for the SEMA show. Any minute now the doors will open and thousands of passionate car lovers will fill the halls of the Hilton Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The Iwata Medea staff stand ready, along with a few others; Ryno, Donn and Pam Shanteau, Dave Monnig of Coast Airbrush, along with a few other loyal Iwata supporters.
Congratulations to Robert Baugh (House of Kolor) and Deborah Mahan (airbrush artist legend), united in marriage in Las Vegas just two days ago (October 28th, 2007), and then found at the Las Vegas Convention Center working the SEMA Show. This shot taken at the House of Kolor booth. Best of luck to both.
Twas the night before SEMA… and you know the rest.
We’re at SEMA 2007 in Las Vegas, NV, and this year we’re doing posts live and often… so stay tuned. We’ll bring you all the best that The SEMA (Special Equipment Market Association) Show has to offer. Many posts will be live from the Iwata-Medea booth #12360. Stop by if you are at SEMA and say ‘hi’.
Left-to-right: A.D. Cook, Dennis Mathewson of Cosmic Airbrush, Gary Glass and Will Naemura of Iwata Medea, Gabe McCubbin of Artool.
Saturday October 6, 2007 — While we couldn’t make it to Harvest 07, the recent erotic art show in Atlanta, GA, we are fortunate that our AirbrushTour contributor Gina King was there displaying her incredible art, and ready to share her experience with you. From what we can see, Harvest, in conjunction with the Erotic Signature puts on one great show!
Harvest’s mission is to procure the best in erotic expression in a presentation that will prove to be the Southeastern United States’ preeminent erotic art show. This one night event will showcase the erotic works of internationally renowned artists in addition to multi-media presentations, fashion shows and live performance. The Harvest approach has its roots in a self-imposed demand for quality and an artist’s embedded love of his or her craft. Along with a pan-sexual open-mindedness that feeds social responsibility, the Harvest presentation will not only expose artists to an audience that they might previously not have had, but expose an audience to experiences they might never have the opportunity to encounter. Having said that… we give you this; Gina’s take on Harvest.
above: Framed Gina King art on display.
A fan admires David Nestler’s art
Gina King and digital artist Bill Reichardt (a.k.a. Tsubasa)
Gina King and Tyson McAdoo.
Gina King and fetish model.
Gina King and Samarel.
Airbrush/bodypaint Artist Pashur makes art of a beautiful model…
…color is added…
… butt, don’t forget the back side. Flocked in glitter, Pashur keeps it moving.
Here, the painted model takes a moment for a quick pic with artists.
Susan Heidi and Gina King
Susan Heidi, Tsubasa and Gina King
Gina and friends.
Timothy Dolph getting some attention from the ladies; Susan Heidi (l) and Gina King (r).
Some of the artists who participated in this year’s show: Dave Nestler, Susan Heidi, Tsubasa, Steve Diet Goedde, Viva Van Story, John Santineross, Ed Mironiuk, Tyson McAdoo, Timothy Dolph, Justice Howard… and many, many more. Plus a performance by Airbrush/Bodypaint Artist Pashur.
Gina tells us that is all for this post, but if you want to see more of her art, the holiday issue of Hustler just went on the shelves. It has a full page illustration by Gina for ‘The Midget Story’
Makeup and special FX are finally explained in this new video from Zazzo®… Makeup FX™ - Film and Television Makeup, With an Emphasis on Airbrush Techniques for High Definition by Bradley M. Look.
Bradley shares with you his award-winning techniques and applications to create masterful makeup and special effects. Bradley will take you behind the scenes of Hollywood makeup artistry to demonstrate not only beauty application using the airbrush, but also how to create alien characters. Using the newly developed Makeup FX™ Template Series he created for Zazzo®, Brad also shares other valuable information along the way which will help makeup artists airbrush more effectively in the growing age of the High Definition format in the entertainment field.
Other topics covered in this DVD are airbrushing safety, three examples of beauty application, application of foam surfaces, use of the Zazzo® Makeup FX™ Template Series, Character Troupe™ and Beauty Ensemble™, creation of a mixed medium makeup as well as proper stencil hygiene. Noted makeup artists such as Michael G. Westmore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Raging Bull and Mask), Todd A. McIntosh (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Suspect Zero) and Allan A. Apone (The Santa Clause 3, Jarhead and Snakes on a Plane), all agree “It’s about time someone finally designed airbrush stencils with the makeup artist in mind and share their award-winning experience with Zazzo® instructional DVDs.
Approximate run time : 70 minutes • Color
Watch for Zazzo’s soon-to-be-launched web site - ZazzoUSA.com - in early November 2007.
The District Festival of the Arts… our second time around. We first brought you the The District Festival of the Arts in an AirbrushTour post on May 13, 2007. This weekend we joined premiere painters, sculptors, glass blowers and artists again for this unique outdoor art show held at The District in henderson, NV, just minutes away from Las Vegas.
This event was full of lookers and buyers. Crowds of art lovers where everywhere. And for good reason, the quality of art is excellent. We stopped in to catch up with a few of the artists on hand and get a first-hand taste of this season’s event.
We ran into Jeanne and Dana Rosen from Quartz Hill, CA, who we featured back in our May post. Jeanne was out-and-about so we paused for a quick pic with Dana (above). This artisan couple are the creators of colorful and whimsical wall plaques. They employ some unique materials and processes - cold bronze (coated cast-stone) or faux marble (stone with crushed marble aggregates) cast in molds then colored and hand-polished. Learn more about this couple and their art at PaperAndStone.com.
Juan Quevedo, originally from Peru, whose art hangs in private collections all over the world, was also showing his beautiful paintings. We became instant fans of his colorful and expressive watercolor works of art. Nationally recognized, Juan’s art also hangs in the Oakland Art Museum, Boston Art Museum and Ohio Art Museum. And to think… you can add his works of art to your collection here at this event.
The live music was great, and a crowd favorite…
… and the crowds were plenty. This event had a great turnout, which is great. There was a lot of excitement and plenty of great art and artists on hand.
Also at the Festival, was the Vegas Artists Guild. As artists helping artists, we feel it fair to give them a plug. They had a display representing local artists. The Vegas Artists Guild is an organization of artists whose primary purpose is to bring talented, established and emerging artists in the Vegas area to the public attention.
Our newest addition to the MySpace Featured Artists is an up-and-comer airbrush artist Brad Keener. Getting his start in Monroe, Georgia, Brad has been airbrushing for a couple of years now, and is a self-tought artist, specializing in wall murals, cars, bikes and helmets… and guitars (like the one above) — just about anything but t-shirts. Brad says “I have been using Iwata airbrushes exclusively for a little over a year now and they make a great deal of differance in the detail I can acheave in my work”. We agree. Below are some examples of Brad’s work. Enjoy.
A.D. Cook will appear at A Boy and His Dog Fine Art Gallery for Fantasy Fest 2007 on Friday and Saturday - October 26th and 27th. Stay tuned to AirbrushTour for cool pix from the gallery show and Fantasy Fest.
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