Radius Elite hubless sport bicycle

 

Inspired by the UCI world championship bicycle road racing, I created this hubless concept sports bike. Transmission is a variable planetary gearing. Position of saddle and handlebars can be adjusted to suit rider preference. Just below the saddle a bidon or storage unit can be clicked into the frame. Lighting is placed on both sides of the rim covers - white LEDs at the front, red LEDs at the rear. On the left handlebar an adjustment wheel is placed to dim the lighting. The right grip of the handle bar can be rotated to switch gears without taking the hands off the handlebar. The image was drawn in Affinity Designer. Click the image to see a larger version of it in Google's Lightbox. Turn the mouse wheel to flick between the images (on a desktop computer).

Changed the head light & handlebar strut

Radius Elite hubless sports bike concept

Bike with mudguards

Vector wireframe view

Apache logo - vector art

 

Years ago I was mainly into creating airbrush art, with various types of airbrush guns and paint. I used the Paasche V1, Paasche Turbo and in rare occasions the Fischer Aerostar. The paints I used were Illu-Color and Holbein acrylics. My favorite subjects were Native American Chiefs and warriors. All freehand airbrushes, i.e. without using masks. I did many demos on art fairs for Revell, promoting the Vega 1000 airbrush and Revell paints. At one point one of the sales persons asked me: 'Do you ever airbrush something different than indians?' Of course I did, but not during demonstrations, because it was sure to draw a crowd. I was - and still am - fascinated by Native American culture, their way of life, wisdom and sadly horrific oppression by invading western armies and colonists.

Some 10 years ago I switched to digital art creation, because of the countless undo functions that way of art creation allows, along with the endless tinkering it makes possible. In addition digital printing has soared in the last decades, which allowed me to print art work on many different surfaces (canvas, paper, aluminium etc.), while applying all sorts of lacquer layers to create magnificent effects. But once and a while I think back at those analog days and my favorite subject: Native American art. Below you see one of my most recent, simple digital vector creations that was used for T-shirt print. It was drawn in Affinity Designer.

Apache logo