05/20/2023
It’s been some time since the last modified I did and so I struggled to find the energy and ideas for this one. I thought about reusing a design I did over a decade ago, but just couldn’t bring myself to taking the easy way out. I never reuse old designs… I let the others do that sorta thing. I like moving onward, keeping everything unique, original, and legitimately one offs. Duplicating your schemes by just swapping some colors and calling it good (especially when done for multiple race car owners) is just being too simple minded and boring since they all look (almost) identical.
So with that decided, I began the conceptualizing process. it’s always easier when I’m given some direction by the cars owner, but this year, it was open season. So initially I thought “it’d be kinda cool to do a psychedelic car”. One where the body was covered in a trippy, warped looking pattern that just made the panel loose much of their physical shape. So I began on that and realized that to do it effectively would require more time than i would have with the car. So back to square one.
Then I thought, maybe I just do (my own version) of the normal “swoosh” set of upward running, multi color stripes that seems to be the “go2” nowadays? Then I thought of Matt Toosley’s words of mockery to me for that sorta look, and how he respected and looked forward to seeing whatever my next one would be. So no go on it too.
My next thought was “maybe I could do a Superhero car” like Superman or maybe possibly a Batman one, as kinda a throwback to when I had wrapped my pickup years ago. So I began my search into Superhero’s….
As I thumbed thru the images, I came across Flash Gordon. Hmmm… Gordon… Jordan… that’s IT!!! That’s hilarious, and creative, and not everyone’s name rhymes with Gordon so yeah… I’m doing it (as I laughed out loud by myself). 😁
A few hours later my wife shows up in the shop and says, “I thought i’d come out to see what you might have for me to critique, have you had any ideas yet?” I said, “yes” as I had just finished creating two different initial mock-up versions of it. I scooted back and stood up as she began looking over the designs. Then I say it’s “Flash Jordan” and smiled at her. Her response was, “did you show them or tell them that idea or did they want a Superhero?” LOL…. No, No, and No. ha!
She says “are you gonna?” Uh… “hell no, they left it up to me, and I think it’s funny and creative, and that’s what it’s gonna be, so which version you like best?” She picked the red one over the one with blue in it, and that’s also how I was leaning so decision made.
So here it is, the Superhero car, another original, one off, unlike anything else you’ll prob see out on the track running with it. If you see Jordan, don’t give him too hard a jab over it. For one he had nothing to do with the concept and for two, it’s supposed to be a kinda spoof or just a play on words thing. If you really know me, then you know, this one is supposed to make you laugh a little. Life’s too short to be so serious and not everything is meant to be taken so literal.
But if you’re fortunate enough to have the right name, and you like going fast… you get the chance to be Flash in my book!
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