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UPDATE: Roberto completed his drawing. Click on the link below to see how it progressed.
This is a photo of an MB from England with an unusual exposure.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/etiennesa/4746903676/
Out of the UK come these unusual metal jeep scultpures. I wish there were better pictures.
This unique sculpture created by Richard White is available for sale. Go to his website to see more pictures.
http://www.DrawToLive.com/3D_Sculpture_Pages/1952_Willys_CJ2A_Jeep_Polly.htm
Holidays and Jeeps … does it get better? More from Roberto.
Here is another Christmas Illustration courtesy of Roberto Flores.
Roberto spread some christmas cheer our direction by sending some examples of his holiday jeeps. They will appear over the next few days. Thanks Roberto!
Alex forwarded this to me. What you see below is the artwork Norman Saunders completed for use on the cover of the 1969 edition of Man’s Conquest.
I did some searches for ‘Willys Snowflakes’. Not surprisingly, I couldn’t find any. However, I did find this wonderful watercolor illustration done by M.H. Keough from the UK.
She writes on Flickr, “I love painting military vehicles ‘settling in for the long rust’. There’s a quiet dignity surrounding these old warhorses that I hope my art conveys.”
You can see the photo on Flickr here.
You can go to her blog here. Fine prints (22″ x 16″) are available through her website, however her online store seems down?
Roberto tells me he is practicing his French. Here’s an illustration he made the other day. I believe it roughly translates as, ‘it is so cold even ducks will freeze’. Yes, winter is here! Of course, as always, Roberto slipped in a jeep . . .
Just when I was wondering what kind of turkey-willys post I could create for today’s holiday, Roberto forwarded me the perfect illustration. So, today I am thankful for his artistry! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Roberto forwarded his latest drawing to me. I think he had a lot of fun drawing this one!
He wrote, “It´s a a cartel or poster drawn for the 18th International Meeting of Classic Military Vehicles of the Guixaró 2012, Catalonia, Spain, organized by the Classic Motor Club of the Bages, Catalonia, Spain. I call it “Where is Willys?”…Obviously, after the influence of “Where´s Wally?” art.”
Roberto Flores, who has shared a variety of illustrations with eWillys readers, has published a non jeep book. The name of the book is “Have You Ever Wondered Why Spiders Yawn?”
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/97482
Roberto took a video of the canvas he created. It is now being shipped to South Carolina. You can see how he illustrated it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMjIfkw8tUE
Today’s journey took us in and out of the Black Hills and, as I write this, we are cruising towards Billings. The first stop today was the Starbucks in Rapid City, SD, where we managed to cause problems. Somehow, Ann and I got too busy talking and managed to drive right by the order box. When we got to the window and explained that we missed the box, the servers quickly began jumped into action. Mayhem and disaster followed as car after car backed up in the ordinarily slow-paced town, while the servers attempted to stick our order in between the finished orders of others. By the time we drove away and saw the line of cars behind us, we knew we would never be welcomed back. I’m sure the servers were muttering ‘damn tourists’ as we drove away ….
Our next stop was Mt. Rushmore. This was very cool to see in person, more majestic than pictures make it. I guess the Park Service has also embraced the majesty, by charging a kingly price for parking of $11.00. Using some stealth techniques, we snapped some pictures and left for our next destination, the Crazy Horse Memorial.
The Crazy Horse Memorial costs $10 per person to enter, but for the money there is plenty in the visitor’s center to see. After touring the building, I spotted a flat fender in a painting by Jake Eggars hanging on one of the walls. I thought that was a bit strange, the color and look of the jeep (the color and bumper both unusual) that I wondered if it was drawn from a real jeep. So, when I got back to my computer, I started doing some searches. I finally discovered the below pics of the jeep taken in April of this year. No place is too remote for me NOT to find a jeep 🙂
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyhorsememorial/5672487678/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crazyhorsememorial/5671920257/in/photostream/
Roberto decided to track the evolution of this illustration as he created it. Below are a couple of pics, but you can see them all here. Thanks for sharing Roberto!
Roberto created an unusually long illustration for a website in Spain. Of course, Roberto couldn’t create an illustration without including a jeep somewhere. Click on the illustration below to see the entire picture and hunt for the jeep (in otherwords, I grabbed only a part of the illustration so as not to give away the portion that has the jeep). Thanks for sharing Roberto!
Roberto emailed me this unusual illustration. I haven’t seen much Mahindra artwork.
Roberto wanted to share his cool BRC 40 drawing. He also noted there is more information about the jeep at Olive-Drab.com.
I ran across a post about Popeye over at WillysJeep.com. Check it out.
http://blog.willysjeep.com/2011/03/11/popeye-jeep-jeep/
UPDATE: You can view more cartoons here.
Paul discovered this gem in his crawlspace.
Paul writes, “I was digging around in the crawlspace today searching for some long lost item when I discovered a thin book with GI cartoons from WW2. The book’s by Milton Caniff (it was published in 1945) and features 112 GI comic strips drawn by Mr. Caniff and supplied weekly to military newspapers for the enjoyment of all branches of the service. I really enjoyed the attached Jeep comic and I thought you would also. After all, who hasn’t believed (at one time or another) the Jeep is more than a mere machine and is alive and aware of the tasks we ask it to perform? I can recall many times I’ve coaxed and pleaded with my Jeep to “Please get me thru this mud bog” or the always popular “Please, please start” on those frigid winter mornings [ed note: I am familiar with that coaxing]. Over the years I’ve talked, yelled, pleaded and praised my Jeep while it took me where I wanted (but not necessarily needed) to go.”
On September 25, 2011, Bob will be hosting a flat fender gathering.
The2nd annual Northern Ohio Flatfender Gathering will be held at his house on Sept 25th. Please contact Bob at jeep3b(at)gmail.com. He will provide lunch, restroom facilities and a camp fire. He has plenty of room for parts to sell and trailers if you haul to it.
Butler will display 70 2 Dimensional Jeeps as part of the Bantam Festival.
“Our town is taking its own creative spin on the Jeep. Seventy 2D wooden jeep sculptures have been painted by local artists and are now parked all around Butler. Be sure and stop by the Information Booth Friday night where you can get the locations of all of the Jeeps. While you are in town, take some time to explore our streets and see how many Jeeps you can find! Downtown Butler’s shops are also offering a shopping passport that you can pick up at Parade registration and the Downtown Information Booth. If you visit several shops, you could win a gift certificate valued at more than $200!
The Associated Artists of Butler County is holding the “Man & Machine” art exhibit opening from 7 to 9 PM on Friday — concurrent with the parade. The exhibit will be held at The Art Center, 344 S. Main Street, below the Court House. Admission to the exhibit is free, and light refreshments will be served.
The theme is anything related to the interaction of humans and machines, from the art and inventions of Leonardo DaVinci to the development of the Bantam jeep and other modern machines. The original artwork and unique jeep-related souvenirs and T-shirts will be available for sale.
Roberto was kind enough to share some new artwork with us. Thanks!
“”Giant&Kids” is a graffitti painted for a bar in its facade (exterior or outside pizarre) for accompaning the daily menu during the San Fermin “fiesta” at my hometown.Look for the flattie! ;-))
“JEEP” is a t-shirt which I hope it´ll available in a few days through my online shop or just directly dropping an e-mail to me. Obviously, the design is a Jeepster Commando C-101.
“BD384x4Story” is one of my comics for French magazine “4x4Story Spécial Jeep, with some of the characters: Pierre Pinifarine and his dog “GPS”, Francine Overland (the girl), Jean-Ignasi Cardan and his cat “Elvis”, Bob Autolite (that´s me…more or less!) and the jeeps, obviously! Although I´m still questioning me the name of some characters!!!”
Matt spotted this unusual piece of Trench Art. Bidding on this just ended at $142.
“i have seen that ebay has a following for trench art. most people do not know what they are looking at when i show this to them. so im going to offer it to you guys. its a copper jeep body. the bottom is made from 1/8 copper plate. thiner sides, seats 1/6 copper. the weels are 1943 SL 50 cal shells. cut off. the spare tire is a F A 1942 50 cal steering weel. S I 1942 30.06 head lights. 30 cal E C 1944 , the hood cam off in my hand when i finly found this again after yeas in a box. the hood had been glued back on. i never knew this. till now. fits right back in place. a little new glue wont hurt it.weels work. with solid brass rod for axles front bumper is bent a little. wind sheild works great. stampped on the bottom. J ST.Felix France 1944 can send more pics. i will ship world wide.”
