See how we turn customer photos of Road Kings, Road Glides, Street Glides and other Harley Davidson baggers into detailed custom motorcycle artwork. Explore the reference photos, drawing process and finished pieces created for prints, shirts, signs and more.
If your interested in getting your bagger drawn but don’t know where to start, visit our Artwork Estimates page for a quote.
This one started with a story.
The owner spent 30 years in the oilfield, offshore most of his career, the last several years in West Texas, and wanted that written into the artwork: pump jacks, desert scrub, and the kind of sunset you only get out where the mountains sit on the horizon.
For this one, the couple wanted artwork of themselves on their 2024 Street Glide. They sent a few photos of themselves and including face close-ups and a couple of bike shots, but the lighting and angles of the bike weren’t quite clear enough to work from directly. To fill in the gaps, a reference photo of the same year and model was used to get the bike’s details right, while the customer’s own photos guided their likenesses.
It’s a common situation, not every photo is shot with artwork in mind. For the best results, daylight shots with even lighting and minimal shadows give the most accurate details to work from, but even when reference photos aren’t perfect, there’s usually a way to piece together an accurate final illustration.
Not every bagger project is a portrait of the bike as-is, sometimes a shop wants a character behind the build. Sharky’s Customs, a shop specializing in custom Harley builds, commissioned a mean-looking, muscular shark character riding one of their customized Road Glide baggers, tattoos and all, done in a toon style that still reads as “TUF” rather than cartoonish.
It’s a popular request from bike shops and MCs who want branding with some attitude, skeletons, gorillas, pigs and other characters riding a Harley-Davidson bagger work the same way, giving a shop or club artwork that’s instantly recognizable as theirs.
See some examples on the Character Design page.
Whether it’s a Road King, Street Glide, Road Glide, or your own build, custom bagger artwork is a great way to celebrate your bike or give your shop artwork that stands out. Not sure where to start or looking for a quote? Visit the “Artwork Estimates page” for more info.
