Off the radar

So I have been fairly off the radar for the past year. I blame my lack of updating on my defunct laptop which magically decided to start working again about two weeks ago. I spent the last year working in an automotive repair shop, and while its handy to know how to fix cars, its not something that I can realistically see myself doing for any prolonged period of time. I keep getting called back to customs and body work, which fit with pinstriping pretty darn well. I'm making it my goal to be at as many carshows as possible this show season so I will be surely updating my blog with new work very very soon. I have alot of stuff that I haven't been able to publish because of my computer. And for christmas my mom bought me a digital camera!! So, I digress, the point of this blog is that im back in the swing of things.

pimp-ass chair

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This is the latest job, I have the next 3 weekends booked up so I will be posting more soon! I had a lot of fun with this chair, it's gold vinyl (if you can't tell).

New stuff

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These are some shoes I bought for myself, and a bag I already had...I'm currently working on a gold vinyl chair for someone, pictures soon!

Okay so I have a new idea for a photo shoot I would like to do. I have been wanting to make some who I am/what I do post cards for a while. I get a lot of people who don't understand what pinstriping is, and rightly so I wouldn't know what it meant either. Anyhow, I would like to replicate this photo I found of Kenneth Howard a.k.a Von Dutch. I think it would be cool because it would be a gender reversal, and it would pay homage to the guy who pretty much invented modern day pinstriping. Sorry the photo is kind of blurry, it was the only copy I could find...but you get the idea.

doorjams

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And...here are the doorjam photos as promised.

My new boyfriend

Okay, here is that tan purse finished. I discovered that it does not stay shut once you put a bunch of stuff in it. Sorry (Jesse) but I can't sell this one. That really is a shame, it's like having kids (not that I would know anything about that) you like all of them, but secretly you know there has to be a favorite somewhere in the group. Plus, it's great advertising.

Scuba tank finished

I got the second color finished on this one Thursday night, and I just got the photos back! I am really happy with the way this one turned out. I had kind of a slow weekend, no custom jobs. I did however paint a mess of handbags for my good friend kip's shop Solaris Massage. I painted the doorjams on my car this weekend. Those pictures will be up soon, it started getting dark and I couldn't get a decent shot.