Pinstriping & Kustom Graphics

Things are really buzzing at PKG HQ! Due to the escalating success of our digital copies, we are exploring interactive ideas for a more exciting and informative reader experience. This will include more live links for you to click, Videos and QR codes will become the norm, We are embracing technology so that you get better value for your investment in PKG. On that note, regrettably after months of deliberation we need to advise that from issue #96 Feb/March 2023, the cover price of PKG, for the first time in almost 10 years, will need to be raised from £5,50 to £5,95 to help us absorb the general increases of print and production we ourselves are experiencing. Once again, we are finding the most awesome kustom artists from around the globe from the…

HAND PAINTED LETTERING AND GRAPHICS BIOGRAPHY It was inevitable I guess, a graphic designer of over 30 years and for the same amount of time heavily involved with Italian scooters, I'd end up combining both passions. Not just scooters though, I've always had an interest in all forms of custom paintwork on vehicles - anything applied by hand, from traditionally sign written and pinstriped hotrods to amazing flake and lace work on Mexican low riders. This all started when I needed to get away from digital work and started painting historic motorsport canvases, I loved holding a brush instead of a mouse but before long I'd bought a sign writing starter kit, I really wanted to work on typography projects as letterform interests me. Around this time a good friend asked me to paint his…

PEMBERTON, NEW JERSEY, USA When I was a very little girl on the couch with my mother, one of the memories i have is her drawing a picture of a boat gliding across the water within minutes, It was magic to me! Since then, I've always been actively pursuing art from a very young age. At the age of 16, I sold my first portrait. Then I started painting larger scale paintings and smaller ones, Painting on almost any surface that could hold paint. In June of 1984, I went to Panama City Beach, Florida and saw my first airbrushed t-shirt, After this, I knew this was what the kind of painting I would pursue, Until one day something else happened, which made a deeper impact on my life as an Artist. One day…

Steve has been pinstriping for more than 50 years and has gained a worldwide reputation. A charter member of the PINSTRIPING HALL OF FAME, he has pioneered many new looks in pinstriping and has taught many newcomers to perfect their own style through both group and 1-2-1 classes as well as his popular Wizard Pinstriping DVD tutorials and signature brushes. The aim of this column is to inspire pinstripers of all levels in their use of colour and design. Let's face it…. working on panels can be great fun and you can really "stretch out" in your design experimentation. But where do beginners start? How do you begin a great piece, or even a simple piece? This time, we will look at what you might call the "cookie cutter" approach. The…

NAME: Jacob Schoenhaar aka Corkey LOCATION: Clinton, Iowa USA SPECIALITY: Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting YEARS OF SERVICE: 10 years I have been drawing since before I could talk, my Dad used to joke that I came equipped with witty sarcasm and a pencil. In school no surface was safe desk, lockers, walls, books or even classmates. Artists that I admire, shit there are so many, taking a few living ones Jeral Tidwell, Shawn Dickenson, Hanna Jaeun, dime Litwalk. Yeah, I am all over the board. My inspiration for art comes from life around me Tattoos, Hotrods, skateboards even cleaning the house with the wifey. Everything I do starts out as pencil sketch, then I scan, digitally ink, then print. Those prints later become paintings maybe. Supplies I use are .9 pencils, golden fluid acrylics, liquitexs, aroic…

HELLO, I'M BJORN VERCAMMEN FROM BELGIUM. I don't consider myself a big artist, I just like to airbrush in my spare time, Sadly, that is not as much as I want it to be, I guess that will sound familiar to a lot of people, But we keep at it and never give up, There are just too many ideas in my head and new products to experiment with, like heat reactive paint and glow in the dark paint, I painted one of my motorbikes with red marblizer and true flames and then added glow in the dark blue, So, when it gets dark the true fire turns into blue fire, Ain't that cool, Or should I say hot? The thing is you can do whatever you want these days, because there…