Sarah aka Lady Lipstick started doing pinup modeling in 2013 by accident, she is an owner of 3 classic cars and started dressing up at car shows when she would bring her classics. Sarah just fell in love with the…
Blacktop Betty: Lady Lipstick
Category: Featured Person
Featured motorsports and kustom kulture personalities
Featured Artist: Matt Bernal
Matt Bernal is only 34 years old and already has a successful career under his belt in the automotive aftermarket, where he has spent the last 15 years providing conceptual design, body kit design, project car renderings and sponsorship proposal…
Featured Artist: Chris Rasnick
You know from the moment you meet Chris, he is passionate about the historic techniques used by lettering artists, sign-painters and pinstripers. I was fortunate enough to meet him when he joined the Mercifuls So Cal Car Club. You can’t…
BOMONSTER
Made from Scratch All my work starts out as black-inked clay-coat board and I scratch off the surface with an X-acto knife to reveal the white layer underneath. It’s not exactly drawing in reverse – more like drawing the way…
Shelley Smatana
Silversmith Shelley is a Los Angeles based silversmith originally from Houston, Texas. She has lived in the South, East Coast, Midwest and West Coast. Prior to going back to silversmithing she ran Zombie Kitten Originals, a small retro clothing line…
Mark Ripley
Ol-Skool Pinstriping IF someone was to ask how it all started I would have to give credit to a Southern California pinstriper named Shaky Jake. He was my major influence in telling me where to get paint and brushes. I…
Drawing on Motion – Chris Dunlop
Chris Dunlop aka “Pinstripe Chris” is an Automotive Artist and Designer based out of Southern California. He is a full time artist that had started out in the autobody/paint side of the custom car world working hands on with the…
The Cyclone Roadster
Introducing Jerry Laboranti A Bonneville Salt Flat style roadster Story By Jerry Laboranti, Photos by Don Carrick/Studio 413 I have always thought that a Ford model A roadster on a 1932 frame seemed to be a winning pair in traditional…
The 2016 SEMA Show – An Overview
Inspired by the new products, mesmerized by the incredible vehicles, and grateful for all our friends. The 2016 SEMA Show was certainly the biggest ever and definitely a game changer. We have been attending SEMA, the Automotive Industry’s greatest trade…
Hauser Riley Poses For Us At The 2016 SEMA Show
We met Hauser online when she announced that her and her hubby Spencer were headed to the show. Hauser is a pinup model from Olympia Washington and stays fit with Pole Dancing (in a gym, not in a club). We…
The People at the 2016 SEMA Show
A big part of the show is running into old friends and making new ones. The show kicked off with Mangus Walker introducing the show at the first morning’s New Product Awards Breakfast. And the fun didn’t stop there. SEE…
The 2016 SEMA Show Day One
An Industry Built on Passion The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) announced the winners of the 2017 New Products Showcase Awards this morning at the 2016 SEMA Show. The awards are given to the most innovative and cutting-edge automotive aftermarket…