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Well spring has definitely sprung in the UK with the warmest February in history A new experience for us Another new experience was to be included in the launch issue of Don Johnson’s new Magazine, sharing the cover with other influential women supporting the kustom paint industry and the artists that inhabit it

The more eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed a few cool changes to our logo too More enhancements are planned over the next few issues and we look forward to the forthcoming helmet special in issue 74

After a long wait we are delighted our cover artist Nick Lee from Counts Kustoms found time in his busy schedule for

us Meanwhile in this issue we have great how to’s from Gerald Mendez and John Silverfox Hayes Seth Jensen embraces his Sharpie side As always we search the globe for new talent and we are confident whether you read us in digital or in print we will continue our efforts to bring you inspiration on every page

Until next time

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PORTUGAL

Letterheads first meet coming to Porto, Portugal

Porto is playing host for their first Letterheads meet from 1st to 4th August

2019 The event is being hosted at ESAD (Superior School of Arts and Design) in Matosinhos, Portugal

Letterheads is an international meeting

of sign painters, typography professional and enthusiasts The four days are dedicated to an array of panel jams, workshops, screenings, demonstrations and many more surprises

Porto Letterheads is run entirely by volunteers, on a non-for-profit basis for the benefit of the veterans and novice alike At their heart Letterheads events are for nurturing the next generation

of sign and lettering artisans through informal opportunities to learn and network

Tickets include a meal per day, a goody bag, a T-shirt from the event and access

to the whole meeting with two parties

Tickets are available from www.portoletterheads.com/tickets

The UK’s leading kustom art and lifestyle weekender welcomes back with

renowned day of Dead artist David Lozeau as it’s VIP Artist in Residence

KKBO hosts the largest gathering of kustom artists, pinstripers and

airbrushers in the country and it’s an ideal opportunity to try your hand at

one of these great art forms too

Kustom Kulture Blastoff celebrates its 10th Anniversary at Lincoln

Showground August 30th to 1st September

To find out more and book tickets visit: www.kkbo.co.uk

DAY OF DEAD ARTIST DAVID

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FEATURED ARTIST

Experience: 13 years

Location: Prescott , Arizona USA

Speciality: Pinstriping & Lettering

Instagram: @HamiltondesignCo.

ALEX USED HIS SKILLS TO MAKE THE OWNER SMILE AND PRESERVE HISTORY

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FEATURED ARTIST

We first introduced Alex Hamilton on these pages over

five years ago Even then, his work was impressive for

such a young artist Imagine Alex continuously devoting

himself to learning and growing more and more each

year since then Whereas he started out with the

influences of a few artists that caught his eye, today,

it’s the sensory overload of so much visual art on social

media that influences Alex

Specifically, it’s a mix of today’s artist’s work and sign

painting from the old days that drive his pinstriping

and lettering It’s not just paint work, either Alex also

studies the graphic design industry; including logo

designers On the more active designs seen in use today,

he says, “It seems to be having a renaissance Things

that worked 30 years ago are popular today.” He sees

it as, “Bold design with old school feel.” and follows

artists from all over the on social media What intrigues

him is, “You can make things simple but very powerful.”

One example of this is his recent job pinstriping a

classic 1926 Kissel A car that is so rare that the exact

number to exist is unknown, this restoration needed

the measured three pinstripes on it to be complete

and accurate While initially a little intimidated by the

job, Alex used his skills to make the owner smile and

preserve history

There’s a lesson to be learned here Opening up to the

big picture, Alex’s wide scope looks at all the hand

crafting done today, from metal work to even the tattoo

industry Where he was influenced in the past by a few

artists, today he strives return the favor and influence

others by elevating the art he sees and creates He says

his initiative comes from how much influence there is on

social media and that drives him to contribute, creating

new and better new art

One area he has shown great improvement is his leaf

work Last time, he admitted he was looking forward

to getting better at it Today, he is not only better but

innovative when he breaks out the gold and silver leaf

Often, folks will see his gilding work and wonder, ‘How

did he do that?’

His tools of the trade are still basically what he started

with A Mack King 13 and Mack Series 10 (size 000) are

what he’s been using for striping the past 13 years For

lettering, it’s Mack quills He’s still painting cars, trucks

and motorcycles from his home in Arizona Today, he

paints more items for himself than he ever did, taking

advantage of all the design he studies And usually,

when folks see his work, he ends up selling them That’s

OK with Alex Hamilton He’s usually already working on

the next five pieces…

By John Carollo

FEATURED ARTIST

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PINSTRIPING STEP BY STEP

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

STEP 1 Using a scroll style (Wizard Vortex Brush and Variegated Gold

base)- I am considering the loud and flashy background It is a TnT

panel with a brushed alum base and Blue candy topcoat, very loud and

imposing To make my foreground impressive, I have to really hit it with

a loud base It’s about contrast This is the most important step to me

because if the background is imposing, it takes over and you continually

fight to notice the striping against the background (this piece has been

sanded with 1000grit and thereby very dull, but when it’s clear-coated

it is extremely imposing

We will be discussing color and its impact

today The use of color is as elusive and

confusing as handling the brush and getting the

perfect viscosity from your pallet Color can

make or break the project and its important to

have a color strategy I will give you some ideas

here and maybe spark your imagination to

have a better understanding of color.

STEP 2 I am “underscoring” by base color with black

I know black isn’t loud and imposing against the blue, however, against the gold it supports and builds its shape by reinforcing its borders It also adds to the flow and beauty of the piece As we add color, it will give the structure beauty alongside the black

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STEP 3 Note- grips will vary with the

scroll style Here I am resting my pinky finger and rotating this line alongside the gold I am using the black to actually extend the length of the gold base structure This “pencil grip” is good for this manoeuvre Using urethanes (because this project will be clear-coated) I am getting almost immediate dry times

STEP 4 The completed

shape with black Notice how the black really

“supports” the gold base structure, enhances it and stretches it out

It will have plenty of contrast against the loud background That’s what

we are looking for!

STEP 6 This is the “build”

of red, it reinforces the black, without messing with the gold It acts as a “brace”

as it holds the design in place, adding color and form to build the piece

STEP 7 Changing to a “Lazer Lines” brush,

(a synthetic liner will do here) I am swinging

additional “wings” off the red to make it

louder using orange This move stretches

this feature and gives it grace and beauty

STEP 5 Same grip – we will begin

adding “color” here using red Against this crazy loud background I am using bold and solid colors It’s a real fight to compete against this ground aluminum and blue flashing going on

in the background so I am doing my best to pound color onto this piece

PINSTRIPING STEP BY STEPSTEP 8 This is an important step I am adding a bit of a

brighter shade of orange to the last step This is primarily

because I need more impact and flash Notice how it makes

this louder and gives it more importance in the total design

STEP 9 Overview of the piece shows

how the surrounding colors (those around the gold) have done their job supporting the base gold color Now we’re going “inside” the gold to fill some of those quiet gaps

STEP 10 It’s difficult to choose a color here- everything is so loud

and boisterous I decided to “whiten” up the process blue color

and add some body to the inside of the gold Actually after seeing

this color, I wish I would have used a green But, oh well!

STEP 11 Finished- I added some softer shades of purple to the

black “feather” shapes just to add fill without making it scream

at you Notice the added details on the corners of the border

Just to add interest…I sometimes give the borders attention to

complement the center I would probably not use this much color

on a customers bike or car unless it is an extreme custom job

Usually customers vehicles don’t require this much – but practicing

use of color- its really challenging to successfully combat a loud

Brush FX

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4 Showing proper

technique of holding

a pin-striping brush while pulling your line Again the ability

in which Brush

FX flows helps in making this part a little more simplistic

Artist: Matt Hutcheson, Riverside California

Paint in Photo’s: All Tamco Paint

Pinstriping Paint: Brush FX in Outline Black

Car: 1963 Cadillac

2 As you can see, Matt pallets the Brush FX on a magazine

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Pulling long lines on vehicles, to outlining your work Here you see Matt using the Outline Black to outline the Filigree work he did all over the 1963 Cadillac

Pin-striping your work just gives it that extra pop it needs to make

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1 The nice ability that Brush FX has is the ability to pull

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TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE ART?

Born and raised in Miami, FL in a Cuban Family, my father was an Architect & Artist Art is how we connected growing up Unfortunately, he passed away when I was 9, art is the one thing

I have held on to

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT BEING AN ARTIST?

Being able to share my creativity with my children, showing them techniques and giving them a different perspective in observing things to draw them on paper I don’t feel like there are many female Kustom artists, so being able to step into this scene being a female and sharing my art has been a very humbling experience

WHAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING ABOUT BEING AN ARTIST?

The 1st step to getting what’s in my customers mind onto canvas, everything after that is butter I also noticed that if I haven’t created a personal art piece, I get cranky

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES / ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS?

My boyfriend Robert Messenger from Messenger Hot Rods is

my inspiration to dig deeper into the Kustom world, he’s been

in the Kustom world for over 10 years, I’ve learned a lot from him I also look up to Leftys pinstriping, Hot Rod Jen, Darren McKeag, Bonita and Bob Signs, Tiffany Trouble, Zanaer from Lumpys Garage, Mark W Hagstrom those are just a couple of my favs Of course giving credit to the OG’s of pinstriping (Ed Roth, Von Dutch, Steven Kafka….‣

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DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE PIECE OF WORK,

OR ART STYLE YOU PREFER?

By far my favourite thing to paint right now is Pin-ups

WHAT TECHNIQUES DO YOU USE?

Details is what I find myself spending the most time on, eye lashes, hair, facial features, those little things make a big difference Favourite brushes to use for details is Mack Dragonfly & Mack “The Virus”

WHAT ARE THE TOP FIVE ITEMS IN YOUR KIT THAT YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT?

1Shot paint, Mack Brushes, my boyfriends custom made pallet, a cup holder he made for me, Von Dago’s & airbrush supplies

WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS YEAR?

A major project that my boyfriend and I working on is opening up a hot rod shop in Niceville, FL that will also become our art studio for our e-Commerce HQ We have already out grown our little office, we will

be looking forward to start the New Year with a BANG!

HOW HARD IS IT TO MAKE A LIVING FROM THIS ART FORM?

Making a living as an artist is EXTREMELY hard The term starving artist exists for a reason, but we live in a world where learning how

to do things is readily available through the internet You can literally learn how to do “ANYTHING” Giving up shouldn’t be an option when you are passionate about art

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE STARTING OUT IN THE CUSTOM ART WORLD?

#1 Advice: you will never know everything! Always learn and observe from those who are successful in this field and ask questions

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IS WHAT I FIND MYSELF SPENDING THE MOST TIME ON, EYE

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Rhythm This was the 22nd annual Rhythm Riot and I have been to every one of them, from the first

when it was just a two-day event to the four-day event it has become As always, it was held at Pontins Holiday Camp, Camber Sands, Sussex, England As the 2018 flyer proclaims, the

Rhythm Riot is intended to be a ‘1950s Rhythm

& Blues and Roots Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekend’ and the best of it in 2018 certainly was

This is the weekender which over the years has brought

us many American rhythm & blues and rock ‘n’ roll stars from the 1950s, such as Lloyd Price, The Treniers, Big Jay McNeely, Hal Singer, Joe Houston, Nappy Brown, Young Jessie and Marvin & Johnny For many of them, such

as H-Bomb Ferguson and Sam Butera, this was the only weekender in Britain on which they ever appeared

Highlight performances this year were from Bobby Wilson, Sugar Ray’s Lucky Strikes, Sugar Daddy & The Cereal Killers, The Redondos, The Oh! Sharels and The All-star Wynonie Harris Show

There was much jiving to both the bands and the deejays between them As usual, a huge and very popular flea market took place on Sunday morning, with many clothes, Cds and DVDs and period bric-a-brac for sale and Sunday afternoon was occupied by a custom and classic car cruise And just to ensure everyone could get all dolled up with the right looks for everything, there was a Beauty School, a Hair & Make-up Parlour, a Barber, a Portrait Photographer, an Alterations & Repairs Service, and a massive Shopping area full of stalls loaded with clothes There was even a Tattoo Parlour and a Pin-striper on hand Plus there was late night burlesque from The Killer Diller Club, and opportunities to try your hand

at being a deejay Back at the apartments there was specially programmed Rhythm Riot TV and radio

Camber Sands, Sussex, England

15th -19th November 2018

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Here’s just a few words about some of the real

high-lights amongst the 25 live musical acts

who appeared

Bobby Wilson claims to be Jackie Wilson’s son and certainly both looks like

him and sounds like him His act was thoroughly professional and superbly

backed by The Revolutionaires from the UK Bobby gave us a whole bunch

of songs from his father’s song book, including ‘Reet Petite’, ‘Dogging

Around’, ‘That’s All I Need’, ‘Etcetera, Etcetera’, ‘Lonely Teardrops’ and ‘You

Better Know It’ from the 1959 movie ‘Go Johnny Go’ Bobby really worked

the stage, looked very slick with his pompadour and shiny suit and was even

wearing a cummerbund! There were people standing from the front of the

stage to the back of the dance floor to watch this act and massive responses

from the audience to many of these well-loved songs

A second highlight of the whole weekend

was a real surprise – the Japanese band Oh! Sharels

This outfit consisted of three girl

singers, each with excellent and pleasing

feminine-sounding vocals and each

singer was capable of singing a fine lead

as well The three girls were backed

by a six-piece rhythm & blues band

of the first order with a percussionist

over in one corner of the stage, who

we suspect was also the band leader

and arranger This man came equipped

with an amazing range of percussion

instruments to supplement the

drummer, including what looked like a

large orange carrot, which he proceeded

to grate to fine effect!

The band were so well presented in

co-ordinated outfits with the female

sax player coming on stage for the

first number, a sax instrumental of

the ‘All Night Long’ breed, honking as

she moved into her position with the

band really going for it Then the three

girl singers came on, complete with

white gloves which highlighted their

spectacular choreography They had a

different set of moves for each song and

were very slick

The percussionist was an entertainment

in himself He seemed to be having such

a good time every second he was on stage with big smiles, and in one number was actually banging a tambourine on his head in time to the music He was also encouraging the other players on during their solos Some of the songs they performed, to give a flavour of this act, were The Cadillacs’ ‘Peek-A-Boo’, The Zodiacs’ ‘Stay’, The Bobbettes’ ‘Mr Lee’, The Dubs’ ‘Could This Be Magic’,

‘Dedicated To The One I Love’ following The Shirelles’ version, The Moonglows’ ‘I Knew From The Start’, Shirley Gunter’s

‘Oop Shoop’, an excellent rocking

‘Boogie Woogie Baby’, a surprisingly rousing ‘You Can’t Sit Down’ from Phil Upchurch’s Combo but with full vocals,

a fabulous slow and moving version of

‘Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart’

with shades of The Coasters’ version but altered by the female vocals, and an incredibly well-choreographed encore with The Clovers’ ‘Love Potion Number 9’ and ‘Baby, Baby’ which blew us away

On ‘Potion’ for example, the female singers used their gloved hands to hold

their noses and cover their eyes during that part of the song which goes ‘I held

my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink’!

Their presentation and playing and enthusiasm were like a breath of fresh air compared to most of the small groups we have no space to mention

in this review All this was hugely appreciated by the audience, who gave them huge rounds of applause The large dance floor was three-quarters full of people standing in amazement to watch this act, and the back quarter was full

of jivers We really thank the organisers Robin & Colette Weathersbee and Jerry

‘Chatabox’ for bringing this act to the

UK and trust that other promoters will hear about this act and read this review and bring them back to the UK for shows up and down the country We unreservedly recommend the whole outfit

The end of the weekend

climaxed with an hour long

tribute to Wynonie Harris.

This featured Sugar Ray Ford and His

Lucky Strikes with Pat Reyford singing and

playing his guitar, then backing a procession

of three additional vocalists, each brave

enough to try their hand at mimicking the

greatest of the rocking blues shouters,

who was in many ways the pioneer rock ‘n’

roller Wynonie’s incredible vocals have

only ever been seriously rivalled by H-Bomb

Ferguson and it was a huge challenge for

any of these latter-day guys to come near,

but all of them did their best and all did

a pretty good job Amongst the numbers

chosen from Wynonie’s massive song-book

included Sugar Ray doing ‘Quiet Whisky’

and ‘Wasn’t That Good’, Cat Lee King from

The Cocks singing ‘Good Rockin’ Tonight’

and ‘Bloodshot Eyes’, Ed Stephenson from

The Revolutionaires with ‘I Feel That Old

Age Comin’ On’ and ‘Shake That Thing’,

Nico Duportal with ‘Down Boy Down’, Sugar

Ray providing an amusing ‘I Like My Baby’s

Pudding’ and an ensemble encore with all

the vocalists on ‘Big Fat Mama’ which, as

Ray said, Wynonie didn’t record but might

well have performed

Another highlight was an Italian band called Sugar Daddy and The Cereal Killers.

The leader Mr ‘Sugar Daddy’ Caputo is clearly a fan of Wynonie Harris and Louis Prima The band played excellent versions of songs and arrangements made famous

by these and other similar performers, with wild tenor sax solos well to the fore One

of these songs, ‘Good Morning Judge’, is on the Sugar Daddy CD ‘Thirteen Days’,

on the cover of which Mr Caputo even looks a lot like Louis Prima! The CD in fact, contains primarily self-penned numbers in similar style, mostly medium tempo songs, but for the stage show Mr Caputo wisely chose predominantly high energy rockin’ and jiving numbers

All in all this was

a massive ego.

Other acts of note at the Riot included the Redondos Doo Wop group, and the Truly Lover Trio, both from the USA and Laura B &

her band and The Rimshots from the UK Sugar Ray & The Lucky Strikes also did a superb set of their own which also included a guest appearance from singer Aisha Khan

Throughout the event the dee jay sets between the bands played mostly really rockin’ tracks from the 1950s, and from current bands playing in the same style There is nothing better for jiving, and for

a large proportion of the many hundreds of people attending this event, the music and dancing is their main interest Another big interest is the fashions of the 1940s and 1950s, and almost everyone

was wearing styles which originated from these eras There is now a massive industry producing brand new clothing and accessories in these styles, for men as well as women Bright and well-made garments are easily available from many websites, including Amazon, and many advertise in P&KG But the Rhythm Riot is not a nostalgia event Almost everyone attending, from all over Europe, and as far as Japan, is too young to remember the 1950s For all

of us, the music and the fashions are

as valid today as any other In fact, once you have discovered that these are the best, why mess with the rest! Adios until next time, when I review

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Andrey Poluektov

FEATURED ARTIST

Hi, I’m Andy Originally from Russia, but now live in Prague Before relocating,

I had been playing the double bass in a rockabilly band The Stockmen for about sixteen years and basically that was how I got into drawing – I started

by designing a website for our band and later on was drawing posters and CD sleeves Very soon I discovered the whole world of Kustom Kulture and low-brow art and such masters as Coop, Vince Ray, Frank Kozik, along with pin-up artists and illustrators (Elvgren, Rockwell etc.)

Name: Andrey “Andy” Poluektov

Experience: 18 years

Location: Czech Republic

Speciality: Graphic Design

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Although I don’t play music at the

moment, it’s still very tightly connected

to my art – that’s my main source of inspiration and most of my commissions are coming from bands and record labels To give some names - Diablo Records, Mad Sin, Guitar Slingers, Sin Kings, Ukrabilly Bang Festival It’s a real pleasure to see the final result live – a festival flyer, a poster, a stage backdrop

or to meet a guy wearing a t-shirt with your design, especially when that guy finds out that you’ve drawn it

My art style is a kind of book kind of thing, infused with rock’n’roll and some humor (dark sometimes)

cartoon/comic-ARTWORK PROCESS

My process is quite simple - I draw a sketch in pencil, then either trace it with

a non-repro blue pencil over a light panel

or just scan into Photoshop, change pencil lines to be blue and print out for inking For inking I use liners (mostly Edding or Sakura) and brushes (Winsor

& Newton sable no.2 and Raphael no.3) Inks are of various brands - Deleter, Koh-i-Nor, Black Magic, W&N I try teaching myself to ink with crowquill nibs, so sometimes I use them too (Zebra G-pen and Hunt 102 and 107) When I just started working in that comic-book style, I used to do inking in Photoshop by tracing sketches with bezier tool, but very soon realized that it takes too much time and you can’t really add lots of details, so

I started doing it on paper

When I’m done with inks, I scan the image at a high resolution (600 dpi), in black and white mode or sometimes

in greyscale and afterwards adjust it in Photoshop (mostly messing with Levels or Brightness and Contrast) If I’m working

on a relatively simple design (for a t-shirt for example), I convert inks into vector paths This helps to get a cleaner and smoother lines, but some small details could be lost, so you have to find an optimal balance

Colours are also added in Photoshop - I just create layers filled with solid color and use vector masks

INKING IS THE MOST FUN

PART BUT IT CAN BE QUITE FRUSTRATING

AS WELL!

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For sketches I can use any paper, but it should

be strong enough, because sometimes I do

LOTS of erasing And for inking I usually use smooth paper for laser printers, something

like 200 - 250 g/m2 Bristol paper is also great, especially for brushes and nibs

I guess inking is the most fun part But it can be quite frustrating as well!

Recently a selection of my works has been

published in “Rockabilly/Psychobilly An Art Anthology”, an art-book by Jamie Kendall

That was very cool too

Art is not my main occupation (I’m a software developer by profession) which might be good, because I don’t have to worry too much about the money and can just have fun On the other hand, drawing is something that I really enjoy doing, but not always have enough time

Wishing good luck and inspiration to all the artist out there! Keep rockin’!

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y name is Seth Jensen

I’m 21 years old and

I’ve been working

professionally as a

Officially Licensed Artist

for Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Rat Fink

company since I was 15 years old My

medium is Sharpie markers, and that is

what got people interested in my art I

grew up always drawing Rat Fink and

Kustom cars and it has always been one

of the biggest parts of my life When

I was 15, one of my leaders from a

program in my church told me he knew

Ed Roth’s wife, Ilene It turns out she

lived in Manti Utah, and I grew up in

St.George Utah, so he set up a way for

me to meet her Apparently she loved

my art because she asked me if I wanted

to work professionally for the company

That was one of the biggest days of my

life Since then, I created the Rat Fink

Reunion poster this year, and I have

met many people who have helped me

get where I am, such as Horny Mike,

Shannon MacDonald (An artist for the

Beatles) and many more I work full-time

as an artist now and make Kustom art for

commissioned pieces

To me, the most important part of being

an artist is to see how it brings people together I wouldn’t have ever had the confidence or success of being an artist without all the people who support and love my art They are what makes it worth it Just like Ed Roth has always inspired me, it is the best feeling to see how just making art brings others happiness I developed my specific style

by using Sharpie markers It gives a demented, bright, almost psychedelic acid trip twist on the colors of my art that I couldn’t recreate with any other medium I have started doing airbrushing, but Sharpie is what works easiest for me

TOP TIP: If you are interested in creating art, it basically comes down to this: you are going to get crap from everyone when you start making it, but DON’T let that affect you People hated my art for being creepy and twisted, and now people love

it for being that way Find what you enjoy doing and just keep going I make art for

a living because I love it, and I love the joy it brings others If that’s your goal, nothing else matters!

M

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SHARPIE MARKERS GIVE A DEMENTED,

BRIGHT, ALMOST PSYCHEDELIC ACID

TRIP TWIST ON THE COLORS OF MY ART.

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CONCEPT: ART ON SHOES

In early 2015, Ward Schoonbrood was a happy client of Carlo

Meulenhoff at his shoe shop Meulenhoff Schoenen in the city

centre of Maastricht, The Netherlands Carlo sold a broad range

of men’s, including personal pairs that he would customize with

a photo print technique for his clients Inspired by the creative

possibilities of the shoes Carlo sold, Ward decided to start

making his own creations Working as an art manager at the

Schoonbrood Art agency, Ward used an array of designs from

artists he worked with Carlo was instantly enthralled and soon

they developed their first art shoes Putting colourful art on the

street and smiles on faces, the pair received an influx of positive

feedback from international shoe aficionados

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huge demand for series production

The process of creating the shoes requires designs to be printed

onto white leather, the patterns are cut out and then the shoe is

assembled The leather gets a fine protective layer added and

the durability is tested to ensure the longevity of the shoes The

designs created by the artists are often a mixture of techniques,

including using acrylic on canvas and digital artwork

Art Shoe Mafia is a fashion brand with a colourful dose of bravura that brings you a collection of highly attractive, accessible art shoes Art Shoe Mafia not only makes creative designs, but also serve as a platform for applied creative talent The brand also develops matching accessories to their shoes, helping their unique customers in distinguishing themselves

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Experience: 4 years Location: The Netherlands Speciality: Kustom shoes Website: artshoemafia.com

In early 2017, Ward and Carlo took the concept of art shoes from a small scale production to the next level, as they created their brand Art Shoe Mafia

They started with production in Spain, shortly followed

by production at Ambiorix Shoes in Tongeren, Belgium, which was just around the corner of Maastricht in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine Ambiorix Shoes is an internationally renowned company, producing elegant shoes of high quality for an international market since 1895 Ambiorix also delivers shoes for the Royal family of Belgium, the national football team and the Olympic team

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by Ambiorix’ With Ambiorix as the production partner for the long term, Art Shoe Mafia will gradually expand its network of dealers in Europe and eventually also in the United States

COLLECTIONS AND DESIGNS

For Art Shoe Mafia, the central part of the concept is the application of artistic designs on high quality shoes Therefore, it’s essential for the brand and the collaborating artists to create designs that are made especially for the shoes The first collection is designed by Dutch artist Robert Jan van Melle, known for his positive nạve style and rich use of primary colours The shoes of the first collection are titled Paletti, Maastricht, Love, Flower Power, Summertime and Christmas These titles immediately give a good idea of the themes Van Melle and Art Shoe Mafia like

to work with The shoes are matched with corresponding belts and, to top it off, also with hand painted wooden bow ties, of course also carrying the same designs as the shoes.The second collection is designed by Dutch artist Roy Wagemans a.k.a The Artfather Wagemans developed a collection based on the central theme of flags and cultures

of the world, as proposed by Carlo and Ward under the title ‘Colours of the World’ Roy applied a mixed media approach, starting with paint on canvas, digitalizing this basis followed by adding layers to the work with help of digital techniques The shoes of this collection listen to the names Union Jack, Stars & Stripes, Tricolore, La France, Oranje Boven and Race

The third, upcoming collection will again be designed

by Van Melle, which will be released in spring 2019 The collection is called Citytrip and will take us walking from New York to Amsterdam via maritime places such as St Tropez and Barcelona It promises to be a unique and vibrant assortment This collection will then be followed by

a fourth in the autumn of 2019

Art Shoe Mafia will develop two basic collections every year, working with various artists to create a diverse

combination of collections, complemented by special editions throughout the year As the collections grow, international enthusiastic clients already start to collect multiple pairs of shoes, bringing the concepts of shoe collector and art collector together

THE SHOES ARE MATCHED WITH CORRESPONDING BELTS AND, TO TOP IT OFF, ALSO WITH HAND PAINTED

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