Shawn's New Cummins Diesel

Since I customize vehicles for a living, I have had many painted trucks and cars over the years. The longer I airbrush and pinstripe, the more I learn about the art, and about people. In many projects the art is all about expression--an extension of the owner's personality--and that is exactly what I did on my new truck. I really didn't think too much about what the trend is, just what I though to be cool, stories of my life. Some of the things my friends and I enjoy turn out in the ideas and colors on the job. I created this with the help of my friends at Fifth Dimension, and it is one of my personal favorites! I knew a lot of designs would look good so I decided to just get working and the best ideas came to me. I left enough room to do black and white images on the hood, tailgate, and down the sides.
On the tailgate I wanted the feeling of America and the freedom of the open road. It features wild animals roaming free and an old pickup on the road, as well as an eagle with a wing open and flowing. I used a modern copper to capture a similar, yet more moderns take on the idea kept in the black and white coloring to give it that old feel.



The hood features the streets of Las Vegas in the 1940's, and even an old time gangster looking at a woman, an idea that my friend Kent and I thought was a good one.