Been reading a long-running thread on favorite stripers and would like your opinions on what makes a striper great. Unique designs, symmetry of design, use of colors are all things that come to my mind, but I'm certainly not an artist. What are your criteria?
Steering this thread back on track, (what a bunch of degenerates, LOL). I like designs that are uniqe, line quality and unifority are tops to me. Above all though, knowing when to stop and put the brush down. Less is more in more cases than not.
Large headlights are a must, keep eye contact, but the main thing to me is she has got to use the pole
Proper use of color...... I've seen some very nice striping by well known stripers, but the colors didn't compliment the item striped.....
i think a key to a good striper is their ability to adapt to what they're striping. some guys do more of a modern style on an older style car or put scroll type work on a car that it doesnt fit with thats one of the biggest things that bothers me with striping is seeing a car straight out of 1955 that has 1970's pinstriping on it.... some people are good at adapting themselves to what they're working on, while other guys just do "their own" thing no matter what. Zach
Part of the challenge here is if the customer is paying for it, you can suggest but the man with the money gets what he wants, regardless of taste. Example. I am not a big fan of red and white together, I would rather use a cream or ivory to get a richer ( in my opinion ) looking result. I usually suggest it but end up doing red and white as per the customers request.
Someone who's ability you can trust without having to worry when you say " do what you want, go at it." Knowing when to stop I think also comes with an experienced striper. I also agree with Zach with knowing how to adapt to the style and time period of the vehicle...very good point. Just my 2cents
Impossibly fine lines and good use of color. As many as 3 complimentary colors in an elaborate work ( more than that is overkill ) . Pinstripping in the Von Dutch tradition works but some of his stuff was just over the top. Sometimes less is more if that makes sense.
Yeah, that was going to be a question I wanted to present to the stripers. Personally, if someone wants me to stripe something and I think their color or design choice is going to look crappy....I WON'T do it....it is, after all, my art and my name attached to it....he can take his $$$ elsewhere.....I don't stripe to get rich, I just enjoy it.... I had a truck I had built, painted it light met blue with darker blue flames and grey interior. I had striped the tailgate and a few lines on the dash in blue and silver. I latter sold the truck and the new owner took the truck to a "professional" striper and most of my striping was removed. The truck was restriped with GREEN???? around the flames and green/blue on the tailgate.....looks like SHIT......as there is no other green on the truck....major clash...but then....I'm just a HACK..... I wonder sometimes if it's the customer or the striper choosing.....since alot of customers will just say "do what looks good".....ya know????
two things...1: it's pinstriping, not pinstripping. you stripe, not strip...well, you might strip to pay for your striping habit. who's to say 2: A good striPer (not stripper ) also has to have lines that end somewhere. To me, leaving a line out in nowhere looks bad. look at a good stripers handi-work and you'll never see a line that just stops, it always ends somewhere. consistency of lines too is important...wait, that's 3 things...
A good striper has to be confident enough to sell the mistakes and good enough to repeat it backwards. She's also got to be able to get all the paint out of her brush!
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