My Custom paintjob on a Tacoma
 

I am somewhat new on this website, and a few of you have seen the photos of my Jeep. I am a custom painter of highend motorcycles. My career started at Titan Motorcycle. Now with 4300 custom bikes within my resume,now I paint only as a hobby of friends vehicles. (I am only painting 4x4s, dirtbikes, and quads.

Let me show you this weekend's project. This is my graduation gift for a family member's son.

Here is the Tacoma sanded down and prepped.

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Then I shot sealer, then a coat of silver for the graphics. This is gerber paper to cut out the graphics out backwards. (Just watch to see how it is done).

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Then you spray the outer color, wait for it to dry, and peel the gerber paper. Then you shadow the silver to create the detail. Like this.

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Custom paintwork and daycare service. This girl will be the future custom painter. She already has the artistic eye to do detailed crafts WITHOUT instruction.
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Learning from the profesional.
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Gotta learn now!!!
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NICE!!

dude.... DAM! thats nice work

Here it is done. I sprayed it the clear coat this morning.

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You have some serious talent, well done man.

Sick paint job man!

I like the cherokee too. First cherokee i've seen with realistic flames like that.
Did you do the cherokee also?

Yeah, that is my Cherokee. I painted that a year ago. Within the next 30 days, I will scuff the Cherokee, and add more artwork to it. More skulls, more flames, and a ton more depth on the flames already on it. Plus add some purple candy at the whisps to make it look a bit more realistic.

Here is a better photos of my XJ.

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looks awesome.. great work

Very nice work man!!! You have a gift!

flames are so nice.

i want to ask something. usually we apply metallic paint with desired color in it and then we apply clear coat. on custom paint jobs, we use silver then a colored final coat. why is this? actually i need to compare them.