Best Handcrafted Vehicle Graphics of 2010

FIRST PLACE

Fabricator

Steve “The Wizard” Chaszeyka
Wizard Airbrush Graphics
New Middleton, OH
(330) 542-4444
www.wizardairbrushgraphics.com

Client
Eric Boren

This fierce panel, which decorates a motorcycle trailer, took eight hours to complete. Chaszeyka said, “The customer said to make it sick.” Following orders, he unleashed a menagerie that features a deranged clown, skeletons, ghouls and gremlins that provide a not-so-subtle reminder to any passing motorists to back off. “The Wizard” decorated the pane with Xotic (Minneapolis) urethane and an Iwata (Portland) HPC Plus airbrush.

SECOND PLACE

Fabricator
Steve Chaszeyka

Client
Chris Schrecengrost

The Bible’s sixth chapter of the Book of Revelation tells the story of the breaking of the seals and the ride of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Chaszeyka rendered the Horsemen — and their attending flames and lightning — using Xotic urethanes and a customized Iwata Micron airbrush.

THIRD PLACE

Fabricator
Steve Chaszeyka

Client
Anonymous Daytona Bike Week customer

If a motorcycle rider is going to install fairing to reduce wind drag and offer extra accident protection, a set of ghost flames with tribal-horse emblems certainly provides a sufficiently cool factor. Chaszeyka created the horse graphics using CorelDraw and Gerber Omega software and plotter-cut masks. He created the flames using Xotic urethanes and an Iwata HP airbrush. A DuPont clearcoat layer helps keep the flames alight.