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Fraser

airsyndicate

About Me

My name is Craig Fraser, I am the owner, operator, and head artist for Air Syndicate Inc. In Bakersfield, California. I have been airbrushing professionally since 1984. Specializing in kustom automotive graphics, pinstriping, airbrush murals, and the fine art of the kustom kulture. I split my time at the shop with my travelling workshop series for ASET, Coast Airbrush, and Airbrush Action Magazines Airbrush Getaway. I am also a freelance automotive journalist for Airbrush Action Magazine, Autographics, Streetrucks, and Hot Rod Magazine, just to name a few. I currently have over 20 Educational DVD's available in the industry, and am the author of the Best Selling Kustom Paint book, "Automotive Cheap Tricks, and Special Effects". As a kustom paint consultant, I work with companies such as Medea/Artool, Coast Airbrush, and House of Kolor. I have numerous stencil systems available through Artool at Walmart, and various hobby stores throughout the world.I am also the in-house airbrusher/designer for Dion Giuliano's "Kal Koncepts", and work alongside airbrush artist, Deborah Mahan, and fabricator, Brandon Lambie of "Black Sheep Kustoms". Kal Koncepts/Air Syndicate Inc. has been the innovative leader in kustom painting for the past two decades. With more then 50 magazine covers, and over 300 feature articles we've earned our reputation. A few of our noted clients include: Jesse James, Billy Lane, Ford Motor Company, GM, Signal/Show-up, Discovery Channel, Poison, Jackson Guitars, and many others. Check out some of the rolling artwork that we crank out at: www.gotpaint.comI created this myspace page to suppliment my website, and kustom paint forum. If you are a kustom painter, pinstriper, artist, or just somebody that is interested in airbrushing, drop by the Kustom Paint forum at: www.kustomkulturelounge.com"Paint to live, live to paint"! myspace layouts & contact tables

My Interests

My 7 year old son Simon, (Simo), wife Donna, Kustom painting, airbrushing, pinstriping, Playstation II, crashing my website, and running my Q&A forum. I also like teaching, travelling, breaking, (& repairing) my 64' Caddie. Ignoring my 62' Lincoln Continental, and forgeting about my 58' Jag. Riding,(and not riding) my 2002 R1 Yamaha/MV Agusta Hybrid. Drums, Guitar, and writing. If there are any other interests that you feel I have neglected, please feel free to comment.

I'd like to meet:

I have been lucky enough in this industry to literally get to meet everyone I have ever wanted to. I figure, if I start a list now,...I might just jinx it...Click above to check out Billy Lane's Biker Burn-Off Vid. Needless to say a repaint was in order after the show!....

Music:

AC/DC, Primus, Chili Peppers, Funktion, Liquid Tree, Black Sabbath, Korn, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, Oingo Boingo, Mr. Bungle, Suicidal Tendencies, Surf Punks, and last but not least,.... The genius of JC/PC.

Movies:

All movies rule. Even the bad ones,....Actually,.... Especially the bad ones. Any movie with Bruce Campbell is essential.

Television:

Don't really watch it, except for movies, cartoons, and getting a laugh out of lame reality shows. On second thought,..., Scratch that. I like Old School TV: Twilight Zone, The Prisoner, Alfred Hitchcock presents, Star Trek, and The Biker Build off series. Actually,...I watch a hell of a lot of it.

Books:

The Dark Tower series by Steven King. Anything by Clive Barker, Ann Rice, Clive Cussler, Peter Straub, Dan Brown, and Dale Brown. I like descriptive writers.

Heroes:

Ed, "Big Daddy" Roth, Jon Kosmoski, Art Himscl, Robert Williams, Salvadore Dali, LeCorbusier, Brunneleschi, Archemedes,.... You know the big names... Video Code Proudly Provided by Fatcodes.com - Myspace music videos and songs, music video codes