Pinstriping is known in Sweden to be very restrictive
lines on handmade objects of the past. In the U.S. it's different. Catholic
cultures embraced and kept alive the ornamental, highly decorated look, bringing
it into the kustom (with a "k") car scene in the early fifties.
Eccentric artists like vonDutch and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth continued
the trade by adding their own artistery into this craft, making it take another
step into what it has become.
In classical pinstriping, the artist strives after the perfect balance in
weight, like in a logotype, lineweight contrasts and contrast between soft
curves and sharpness. The colours should enhance the object without being
to obvious. To this, the artist wants his perticular style to be recognizable
to the audience.