I recently had the pleasure of going down to Jaw Droppin Customs in Corpus Christi for a few days to do some airbrushing for these guys. I have to tell you, they are doing the coolest work on bikes and cars here in Texas. They have it all; fabrication, service to paint.
They asked me to [...]
Every once in awhile, I get some clients that have an experience that really touches me. These folks went through a very tragic experience when they lost their son to a sudden brain tumor. He was a budding and talented pilot with no fear and a passion for the sky. His attitude was unstoppable; unfortunately, [...]
Read moreThis is my favorite airbrush painting yet! It started as an aluminum panel with chrome metalflake as a base. Then came some lace and some root beer kandy for the background. The four gold border corners around her is fine metallic silver with gold kandy and root beer kandy used through a texture FX stencil. I [...]
Read moreMetalflake Builtwell helmet with some designs that just went wild. the only imagery worthy to adorn something like this had to be “The Most Interesting Man in the World.”
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Some times i need some personal time to get some frustration out. This kind of airbrushing is usually what happens if i cant go shoot any guns.
No explanation needed for this one. just watch the airbrushing demo and enjoy. (it’s one of my favorite songs)
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Wow… this is a tough one to write, so I will keep it simple. I never knew Buddy, but I really wished I did after hearing and reading so many great stories about him. The best combination of role model and joker all wrapped up in one.
I was honored to be the one [...]
There are so many stories to this bike and its owner, i’m not even going to start talking about this one.
But, the technicalities of the paint are a mid metallic silver base, a shitload of airbrushing and brandywine kandy on top. If while you are looking at this paintjob and something stands out to you [...]
This is the third paintjob to decorate this bike…it may not be the last. As you can see, some things were left to the imagination, and that is the way i like to leave things. Its not because i care about the rules of boobs and such on the road, its just more fun for people to [...]
Read moreThis is a recreation of a work of art by a famous black artist named Kadir Nelson. The original is pretty awesome! I attempted to do it justice on a harley faring. The original painting is in color, but i airbrushed it in grayscale to go with the rest of the bike which is a dark platnum.
Read moreJust some test panels with pin striping and some airbrushing. The flask is one of three that I did as gifts for the groomsmen at my wedding.
Read moreAhh, the quintisential earth-scape mural. It all started with the vehicle campers love for nature, but they had an addiction to the convenience of technology…me too. Mostly you’ve seen them on RVs and such, but they can be on everything- like a 95 Silverado.
The truck in the mural is the truck that the tailgate [...]
The Phoenix is a symbol of rebirth. The original owner of this truck passed away. Then the vehicle was hit and repairs had to be done. The hood was one of the parts re-worked and repainted.
The animal started as a bat, then to a hawk, then resolved itself into a Phoenix. It just naturally [...]
People do some pretty crazy things when it comes to sports. This is a show of some pretty amazing team spirit! There is airbrushing all around the whole bike. Complete with the tower with the #1 lit up, bevo, retired jersey numbers, football textured side panels, pinstriped wheels…well, you pretty much have to see the [...]
Read moreCustom airbrushing a fish to look like an American flag doesn’t happen every day in the custom motorcycle painting world. The completion day happened to be 9-11. Pretty appropriate.
Read moreSometimes you can find more than hay and a good time in an old barn. A find like this is a dream come true for most motorcycle enthusiasts. Yes, it was stored in a barn and yes, it was a mess. Five bags of sand were used just on the frame to remove all [...]
Read moreAn already sick looking bike gets even badder! This bike originally had a silver paint job and looked pretty good. It was at Texas Custom Choppers, sold and then the owner wanted to put some custom airbrushing on the tins. since the scheme was black and silver, it needed to stay monochromatic. The owner of [...]
Read moreBlue real fire Harley Davidson! The best thing about this bike are the accents on the bike that we decided to paint. Such as the ring on the air cover and the inner faring and dash pieces. A lot of people avoid painting the inner faring (because it aint easy,) but whenever it is painted, the [...]
Read moreThis grim reaper is on a Harley Davidson FLHX faring. Very cool…but it may not be what you want to see behind you!
Its all free-hand airbrushing. The owner wanted it to be pretty menacing. Its a great method of customizing a bike without re-doing the whole thing. We had a few references, but neither he [...]
This is on my truck…more to come. It’s a work in progress.
Read moreThis guy wasn’t prepared for this level of coolness with this paint job. He bought an 81 iron head sportster that was stock. He stopped in to a motorcycle shop called Texas Bike Works to get some oil and they started talking about bikes. This shop owner had a frame that was [...]
Read moreThis is the faring of one of the guys bikes that’s a member of the Gunslingers Motorcycle Club here in Austin Texas. This club was started here in Austin and it consists of Law Enforcement Officers. Since its conception, chapters have formed all over the country.
He has a tattoo of the Gunslinger logo [...]
What a sweeeet ride! This guy bought this Lexus for his wife because she kept taking his other one out when he was gone. It had everything on it when he bought it-except her name. He said there was just too much white and he wanted a black pinstripe with her nickname [...]
Read moreBatter Up! Mojo baseball has got some style! This is a pretty cool custom painted helmet. Hope the kids don’t get into a fight about who gets to wear this and be the catcher.
Read moreThis is the helmet of the king of the east. It goes along with the pitt bull hyabusa. The owner wanted the helmet to be pretty mean just like the bike.
It was only appropriate to have a crown around the cranium. But it needed something else; ghost dogs and demons swirling around [...]
Basically these were all personal projects. They were just recently showcased at the 8th annual Star of Texas Tattoo Revival.
The girl panel started with chrome metal flake and then burple kandy on top. Then I masked of the black outer border and the inner frame where I was going to paint the portrait. Then [...]
I painted these guns for a 4H auction. I was able too shoot these guns with paint, rather than shoot them in the traditional sense.
The Longhorn and Aggie guns had plastic stocks and the Tech was wood. Different prep techniques were needed to paint these guns. With such precision equipment, extreme attention to detail when [...]
Do you remember when you used to look at clouds and see things like turtles and bunnies? I don’t. I saw dinosaurs fighting and tearing each other into fluffy shreds.
One day, about 10 years ago, I noticed that I had lost the ability to see monsters prowling in the atmospheric vapors. I was [...]
This is where the magic happens. I think it’s interesting to see where people work, so I’ve made a little page for anyone who cares.
Let me give you some of the details- These are pics of the paint department that I run at Texas Custom Choppers. We shoot all of our paint in a Garmat [...]
There were alot of colors to this tank. I used a color matched red, Burple Kandy, silver ultra mini metal flake, Pagan Gold Kandy and bunch of silvers. When the owner saw the finished product, he did a double-take because he couldn’t remember which side the damage was on. That type of reaction is priceless.
Read moreThese are just some pieces that started as test panels for a Honda Valkyrie. No interesting story on these guys, just haven fun. You will see the finished product on the bike soon.
Read moreAustin Texas has two well known lakes- Lake Austin, which is really the Colorado River and Lake Travis which I work next to. When I moved here, I immediately met some people who wake boarded. I told them I wanted to do a custom painted wake board and Greg from Lake Lessons gave me [...]
Read moreIn high school I loved being in detention. It was the only time I could draw and not get in trouble (as long as I was quiet.) Soon my drawings worked their way off the paper and onto my classmates.
Everyone was saying that I should be a tattoo artist but for some reason, I [...]
If it can be painted-It should be painted. I get so tired of people being scared to do something different. This huge white wall was driving me crazy so it was time to make a mark!
Club 609 is an Asian-Fusion hookah bar in St. Louis that needed some attention. My roommate knew the bartender and [...]
This is a bike that was a long time in the making. The owner and I went through about 20 paint schemes before he was happy, then he backed out of the build just before it was completed!
I did all of the aesthetic design work and drew it out so the only straight lines would [...]
I’m not really a fan of flames or ghost flames because they are so cliché. But for some reason, I have a soft spot for yellow-to-red flames with blue pinstripes.
The owner of this tank wanted me to paint it first and then he would Kreem Line it. Hell No! (When people try to do [...]
When I found out that a close friend had breast cancer, my shop decided to build a bike for the cause. After learning more about breast cancer, I realized how close I was to people who have gone through it personally or with a friend or family member.
Now the stereotypical thematic design for breast cancer [...]
This paint job made it possible for me to get some new pipes and catch leaves on fire with them. The tins were painted two-tone with gold as the base and silver as the middle panels. Then I marbleized the silver with a neutral marbleizer which is clear and works with any dry pearls. This [...]
Read moreThis van used to be school bus yellow! It was a tarmac vehicle with a huge black 13 on the roof. I used a heat gun to remove the vinyl and pretty much focused on the roof before I got to the sides of the van. After I sanded it down, I prepped it for [...]
Read moreGuitars are just like bikes. It’s a tool of expression. But why do they all look the same?! Everybody’s musical style is different so let’s mix things up a bit and get crazy! Everybody recognizes Eddie Van Halen’s guitar. Same with Dimebag Darrell. I love painting guitars because i’ve been playing guitar for years. So, [...]
Read moreThe guy who owns this 84’ FLHS was involved in the ultimate drive-by shooting. His electronic navigation system made it possible for an 820lb copper bullet a meter in diameter to be shot into a 4 mile wide comet at 23,000 mph. FYI, he designs electronics for spaceships.
This bike was calling to him in [...]
I love when I meet people who think outside the box. They’re the ones who really push the limit and want to challenge the status quo. The guy who built this bike is exactly that type of personality.
He came to me with this crazy looking gas tank that looked like the helmet for a Star [...]
Ideas for paintjobs sometimes come from interesting places. This one started from a T-shirt hanging in our shop. The owner of this bike came in and asked if I could do a custom paintjob on his bike, but he wanted to keep the bike green. I asked him what kind of look he wanted [...]
Read moreWell, it might be to some guys. Not this guy. I always keep a journal of crazy sketches, ideas, visions that come to me in my sleep… anything that inspires me. I have shelves full of them - no shit.
I can’t stress the importance of this enough: Drawing isn’t just a fundamental skill in my [...]
Some bikes will always be bikes, but some transform into flesh and blood! This custom Hayabusa has a beating heart. I met the owner of this bike in a restaurant parking lot. The bike was originally blue and we started talking about paint. It gave me the chills when he said that he wanted to [...]
Read moreOpal Energy is a zero-emission energy company. They are pioneers of green energy engineering. Rumor has it, they have the highest efficiency standards in the industry. Their work may just wind up allowing mother earth to breath easier… not to mention me and you.
Read moreThe owner of this tattoo shop is one of the coolest chicks I’ve ever met. The first time I met her, she was calling me from a white soccer mom van. She was following me on the highway and got my # off my airbrushed tailgate. We pulled into a parking lot, then this 20-something [...]
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Welcome to Mathias Airbrushing, my journal of custom motorcycle paint. If you love bikes like I do, you’ll appreciate my creative enthusiasm when it comes to customization. I run the custom paint division of Texas Custom Choppers, and this site is a documentation of my life and work. Surf around and enjoy yourself… and when you’re ready to crank your own ride up a few notches, call me.
~Mathias
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Wow.. what can I say.. Mathias is such an amazin...
28.11.2011 by JanC on "Vintage Custom Painted Roadking"
Hi there! Awesome work. The site is pretty cool,...
01.09.2011 by Everardo on "Skull Airbrushing"
Mathias!!
Excellent portfolio!!! I found you...
17.08.2011 by Greg Radcliff on "Gunslingers MC"
I like the new 'enlarge' feature! The Johnny Ca...
12.04.2011 by Robby on "Skull Airbrushing"
