Check out http://www.zazzle.com/pixeleye for two new Skatedecks starring Karen Kengen and Millie Dollar!

Today is Kick-off in Vegas for our Flake & Flames - Kustom Kulture Film, producer Jesper Bram reported: "We where out doing an interview with Bob Spina in Vegas today. Super cool guy with more than 50 years of experience to share. We got lots of great stuff in the box."



http://www.flakeandflames.com
https://www.facebook.com/flakeandflames



About the film
“The world famous Kool Lifestyle Photographer Dirk “The Pixeleye” Behlau and the acclaimed Pinstriper and Artist, Jesper Bram join forces on an astonishing adventure to make a feature length documentary Film about the Kustom Kulture movement around the globe.”

Dirk and Jesper will spend a year going from California through Europe and end in Japan in search of the coolest Kustom Kulture people and events on the planet. Picking the brains of living legends, up and coming artists and builders within the culture.

The guys seek out some of the hottest Kustom Kulture spots and get some of the worlds best car and motorcycle builders, tattoo artists, pinstripers, custom painters and pin-up models to share their tricks and experience.

Facts about the film
Language: English
75min. Feature length documentary
The film is an independent production
Material for the film will be shot during 2011, in U.S., EU, & Japan.
The film will be released world wide on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012.
During 2012 the film will be available for select festivals
The film will be available to the public through a wide network of international distributors.
For an updated list of featured artists and fabricators please see the Feature List

Who are these two morons?
Dirk Behlau, aka „The Pixeleye“, born in 1971, is an internationally acclaimed designer and photographer from Cologne/Germany. Since 1999, he has created individual high-class solutions for international customers and magazines in his design-studio „Pixeleye Interactive“.
Dirk Behlau has previously directed the DVD “Drag Racing – Turtman Switzerland 2007”, as well as shot several trailers and teasers for the legendary finnish rockband Leningrad Cowboys and other bands.

Jesper Bram, born 1973 is a renowned Danish pinstriper and artist. He has a strong background in advertising and holds multiple awards and nominations in graphic design. As an entrepreneur, Jesper has been involved in several large scale international projects since the mid nineties. Jesper has been into custom cars and motorcycles since childhood and has been drawing just as long. In 2009 he founded his automotive pinstriping and design studio J.Bram Kustom Graphics.

www.dirkbehlau.de
All rights reserved. Copyright 2011

www.dirkbehlau.de
All rights reserved. Copyright 2011

Kustom magazine. The main subjects of the magazine include the Custom Bike, Hot Rod, Pin Up, and Kustom cultures.

We search out the most interesting bikes and hot rods, as well as the loveliest pin up girls in the world, as well as dealing with exhibitions and numerous other events. We mainly focus on European and North American cars and bikes, but we’re open to all of the custom car and bike builders of the world.



Get it at the itunes Store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kustom-mag/id428845337?mt=8&ls=1#
http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/kustom-mag/id428845337?mt=8&ls=1#

Dirk Behlau is one of those rare photographers who is able to take photos of people you've never met and make them seem familiar, friends almost. His photographs of vehicles make you want to reach out and turn the key.

His new book, Kool Fellas. Ltd., continues that pattern. It’s safe to say that Dirk is one of the top two or three kustom kulture photographers in Europe. He understands the subjects – hot rods, custom cars, stripped down motorcycles, pinup and burlesque girls - and the men and women who live the lifestyle every day. That is obvious from his photography.

It is gritty and raw, like his subjects, never polished or pretentious. He’s not a photographer trying to figure something out. He has it figured out because this is his life, too. Dirk just relays what he sees from the inside. This book could be sub-titled “A Day in the Life of Dirk.”

Shot in the USA as well as in Europe, Kool Fellas, Ltd. is a feast for the eyes, a great coffee table book for the casual observer or a pictorial textbook for the student of kustom kulture. Simply, slowly studying the photos will tell you much about this kulture. Except for the noise and the smell of oil and gasoline, it’s all there in the book.
http://www.koolfellas.com

Artist Feature with Eva Schatz for the upcoming design book Inkarnation: Tattoo & Lifestyle, Filmed & produced by Pixeleye Interactive, http://www.pixeleye.de for Zeixs Publishing, http://www.zeixs.com

"I’m tattooing since March 2007 at Leo’s Naked Trust Tattoo Crew in the wonderful City Centre of Salzburg in Austria, Europe. Before I started tattooing I was into a school for Fashion Design an after this I studied Graphic- & Communication-Design. So I was an art-freak since ever,… or ever and ever. I always had a fable for body-art and the fantastic tattoo-artists around the world, especially Leo, but I always was too shy to ask for an apprenticeship, even though it was my heart-desire! So I worked up all the courage to ask Leo for a change, and he gave me the very best thing in my life…. he gave me his passion for tattooing and all (I hope anytime nearly all) the knowledge of the handling of a tattoo machine, and, and, and…I´m soo thankful to him, that he gave me the chance of my life!!!
And this is my previous way of life – and I´m just in the beginning, but I´m tattoing with all my passion, particularity, lot of love, femaleness, with my hands, ink, needles, a little bit of luck and hopefully brain. Every Tattoo is a custom made, unique Tattoo and I´m trying to put all my energy and my creativity in every special sketch! Yours Eva" http.//www.evaschatz.com

www.dirkbehlau.de
All rights reserved. Copyright 2011

Artist Feature with Joe Capobianco for the upcoming design book Inkarnation: Tattoo & Lifestyle, Filmed & produced by Pixeleye Interactive, http://www.pixeleye.de for Zeixs Publishing, http://www.zeixs.com

Joe Capobianco is a refined artist in the field of airbrushing and tattooing. For over 15 years Joe has utilized various techniques and mediums in order to create some of the most fascinating pinup style pieces, resembling those of the late 1950s with an added modern flair. Known as the "Capo Girl", this style has directly correlated to his tattoo work, winning him numerous awards throughout prestigious tattooing events time and time again. Joe opened Hope Gallery in New Haven, CT in 2003 and has since released 3 books, 2 full length DVDs, his own custom "Brickhouse" tattoo machine, a series of "Easy Glow" tattoo pigments, a limited edition vinyl toy, and countless prints and original works. http://www.joecapobianco.com

Nikko Hurtado is a tattoo artist who specializes in colored portraiture. Hurtado has been tattooing since 2002. He owns and works at Black Anchor Collective in Hesperia, California. He has appeared as a guest on LA Ink and Tattoo Wars. He has released a DVD called Tattooing Portraits with Nikko Hurtado and recently released a Dia de los Muertos instructional DVD. www.nikkohurtado.com

Die TV-Garage der neunten Staffel "Der Checker - Viel Auto, wenig Geld" ist mit drei großen Fotodrucken (Hot Rod, Lenkrad, Keep out Schrottplatzzaun USA) von Dirk Behlau ausgestattet. Die jeweiligen Motive können im Pixeleye Printshop in der Rubrik "Der Checker DMAX" in diversen Formaten bestellt werden.



Die neunte Staffel "Der Checker - Viel Auto, wenig Geld", startet heute am 04. April 2011 auf dem gewohnten Sendeplatz: Montag, 20:15 Uhr. Die neue Staffel hat acht Episoden.


Foto: DMAX





Info:
Vom PS-starken Cabrio, über den getunten Sportwagen, bis zur sparsamen Familienkutsche - bei der Suche nach dem idealen fahrbaren Untersatz für die Bewerber, hat jeder der drei Kfz-Freaks seinen eigenen Stil: King Kasi, das Hamburger Original mit Vorliebe für dicke Ami-Schlitten, punktet bei schwierigen Verhandlungen durch seine offene, ehrliche Art. Harry, der sportliche Münchner, überzeugt durch souveränes Auftreten und lockere Sprüche. Und seinem Berliner Kollegen Andreas kann kein Gebrauchtwagenhändler was vormachen.

Die neunte Staffel "Der Checker - Viel Auto, wenig Geld", startet am 04. April 2011 auf dem gewohnten Sendeplatz: Montag, 20:15 Uhr. Die neue Staffel hat acht Episoden.

Ad by Chromjuwelen.com, Photography by Dirk Behlau (Mint 400 near Las Vegas 2010)