Pinup Stickers

Since nose art was first painted on aircraft, lovely pinup girls have graced powerful machines, and pinup stickers allow this tradition to continue today. The first nose art appeared on French fighter planes in World War I. The tradition spread quickly and soon fighter planes in other countries started to sprout more than country markers on the their skin. The women were stylized and iconic symbols of beauty, home and a tribute to realistic art.

There's a psychological connection between man and machine- particularly when the machine is a complicated as an aircraft. If the aircraft brought you home safely from combat, you're going be fond of it. Many a pinup marked aircraft sported bullet holes in its term of duty. By adoring their planes with pinup art, pilots were able to connect to a piece of home- to have a thing of beauty in a war where many things were ugly. Many of today's sport enthusiasts have that same connection with their machines. While they may not be in life or death combat- there's certainly competition. A motocross rider depends on his bike to get him to the finish line first- and the weekend quad rider who spends many pleasant hours working on his ATV will form an attachment, no to mention the enthusiastic owners of cars, boats, and jet skis.

Since having a professional pinup artist paint "nose art" would be prohibitively expensive, vinyl pinup stickers allow all of us to have a piece of history on the machine we love. Retro stickers are available for vintage pinups such as Betty Page, and newer artists are represented as well- you could have art from a famous artist like Olivia. Whether you are looking for a demure and seductively posed pinup girl or an evil pinup stickers with horns and a tails, she's out there.

Stickers also offer the advantage of being quick and easy to apply- important if you want to resell, quick to remove. You can buy stickers from different artists and mix and match them- one pinup artist would be expensive, much less two! Stickers are also much less expensive than canvas and paint artwork. You can also get things like vinyl race numbers, pinstripes, etc. All easily removable. Pinup stickers allow us to create a link to the past- and decorate the machines of the present, with style, class and sophistication.