ABOUT BOMONSTER

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My name is BOMONSTER and I'm a scratchboard artist. I draw with a knife on a black inked board. I scratch hot rods, dragsters, dirt bikes, chopper motorcycles, kustoms, trucks in deserts and surfers on beaches. I can't help it; it's in my DNA.

I grew up in Southern California which meant we rode skateboards to school and minibikes in the hills. On weekends my dad raced his garage-built roadsters at local drag strips and later got the bug to race dirt bikes in the So Cal desert. I wasn’t always a scratchboard artist and got into it late after a career art directing ad campaigns for car and motorcycle clients.

What is scratchboard art? It’s basically the art of drawing with a sharp knife. A black inked wood board is scratched away with a sharp Xacto blade revealing a white layer underneath which is later scanned and turned into a vector print file.

Our operation is literally myself, Mrs BOMONSTER and sometimes you’ll meet family members helping us at shows. Our products are printed in limited quantities on quality items which means you’re paying a premium price since our costs to produce are higher than mass produced brands. For that reason, we always strive to provide the best customer service possible.

My art reflects the originality of the people behind the machines. Builders, weldors, painters, riders and drivers who live life in their own lane and have fun doing it.

We pray like it’s all God and we work like it’s all us. Along the way we are blessed with travel adventure, introductions to awesome people, personal stories, creative inspiration, good times and a few sales, commissions and business contacts along the way. And for that we say THANK YOU, Lord.