Get to know the hands, head, and heart behind Chris Dunlop, an automotive design and render artist. Chris attributes his artistic style using sharpie markers, airbrushing techniques, and pinstriping to his beginning career as an automotive painter where he was officially dubbed "Pinstripe Chris". After several years of creating artwork and painting cars full time, Chris and his wife Caitlin helped opened up a paint & body shop where they specialized in classic and exotic cars. During that time, Chris created the infamous Sharpie Mustang and Sharpie Camaro, where he used only Sharpie Markers to create an entire paint scheme on each car. He also started to offer custom hand-drawn renderings for their clients at the body shop to display potential paint schemes & build ideas. Eventually, Chris saw the demand for his artwork and made the leap to become a full-time artist using Instagram as his number one marketing tool. He has since garnered over 800 thousand followers on the social media platform with short and highly entertaining/impressive videos that highlight his unique art making process. Although he is not classically trained in the arts, Chris believes that repairing cars and painting them in the body shop early on in his journey provided him a unique education and strong understanding of lighting and shapes. From his studio is Southern California, he now offers highly collectable fine art paintings featuring a variety of luxury automotive brands.

In this Curated Craftsmen Conversation, we talk about:

• "In-Person" Shows verses social media marketing 
• Growing an organic social media presence through a weekly posting schedule
• A deep dive into using social media as a powerful marketing tool 
• Making the shift from one type or style of artwork to another 
• Transitioning from an established career to a full time artist 
• The pursuit of perseverance over perfection 
• An insider look at what it takes to make and sell art prints
• What an "Art Car" is
• Chris's perspective on AI generated art (Artificial Intellegence) 
• Constructive criticism as defined by Chris + how to handle it
• Achieving massive goals and stewarding material rewards well 

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