Jillian "HellCat" Rossi on Pinstriping (Video Instruction)

We caught up with Jillian "HellCat" Rossi at the 2016 Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show in Miami. Pin striping (pinstriping) is the application of a very thin line of paint or other material called a pin stripe, and is generally used for decoration. Freehand pin stripers use a specialty brush known as a pinstriping brush.

[@villapinstriping]

Met Hellcat last year. Super cool pinstriper! Very talented

[@kengodwin5720]

Love your work and your dad's. You need to do more video's. Great artist.

[@MaxAC]

Very cool video, so much talent. Thanks for sharing.

[@goodfacts8394]

Wow wonderful

[@paullemon6542]

You’re totally awesome

[@kyleforeman4543]

Stunning

[@annescript]

Phenomenal 💖

[@user-hb8be5wb4q]

This young lady “has the talent, as I describe it as GOD given.” I never had the patience nor drive. Now at 77 I have the patience, no drive due to multiple back surgeries,Not much excuse, but, balance is off due to the back. I applauded this young lady, we need more like her, and their kind of strippers/signers! Much blessing wished for her and gobs and gobs of financial success and accolades!!., BRAVO,!!!.,

[@ronjon5386]

She is super fast. Most don’t paint this fast. It looks like she is holding the brush with the blue update down. She is really good .

[@stevekafka]

Great to see a young lady Pinstriper, the only thing I would say is try one of my scrollers..please!

[@Turco949]

Great to see you still checking out videos of other pinstripers' work, Mr. Kafka!

[@tannercolson1886]

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[@rhettsamir5180]

@Tanner Colson lately I have been using Flixzone. Just search on google for it :)

[@elonpatrick4722]

@Rhett Samir Yea, I have been watching on Flixzone for months myself =)

[@tannercolson1886]

@Rhett Samir Thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service :D I really appreciate it!!

[@bigwu100]

Nice.

[@blairhunt1424]

Love your work BUT, that little smudge that you got on the left side of the tank when you started made me bonkers!!

[@cliffboule8395]

I sorta like it.

[@1-shotslinger108]

This is cool . I met Jillian at a class by Jeff Styles . She took her art talents and worked on her striping skills and got good real fast. Her work is perfect. She can also do a Rat Fink that looks like a decal [ only kind of better with her own touches]. She taught me how to make a smooth sharp corner 90 degrees. She has been featured in some bike mags. Hey Jillian post some stuff on PINHEADLOUNGE . I see your account but no pics. This is cool . Oh I already said that.

[@raymondgilbert7664]

1-Shot slinger

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

There is always something to learn from other artists. Some fine lines, no doubt.

[@krshrv]

so mesmerizing, the sure hand, and where can we get that t-shirt?

[@LilGagaChick]

I have unsteady hands as well. But my line work is pretty good in art and I keep it neat. I call it being being shaky in the right direction.

[@stevekafka]

That’s why lots of Pinstriper’s drink while they work, not me ever…but they would do it to calm their nerves…

[@gurudasanr8823]

Nice

[@Creator_Nater]

Lovely young lady Nice pinstriping too

[@michellekelley4233]

Thanks for telling us that you don't need a steady hand.

[@randy1ization]

using Q tips with rubbing alchohol works good for cleaning smudges early on, once it dries a bit, then mineral spirits.. I like terpentine to thin with, it gives the paint more of a creamy consistancy. Also I find if you let your eye look where the line is going, rather than where the brush actually is, things seem to go easier. In my opinion holding the brush like a pencil, is the way to go, because your wrist is basically a natural pivot hinge, and you can stay off the work area, using your forearm to brace.

[@1-shotslinger108]

The brush is not like a pencil. { Jillian taught me this] . You drag the brush across the work . Don't pencil the brush.

[@randy1ization]

everyone has to find thier own prefered way to hold the brush. theres no right or wrong way if it works for you.

[@1-shotslinger108]

I think you will find you are close to a 45% angle. But yes, there is no right or wrong. Whatever works!

[@randy1ization]

I use the very tip of the brush, so its less angle.

[@camgnilpe9300]

tt the video is about her work not yours. make your own!

[@alansm136]

Is this young lady still around doing pinstriping? Nothing to see about her on instagram etc.

[@theungoliant9410]

she using that brush upside down?

[@eqlzr2]

I wonder if there are any pinstripers nicknamed Mary Beth or Precious or Hope? Probably not, huh?

[@MXMSKustomShop]

Sounds like words that I've spoken, damn near word for word from a video I used to have

[@kennethmason7324]

What happened to your video, how did you lose it? It's not very professional to cast aspersions without proof to back it up.

[@kimcassidy4905]

Since you use different media, I was wondering is it possible to pinstripe an ATV?

[@LilGagaChick]

Anything with a clear coat finish she said. I know you can do guitars for sure.

[@stevekafka]

Nothing will stick to polypropalene and that’s what they are made of…

[@changemiilife]

Hello I love your work and would love to learn from u lol Funny I go by "HellKat" also would love to get some tricks from u or anything u can teach me will be helpful

[@stevekafka]

Liz Raulfs with your attitude and talent you should be good for at least $200 grand a year, if you get to the good shows ( when they start again) I’d be glad to coach you ,like I did with Monte Roach. I won’t be doing seminars until I sell the Von Dutch Bus project..

[@edmilsondossantos8429]

Chocolate de bolas brasil

[@mortenhansen3455]

She's good.... She'hehehe's very good! The tempo and consistency is AWEsome! I love watching these master make it look like childs play. Then you spent 1000 dollars on brushes and paint and can't do ONE line straight haha. I guess practice makes Pro!

[@KVN-1000]

I wanna hear the pronunciation of this (She'hehehe's )

[@mortenhansen3455]

@@KVN-1000 Step 1. Open your mouth. step 2. Try ;-P

[@KVN-1000]

@@mortenhansen3455 I just did it and I did shake my head while doing it to ensure quality

[@mortenhansen3455]

@@KVN-1000 Just put a layer of gloss over it and you'll be alright ;-)

[@spanky522]

It's so hard to actually put a name on a design. Ya never really know what it is until you're done. For me I just start connecting lines and making curves and scrolls and I just add until I like the look.

[@greenspringvalley]

I'm super new, and ordered a big brush...too big that drooped like the one in the video. A different woman used a smaller brush that holds it's shape sideways, that looks easier for me. The droopy brush was too unfamiliar.

[@jaduran1004]

Next time someone asks you how long it took you to pinstripe the tank say it took four years and fifteen minutes. So basically four years of practice to do it in 15 minutes.

[@stevekafka]

Ya I can say about 15 minutes for the design ,and fifty years to get to this level…

[@randy1ization]

only thing that will take one shot off after it dries is oven cleaner.

[@dennisschell5543]

Then "Hellcat" better remove that smudge that she laid down right off the bat...

[@scottrodcustoms1]

Geez, wipe that smudge!

[@JohnSmith-xq9we]

A better camera angle would have been nice...

[@pablopicoso]

Nobody asked how much it costs to get a car or a tank painted like that.

[@sdqsdq6274]

that damn brush is not cheap , lol

[@ryanramsey404]

$15 is pretty cheap

[@stevekafka]

For what it’s capable of with the correct practice and color selection, should be about $500.00 ! Nothing else performs even close, most of the copies are a joke,and very poorly made, I have my brushes made by the oldest brushmakersvinnJapan.

[@davemurphy2020]

bollocks