Personal Branding Inspiration....

I'm really into vintage customised cars and the whole Hot Rod scene and I'd like to use some of those influences in my personal branding. To strengthen the theme I was also born in 1966 and my email address is pfrosty66@hotmail.co.uk so taking the Route 66 logo as inspiration would be cool too.

There are common themes running through Hod Rod Kulture including chequered flags, airbrushed flames and pinstriping. Colour palletes typically include primary Yellows, Reds, Blacks and Whites.

These vintage magazines are typical of the colour themes...

Pinstriping (the application of lines of paint using a purpose made long brush forming graceful flowing patterns) has always been linked with the Hot Rod Kulture and has inspired clothing designs, stickers and many magazines and books.

The pinstriping forms could also be interwoven into my personal branding. Here are a few examples of pinstriping application....

To make my calling cards stand out from from the crowd it would be cool to get them embroidered into a vintage themed sew on patch. This wouldn't be cheap but there are suppliers that have computer controlled embroidering machoines so it is possible.

If it was unrealistic to have them embroidered, the effect could possibly be simulated in Photoshop.

Here are some examples of vintage sew on patches.....