(quote) I tink it's more to do with the fact that people want something new. "thinking outside the box" custom painting.



From my experience, that is always the reason for change. The problem is that people don't always want it, or aren't ready for it.

In the '80s I couldn't get street rodders to consider anything except bright colors, and very simple graphics. At that time I was trying to sell tribal graphics, and photo realistic flames, but nobody seemed to want to risk being different.

I think we are going to see more change over the next couple years.

My customers seem to want it now! I've gotten several requests for pirate ship themes, storm scenes, a steam locomotive theme, a state flag, and others. I'm getting fewer requests for "true fire/real fire/etc" and skulls. I'm just wondering if it's a local phenomenon?