Jeff  "Styles" began pinstriping in 1980 in Mesa, Arizona.  He grew up watching his dad stripe and his curiosity got the best of him. After his dad gave him a brush and some One-Shot paint, Styles striped his bicycle and began painting anything else he could get his hands on.

On the way home from school one day, he ran into Butch Tucker, the man who would become his mentor. Butch'r, as they called him, was and still is,a master pinstriper and artist who learned the trade from the king of pinstriping himself, Kenneth "Von Dutch" Howard.

Butch'r took Jeff under his wing, teaching him everything he knew in the colorful world of pinstriping.  Style's passion for fine lines grew.  He moved to Southern California a few years later and promoted his talent by pinstriping (for free) for the local body shops and car dealerships.  Those businesses quickly realized how gifted Styles was and requested his pinstriping on a regular basis.  Thus, the life of "Styles Pinstriping" was born.