Jeremy Saylor is one Sharpie dude, and his Honda CRV is the beneficiary.<\/p>\n
For the past two years, Saylor has been slowly decorating the car with various patterns using only a Sharpie pen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always been artistic and I love creating things with my hands, and I have a passion for cars,\u201d is how the 36-year-old La Mesa resident explains his desire to slowly ink up his car.<\/p>\n It isn\u2019t just about aesthetics for Saylor, who works as a civilian at Camp Pendleton. He says the artwork is good for the PTSD he suffered while deployed in Iraq during a five-year stint in the Marines.<\/p>\n \u201cIt helps me get my emotions out,\u201d said Saylor, who worked his way up to a Marine Supply Sergeant. \u201cI\u2019m showing emotions in form. Some days, I get the inspiration to draw triangles, others I draw circles.\u201d<\/p>\n The former Marine-tuned-car-artist is proud that much of the work is done freehand without stencils, though he does use some rollers.<\/p>\n Saylor spends up to 40 hours a week putting Sharpie to his Honda, and he figures he\u2019s only 50 percent done with the exterior.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery time I sit down I have no plans. I just look at what I\u2019ve done,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s like a puzzle. I think of what would look best. You can sit there and look at it and see dinosaurs, fish, hearts and stars.\u201d<\/p>\n When he\u2019s done with the outside, Saylor plans to fiberglass the interior, paint it white and start again.<\/p>\n Saylor figures he\u2019s gone through only 75 Sharpies since he started.<\/p>\n \u201cSharpies last forever,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n Saylor chose to ink up the Honda CRV because he loves the car\u2019s body style.<\/p>\n \u201cI love the edges,\u201d he said. \u201cI like to make the ink blend with the car. The handles tend to stick out, but I inked it in a way that they blended better.\u201d<\/p>\n The license plate on Saylor\u2019s car reads \u201cNOKSHRP.\u201d The NOK is for Nokturnal Car Club, which Saylor has been a member of for seven years and the SHRP is for Sharpie.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a very strict club that focuses on the appearance of the cars,\u201d he said. \u201cI’m the only member who has used Sharpie, but everyone is required to have some sort of modification to the paint before they can be considered a full member.\u201d<\/p>\n The artwork has received different reactions from people.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people call me a genius and others want to know why I ruined the car,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n As much as Saylor loves the car, he admits he would be open to selling the finished car to an automotive museum or Ripley\u2019s Believe It Or Not!<\/p>\n He also has his eyes on a new car.<\/p>\n \u201cI love the new Tesla,\u201d he said. \u201cI would love to do a silver and black one.\u201d<\/p>\n That would get lots of ink for sure.<\/p>\n![\"Jeremy](\"https:\/\/lamesacourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0472webtop.jpg\")
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