John Ames Cross

Powerhouse singer, songwriter and artist extraordinaire. Whether he is busy designing intricate guitar wraps for the multifaceted Graphic Design/Music Production firm, Scary Creative, or behind the mike, singing live or recording original compositions, John's artistic talents are manifested in every aspect of his life.

John began his musical career at the tender age of three and has been singing, playing guitar, bass, keyboards and writing music ever since. He started his first band when he was seventeen, an 8-piece R&B group and in the years since, he has headed more than thirty bands of varying genres. He majored in Fine Arts and minored in Music and Economics at the University of Wisconsin. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue a recording career and along the way paid the bills working at many major graphic design firms ultimately starting his own business which became Scary Creative.

Since then, John built his niche on his attention to detail and the ability to reproduce it both as a musician and a businessman. He has been hand-crafting custom Rub On Transfers for over 20 years. Demand was huge in comp happy world of packaging, movie posters, theater lobby standees, and the cosmetic industry. Slowly, as those with lesser skills faded into technology, John captured a reputation as the last of the true craftsmen of a dying art.

Today, John has developed new frontiers such as Wear Patterns for relic guitars, his patented Fret Mask and full color image duplication and expert application to guitars that has become known as Image Wraps.

John's latest solo project, "Living Art" is available for download on this website.
Check it out and enjoy!