Airbrushing

[wideopenracing]

thats awesome work man, apparently i need to hone up my skills cuz i cant even compete with that man...........im having a hard time with shading and blending......its so frustrating........phenominal work though......i need to find some classes or something around here maybe i can pick up a few tips on that stuff.......im still figuring things out

[NightBiker07]

best thing to do is get a few tutorial vids for beginners from a few of the well known airbrushers.
OBSERVE others while they work to get visuals on how things are done.

and for flames, get a set of stencils. yeah yeah, stencils.
but its harder than that. they are just cut edges to give each flame lick a specific shape, and to get hard lines.
YOU still have to place the edge around and create a fire scene using the different edges, and place them in good spots so it all flows, and it all has to be shaded in. it isnt like you lay it down and fill it in.
its more like putting a jigsaw puzzle together using the basic pieces.

if you are artistic, you could look at flame stencils to get an idea of what i mean, and them create your own.

[hinddee29]

Don't waist your money on vids or books. Save your monet for paint and better brushes. Or start thinking about a gun to clear the plastic. You just can't
airbrush it and that's it. It will come off in a hurry.
Search you tube for how to's for airbrushing you will find tons of stuff or search just for certain things on you tube.
Visit some airbrush forms. Like wetcanvas airbrush forum, Kustom Kulture Lounge - Launcher, airbrushtech, this is a pretty good one. It has
how to's on it. Airbrush Tricks - Learn the tricks of the pros*-*AirbrushTricks. Happy reading I'll warn you you'll get a head ache from all the info.
Then good luck for finding people to pay you for a paint job with out doing it for nothing.

Shane

[wideopenracing]

Thanks for the good info man........an to tell the truth ill prolly do a few free ones at first....

[hinddee29]

No problem wish you luck. Doing some for free is a good idea, but after awhile
if you get into it real good. You have hours of work into a piece and then
when you tell them it's a few grand they just can believe it could be that much.
Or if you give them a price they will look at you like your retarded.
Just seem to me most people out there looking for custom art work don't want to pay for it and want it for nothing.
The only most important advice I can give you is don't get known as someone that does cheap work. Don't sell your soul for a few dollars.
After awhile you'll see what I mean. Pretty much why I'm getting out of airbrushing. I'll just keep it a hobby and if a job come out of then fine. I'm just not in a good part of the world for custom artwork.
Check out the forums getting paid for our talent is the biggest problem we face.
Run into any problems drop me a line and I'll help if I can. My screen name is the same as here on those forums. I mostly just read and help where I can. Out.

Shane

[wideopenracing]

i really appreciate the advice man, alot of people around here have way to much money an nothin to do with it.....people are always lookin for the next new flashy thing to flaunt around...im sure people around here wouldnt blink an eye at a cpl grand......but then again...
an as far as cheap stuff goes it would prlly only be close friends or relatives......and proabably a cpl of the guys from E2S.....you know just to help get my name out there............i have noticed to with my recent project that painting faces is much harder than drawing them...

[wideopenracing]

im tryin to get pics up guys but money is way tight with the new baby an all i havent had the chance to go buy new scanner yet

[sugarcoated]

nice flames...!!