RebelAir
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LOL, HCP, maybe its all about the skill, I'm sure people out there can practice the skill of knowing how dull their blade is getting and adjusting their control withing likely nanometers to ensure the blade never even scratches the surface below..and if your trying to tell me their are peeps who can do this consistently I call bulldust LOL..
Don't really care how respected someone is in any community, if I don't see it with my own eyes especially on a claim like that I call bulldust LOL..Feel free to post a video of it..I have seen lots of old timers do some amazing things but to suggest cutting frisket on a balloon is a good way to practice (Hope you have a lot of balloons blown up) and is comparable to the same feel on metal or indeed paper...Well..
And why would I want to practice with frisket, the point I was making is there are other safer alternatives, not that its a tool you can't use, but one beginners if they actually care about not damaging their work they shouldn't use considering the alternatives..Here you mention a hammer LOL, not the best example as a hammer has a distinct use that few other tools emulate..They hammer in nails...Not much else..And there are few other tools you can use as an alternative, frisket on the other hand has alternatives and is only one choice to do a job that 3-4 other options can do aswell if not better..
And yer no doubt I'm going to also disagree that its no where near as important as the airbrush foundation strokes...Yes its a tool that can be used, its one that comes with risks and yes practice decreases those risks but they are still there, no matter how skilled you become, cutting it of the job is an option, so is using acetate stencils, so is using freehand shields, so is using vinyl cutters...and NONE of those options will cause the same damage risk..
Oh and on the re-laying of it, it depends on how complex the design is, again for simple blockouts it has its uses but for complex designs it cant be detacked to the perfect point of knowing it will stay down when you pass over from an angle, often it will create double lines on complex designs due to this, and if you do have to move a quite complex cut with fine lines and details involved, good luck...
So yes I will definately tell people to stay away from it, just like I would a hammer if everysecond hit you were near garanteed to miss and damage your finger..The thing is with a hammer it is a learnt skill, frisket cutting can be hit and miss no matter how much you have practiced and if peeps want to take that chance...Use frisket..
14 odd years into painting and still manage to paint without it, did in the early days and then found their were easier ways for 90% of my needs, on lettering I still would recommned it, on base level layers-Yer why not but..You make it sound like no-one can airbrush without the stuff LOL...and I hate to tell you..They do and can
The beauty of any hobby or skill is most thoughts are only suggestions, mine are the same and I have no doubt many would scoff and say get me my frisket LOL, but beginners I feel have enough on their plate and likely adding frisket to the mix will only frustrate or in worse cases I have seen they become reliant on it and everything begins to look stencilled, but thats again a personal thing, if it works for you thats great..But my opinion on it won't ever change, even if I see a dude cutting it on a balloon LOL...
Maybe we have one of those agree to disagree moments LOL...
Don't really care how respected someone is in any community, if I don't see it with my own eyes especially on a claim like that I call bulldust LOL..Feel free to post a video of it..I have seen lots of old timers do some amazing things but to suggest cutting frisket on a balloon is a good way to practice (Hope you have a lot of balloons blown up) and is comparable to the same feel on metal or indeed paper...Well..
And why would I want to practice with frisket, the point I was making is there are other safer alternatives, not that its a tool you can't use, but one beginners if they actually care about not damaging their work they shouldn't use considering the alternatives..Here you mention a hammer LOL, not the best example as a hammer has a distinct use that few other tools emulate..They hammer in nails...Not much else..And there are few other tools you can use as an alternative, frisket on the other hand has alternatives and is only one choice to do a job that 3-4 other options can do aswell if not better..
And yer no doubt I'm going to also disagree that its no where near as important as the airbrush foundation strokes...Yes its a tool that can be used, its one that comes with risks and yes practice decreases those risks but they are still there, no matter how skilled you become, cutting it of the job is an option, so is using acetate stencils, so is using freehand shields, so is using vinyl cutters...and NONE of those options will cause the same damage risk..
Oh and on the re-laying of it, it depends on how complex the design is, again for simple blockouts it has its uses but for complex designs it cant be detacked to the perfect point of knowing it will stay down when you pass over from an angle, often it will create double lines on complex designs due to this, and if you do have to move a quite complex cut with fine lines and details involved, good luck...
So yes I will definately tell people to stay away from it, just like I would a hammer if everysecond hit you were near garanteed to miss and damage your finger..The thing is with a hammer it is a learnt skill, frisket cutting can be hit and miss no matter how much you have practiced and if peeps want to take that chance...Use frisket..
14 odd years into painting and still manage to paint without it, did in the early days and then found their were easier ways for 90% of my needs, on lettering I still would recommned it, on base level layers-Yer why not but..You make it sound like no-one can airbrush without the stuff LOL...and I hate to tell you..They do and can
The beauty of any hobby or skill is most thoughts are only suggestions, mine are the same and I have no doubt many would scoff and say get me my frisket LOL, but beginners I feel have enough on their plate and likely adding frisket to the mix will only frustrate or in worse cases I have seen they become reliant on it and everything begins to look stencilled, but thats again a personal thing, if it works for you thats great..But my opinion on it won't ever change, even if I see a dude cutting it on a balloon LOL...
Maybe we have one of those agree to disagree moments LOL...