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Talla
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Hi everybody,
Here's the intro bit ....
I am quite new to airbrushing (been doing it for about 6 months now) and by my own admission I'm not an artist by nature but i'm a damn good tryer! Once I get my teeth into something i'm like a terrier ... I wont let go!
After watching the usual suspects on Youtube (Ed Hubbs, Tony D, Svee, all of which are excellent) I came across Airbrushtutor and have been fascinated by his work (and presentation style) ever since.
I am really big into learning techniques and tricks (Makes up for a lack of artistic talent!) and tend to try everything I see (not always successfully). My work, However, lacks that freehand touch and still looks like a stencil (Which i use quite a lot of).
At the moment I am doing some Tee-shirts for a friend who is, shall we say on the large side and has trouble getting the usual biker type designs in his size so I have offered to do some for him. Currently these are the usual Skulls and Flames (or seaweed/Kelp in my case) type motifs.
Ultimately I would like to do something on my own motorcycles but I'm a long way off that as yet.
Biggest issue I have at the moment is knowing when to stop .... "Less is more" as they say!
Currently I am using:
Iwata Eclipse BCS Suction fed with a 0.5 needle set up (Used for Candies and larger areas but I can get some detail with it)
Harder & Steenbeck Infinity CRplus Gravity fed with a 0.15 needle setup (Try to use this for detail! Excellent for spraying any color but white!)
I also use two cheap chinese airbrushes to make up the numbers (color changes).
At the moment I am still experimenting with Paints but mostly use Createx AutoAir and Wicked. Would love to have a go with Urethanes (HOK, Exotic) in the future but seem to be in short supply in the UK.
Well thats me ...
Cheers
Andy
Here's the intro bit ....
I am quite new to airbrushing (been doing it for about 6 months now) and by my own admission I'm not an artist by nature but i'm a damn good tryer! Once I get my teeth into something i'm like a terrier ... I wont let go!
After watching the usual suspects on Youtube (Ed Hubbs, Tony D, Svee, all of which are excellent) I came across Airbrushtutor and have been fascinated by his work (and presentation style) ever since.
I am really big into learning techniques and tricks (Makes up for a lack of artistic talent!) and tend to try everything I see (not always successfully). My work, However, lacks that freehand touch and still looks like a stencil (Which i use quite a lot of).
At the moment I am doing some Tee-shirts for a friend who is, shall we say on the large side and has trouble getting the usual biker type designs in his size so I have offered to do some for him. Currently these are the usual Skulls and Flames (or seaweed/Kelp in my case) type motifs.
Ultimately I would like to do something on my own motorcycles but I'm a long way off that as yet.
Biggest issue I have at the moment is knowing when to stop .... "Less is more" as they say!
Currently I am using:
Iwata Eclipse BCS Suction fed with a 0.5 needle set up (Used for Candies and larger areas but I can get some detail with it)
Harder & Steenbeck Infinity CRplus Gravity fed with a 0.15 needle setup (Try to use this for detail! Excellent for spraying any color but white!)
I also use two cheap chinese airbrushes to make up the numbers (color changes).
At the moment I am still experimenting with Paints but mostly use Createx AutoAir and Wicked. Would love to have a go with Urethanes (HOK, Exotic) in the future but seem to be in short supply in the UK.
Well thats me ...
Cheers
Andy