Hey Fez!

[Ranger370]

You mentioned using white on black instead of black on white? I have another Indian portrait I want to try and I have plenty of black illustration board. Using black board I should not have to worry about the blue shift..right?

 

[Madbrush]

You mentioned using white on black instead of black on white? I have another Indian portrait I want to try and I have plenty of black illustration board. Using black board I should not have to worry about the blue shift..right?

That's correct, but you will use an incredible amount of white.

 

[ad fez]

Blue shift I believe is more dominant when you don't take the white to full opacity, I trend to mix it up a bit, some layers il spray straight white, other layers I put a drop of orange in, just to counter act the blue.....its down to you really mate, I think white with the blue shift looks cool on black, it gives you a white and grey on black vibe, suits alot of people I paint

 

[Ranger370]

Blue shift I believe is more dominant when you don't take the white to full opacity, I trend to mix it up a bit, some layers il spray straight white, other layers I put a drop of orange in, just to counter act the blue.....its down to you really mate, I think white with the blue shift looks cool on black, it gives you a white and grey on black vibe, suits alot of people I paint

I am going to give it a shot. I laid in the major landmarks so lightly you can just see them and strangely enough it already looks pretty good. I can recognize the warrior just from the white landmarks. I'm sure to mess it up as I go along but I am using these portraits to try and gain more control over my spray patterns. I think what I need is some way to stiffen the trigger a little to counteract my finger tremor. It's small but it causes blotchy looking lines.

 

[ad fez]

either stiffen it so you need lots of effort to pull it or loosen it so you need barely any..... what brush do you have again ranger , normally you can adjust trigger tension. as for your painting, now is the time to start erasing back the dark areas, using pencil style erasers and putty/kneadable erasers, work on your textures wrinkles cavities,blends etc then another light layer of white paint ... repeat repeat etc etc.... good luck bro

 

[Ranger370]

Thanks Fez, I have an Eclipse HP-CS and just love it. If I can get this small finger tremor thing worked out I'll be a happy man! I did a little erasing last night. I have an electric eraser and several hand erasers too. I'm going to work this one slowly and see what I can learn. The white on black is sort of like doing a negative image and I find that interesting.