Lace?

[tau]

Any comments on how to render lace ? It's a white on black image, urethane on aluminum. I may shoot through some old stockings, then build up the detail pattern. I wonder if it's worth building a handheld stencil to try to keep the pattern realistic based on the source image.


--tau


(Note inline img of a female chest, for those that are squidgy about that kind of thing)

 

[Mr.Micron]

When I do lace I will base the area in the color I want the lace , Lay down the lace than spray the color of the back ground.
Than depending on how much detail I want in the lace is how much more time I will spend on it.

 

[Squishy]

I agree with herb, use actual lace as your stencil, then go back in and detail it. If you want the exact same pattern as in your ref, then maybe make a stencil, but if it's not really important it would save a lot of time and effort if you could find something similar.

 

[troppo]

Herb is spot on, its a little bit of a stuff around but worth the time and effort in the end.
Practice several times first to get your pressure and distance from surface right

 

[tau]

Yeah, didn't work out. I'd laid the base down already, which was fine. My (lack of ) ability to paint perspective properly, or properly, shone through.

This is the source image. I'll post the wip tomorrow.



wip



Help a (blind) brother out ?

 

[Squishy]

Maybe repaint just that area in white first, then lay down the lace and spray the background colour through, then detail any areas that need it, and add shading.

 

[Clive Stevens]

Or, looking at your ref, paint exactly what you see. Use an almost random movement of the airbrush around the rough pattern on the lace itself, with a reduced white. I'd explain it better when I can post pics!