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doxiemadnessx4
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Hi!! I am brand new to AB, I have posted a couple of things on the forum, but I failed to do the introduction part. What can I say, sometimes I do things bassackward.
I have been painting with Acrylic paints off and on for about 5 years, and I have just about every color under the sun for that. I was given an Aztek ab about 4 years ago along with an craftsman air compressor, and of course a hose. Which was a really faboulous gift, however I was clueless about anything to do with and air brush. 4 years ago there was bupkiss for instruction about AB anywhere. The aztek came with all these plastic tips, which I promptly clogged up with my version of "diluted" acrylic paints. Back in the box and on the shelf the ab went. A sad fate, yes, I know.....
Fastforward 4 years........
I use an airbrush at work for make up (not your usual job) and I bought one for my own make up at home. Then, I thought to myself, "Self, you are really liking this airbrush, and you really like to paint; why don't you try to paint WITH the ab!?"
So, I did a YouTube search about it, and found the Wonderful, (as if I had to say so), AirBrush Tutor, who turned me on to this forum.
Naturally, I HAD to try to give this a go! I went to the store and bought an Iwata Neo, as it was sold by itself. The Eclipse came with all these items I mostly had, So I decided to just start with the Neo. As I am practicing, I am finding that I'd like to acheive a much finer line. I do take the crown cap off of my Neo, but it's not really as fine as the line I invision. Do you think that I should have bought the Eclipse?
You may ask what paint I am using. I would reply "Acrylic". This may be met with horrored gasps. But please know that I have done alot of research since the days of the Aztek (rest it's little soul) I have been using an acrylic reducer, and I have thinned it to nearly 3 parts reducer to one part acrylic. I ran the mixture through a fine paint strainer before putting the color in my ab to paint. my compressor is set at about 27 - 28 psi. I've been somewhat kicking myself, and thinking, I should have just bought the Eclipse. So with that information, what do you think about my tiny lines?
I just couldn't see buying a whole bunch of ab paints with ALL THOSE FRICKIN' acrylic paints just sitting there taunting me!! :dejection: So, I thought I could at least use them to learn and then if one day, I want to do something for real, I could use ab paint to make it pop.
I am attaching my first try at ab. This is of course all free hand, as I haven't gotten the jist of stenciling yet. I am still working on it, I'll post more of it as I go along.
I am so glad that this forum is here, and I can pick your brains about whatever is going on in my airbrush world. I'm going to shut up now, I look forward to hearing back from you all! -Heather
I have been painting with Acrylic paints off and on for about 5 years, and I have just about every color under the sun for that. I was given an Aztek ab about 4 years ago along with an craftsman air compressor, and of course a hose. Which was a really faboulous gift, however I was clueless about anything to do with and air brush. 4 years ago there was bupkiss for instruction about AB anywhere. The aztek came with all these plastic tips, which I promptly clogged up with my version of "diluted" acrylic paints. Back in the box and on the shelf the ab went. A sad fate, yes, I know.....
Fastforward 4 years........
I use an airbrush at work for make up (not your usual job) and I bought one for my own make up at home. Then, I thought to myself, "Self, you are really liking this airbrush, and you really like to paint; why don't you try to paint WITH the ab!?"
So, I did a YouTube search about it, and found the Wonderful, (as if I had to say so), AirBrush Tutor, who turned me on to this forum.
Naturally, I HAD to try to give this a go! I went to the store and bought an Iwata Neo, as it was sold by itself. The Eclipse came with all these items I mostly had, So I decided to just start with the Neo. As I am practicing, I am finding that I'd like to acheive a much finer line. I do take the crown cap off of my Neo, but it's not really as fine as the line I invision. Do you think that I should have bought the Eclipse?
You may ask what paint I am using. I would reply "Acrylic". This may be met with horrored gasps. But please know that I have done alot of research since the days of the Aztek (rest it's little soul) I have been using an acrylic reducer, and I have thinned it to nearly 3 parts reducer to one part acrylic. I ran the mixture through a fine paint strainer before putting the color in my ab to paint. my compressor is set at about 27 - 28 psi. I've been somewhat kicking myself, and thinking, I should have just bought the Eclipse. So with that information, what do you think about my tiny lines?
I just couldn't see buying a whole bunch of ab paints with ALL THOSE FRICKIN' acrylic paints just sitting there taunting me!! :dejection: So, I thought I could at least use them to learn and then if one day, I want to do something for real, I could use ab paint to make it pop.
I am attaching my first try at ab. This is of course all free hand, as I haven't gotten the jist of stenciling yet. I am still working on it, I'll post more of it as I go along.
I am so glad that this forum is here, and I can pick your brains about whatever is going on in my airbrush world. I'm going to shut up now, I look forward to hearing back from you all! -Heather