Air Brushing paint!

casey1968 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-25-2003, 09:14 PM

is anyone able to do airbrushing like graphics if so do you know how i should get started learning hwo t o do it? I want to do it on my truck but i might as well learn a good skill any books or tools i nead

Thanks Casey

smokeybearfan · #2 (**permalink**) 05-25-2003, 11:03 PM

Try airheads website they did have some good tips for learning air brushing. the best is to just get a good brush like a badger or pashee (spelling) and practice on some poster board shouldn't take long to learn each gun is different and you have to get your paint thinned just right to get a good spray pattern.

casey1968 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-25-2003, 11:56 PM

Thanks for the advice i will do that Are you an air brusher you seem real knowledgabl

smokeybearfan · #4 (**permalink**) 05-26-2003, 06:06 PM

I have been airbrushing for about 15 years or so on and off started off doing model cars and small stuff just for painting. Then moved to cars for touchup painting. I have done a few large pictures on car hoods the best was a dragon and knight fighting for a damsel. My friends and I were fooling around that day touching up a small nick in his hood in prep for a car show and ended up doing the entire hood with his wife as the damsel. Wish we would have taken pictures of it.

casey1968 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-27-2003, 08:14 PM

Know anywhere to get free lessons i know i sound cheap because i am lol just not got much money and have been thinking on the idea. Is it true you need to be a good artists to air brush things like flames i dont want pictures jsut flames and such

smokeybearfan · #6 (**permalink**) 05-27-2003, 09:21 PM

try http://www.airbrush.com this is a good site lots of tips and boards to post questions on.
The flames are not to hard to do but it depends on the type you want. Ghost flames are easy, tribal and the more complex are harder to do. the wosrt is the layout getting them to look right the shading is the easy part. I lay them out on roll paper the exact size I want them when I do them. then I just transfer the pattern to clear contact paper and cut it out stick on and spray the base color and then shade them in really not that hard.

casey1968 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-03-2003, 02:19 AM

Hey thanks again want to meet on yahoo or aim? Just wondering AOL is casey stewart 13 And Yahoo is anakin_solo_13 Thats about it for this reply lol