Hey folks.

I dunno, some of you a while back might remember me talking about getting an airbrush setup and trying to learn how to paint fire.

Well. here is an update to that.

I got the airbrush, i used it a little, then it started to collect dust cause my first fire attempt was pure crap, and i got involved in other projects around the house.

Well now i got a girlfriend and she is pretty pushy, so badgered me into giving it another shot, and damn it went a LOT better the 2nd time, but still sucked.

The third time (last night) went pretty good, im starting to get the feel of it, and the 4th time (this morning) went even better.

Anyways, i got a ways to go before i start doing this crap on cars or bikes. But alreayd my technique is improving, and i cant wait to get home and work on it some more.

Last night i ordered up a spare needle for the airbrush, about 50 bottles of various paints, including some automotive paints, as well as a couple DVD's on custom graphics and fire. hoping to pick up some more by watching others with thier technique.

My airbrush is an IWATA Revolution CR. Pretty good brush, im digging it.


So here are the pics. Mind you the big one on the bottom is my 4th attempt and im still a novice at airbrushing, so dont bee to harsh on me, i know i have a long way to go. <grin>

 

dude, why is it that i wouldn't be suprised if your "DVD" on air burshing is called "Girls Gone Wild Finger Painting Edition"

 

LOL! That would be a great video!

 

doesnt look like fire, but it still looks kinda cool. looks hard to do IMO.

 

dude screw fire, paint a set of ******* or something on your hood

 

bwaahahahha.

yeah paint a 3ft.x3ft. vagina on there too. lol.

 

You guys are killin me. LOL.

Naa. I aint gonna be doin this stuff on cars.

I figure once i get the effect nailed down i can start doing bike tanks, fenders, and helmets and hawking the **** on ebay.
i see a lot of sets going from 1,300 to 1,700.

maybe a nice way to make some side cash.

 

Mostly freehand, i do have some handshields that you use to get some of the swooping effects in and some of the hard color edges. The shields i got are the ones from Mike Lavallee. They definatly have some good shapes to them, but you cant just rely on them. The first time i did it using his shields the results were terrible.
i can get a firey kind of effect, but still need practice to get realistic fire.

Yah, the one on the top of the two was my 3rd, the bottom was my 4th.

I'd like to eventually do this stuff on my mustang, but when i do i think im gonna tape out the design for some oldschool style flames and then do true fire on top of that. Once the tape and masking is pulled off it will be olschool flames that look like rolling fire.

After my first attempt i just quit for about 3-4 months. The girlfriend pushed me to try again and each time i do it i see marked improvement. Im really starting to enjoy it too. im having a blast with this stuff now.

Badfish, well when i start getting good ill be doing some free work for advertizing. <grin> it will be probably 5-6 months of practic before i even think of doing a helmet. lol

That Mike Lavalee guy is freakin awesome, a hell of an artist. I dont know if i will ever be as good as him, but i really dont want to just imitate him, i'd rather come up with my own style for this stuff, so im trying to learn about his and other styles and devise one that works good for me.
here is a car he was doing...

 

The guy who does those is pretty damn good. I dont nearly have the ability to do such fine work yet.

Ive thought about that though. if i could nail that out and sell em for 20 bucks less than the competition i just might make a little scratch off of it.

 

Thanks... i think... lol.

ill definatly get better. I was just pretty stoked with my 3rd and 4th try. when i get off work tonight im gonna go home and play with it some more.

lol... that sounded bad...

 

Oh trust me i grew my thin superthick before i even THOUGHT of putting that up here. People online can be ruthless.

i can take criticism though, i certainly wouldnt want my 4th attempt on anything i own but posterboard.

Actually though, the responce has been very positive. I really diddnt expect to hear anything much kinder than greg's comment.

cool. im all charged to go mess with this stuff again. enough practice and ill be doing this crap on bike tanks and helmets for $$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

GoodGod.... i just got registered at Airbrush.com forums...

those people are simply AMAZING..... i got a lot of practice to do....

 

http://www.airbrush.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=216924

Take a load of what this guy can do..... drooool.....

 

Thanks ***.

lol