Airbrush - step by step - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

clavus · 06-08-2008, 09:54 PM

1) Find some silly damn thing in a your sketch book

2) Draw it again. Run a knife along all the black lines. Glue the whole mess to a shirt without losing any of the pieces. This is called a mask

3) Lift one piece of the mask off the shirt. Paint the exposed area. And replace the piece.

4) Repeat for every piece, every color. So if your mask has ten pieces, and you are using four colors, you need to repeat this process 40 times.

5)Remove the outside of the mask. Keep the design covered.

6) Paint your background. In this case, an amorphous blob of blue mist.

7) Done!

8) This technique can come in handy when your kid wants a shirt with something unusual on it... like "Mewtwo guarding a pig."

amonkie · 06-09-2008, 03:22 AM

Very Very Coool... lots of artistically inclined folks here who make this look so easy - I would have to spend a couple years getting a sketch WORTH putting on a shirt!

MexicanOnABike · 06-09-2008, 05:51 AM

dead images?! i can't see anything/

sapiens · 06-09-2008, 06:03 AM

I can see 8 images using Firefox 3.0. That's really cool. Thanks for sharing.

MexicanOnABike · 06-09-2008, 06:23 AM

they just started working now. even your website was down for me. odd?

edit: cool!

kramus · 06-09-2008, 08:10 AM

It seems so straight-forward. And very cool. Thanks, Clavus.

Fly · 06-24-2008, 05:58 AM

love your work clavus.........thanks man.

speshul-k · 06-24-2008, 08:17 AM

This looks really great and broken down into nice simple steps makes it accessible for even more people. Wonderful idea clavus!

Lasereth · 06-24-2008, 12:52 PM

Wow that's freaking cool. I always wondered how airbrush artists got it to look so precise.

clavus · 06-24-2008, 02:57 PM

Thanks, all. I think there were 46 pieces to this dragon. So you can see why a lot of its parts only have two colors of paint on them. The 19 scales on his belly are three colors. So his belly is actually 57 little paint jobs.

SexyCat · 07-01-2008, 06:48 PM

They all look sweet, but also like too much work

Martian · 07-01-2008, 09:18 PM

I am astounded by your patience sir.

And that is the most hardcore fish ever.

vermin · 07-13-2008, 04:04 AM

That's an interesting technique and the results look really good.
Have you considered making 3 or 4 photocopies of your drawing (1 for each color) and just cutting out the areas you want to paint for each color on each copy. In other words just make a separate stencil for each color so you only have to lift and spray once for each color? Just a thought.

Lucifer · 07-13-2008, 04:11 AM

your kids must have the coolest t-shirts in school!

06-08-2008, 09:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Airbrush - step by step 1) Find some silly damn thing in a your sketch book 2) Draw it again. Run a knife along all the black lines. Glue the whole mess to a shirt without losing any of the pieces. This is called a mask 3) Lift one piece of the mask off the shirt. Paint the exposed area. And replace the piece. 4) Repeat for every piece, every color. So if your mask has ten pieces, and you are using four colors, you need to repeat this process 40 times. 5)Remove the outside of the mask. Keep the design covered. 6) Paint your background. In this case, an amorphous blob of blue mist. 7) Done! 8) This technique can come in handy when your kid wants a shirt with something unusual on it... like "Mewtwo guarding a pig." __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

06-09-2008, 03:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Very Very Coool... lots of artistically inclined folks here who make this look so easy - I would have to spend a couple years getting a sketch WORTH putting on a shirt! __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

06-09-2008, 05:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	dead images?! i can't see anything/ __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

06-09-2008, 06:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	they just started working now. even your website was down for me. odd? edit: cool! __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings- Last edited by MexicanOnABike; 06-09-2008 at 06:26 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

06-09-2008, 08:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	It seems so straight-forward. And very cool. Thanks, Clavus. __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca

06-09-2008, 06:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
sapiens Junkie Location: Some place windy	I can see 8 images using Firefox 3.0. That's really cool. Thanks for sharing.

06-24-2008, 05:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	love your work clavus.........thanks man. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

06-24-2008, 08:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
speshul-k Insane	This looks really great and broken down into nice simple steps makes it accessible for even more people. Wonderful idea clavus!

06-24-2008, 12:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Wow that's freaking cool. I always wondered how airbrush artists got it to look so precise.

06-24-2008, 02:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Thanks, all. I think there were 46 pieces to this dragon. So you can see why a lot of its parts only have two colors of paint on them. The 19 scales on his belly are three colors. So his belly is actually 57 little paint jobs. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

07-01-2008, 06:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
SexyCat Meow Location: Michigan	They all look sweet, but also like too much work

07-01-2008, 09:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	I am astounded by your patience sir. And that is the most hardcore fish ever. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

07-13-2008, 04:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	That's an interesting technique and the results look really good. Have you considered making 3 or 4 photocopies of your drawing (1 for each color) and just cutting out the areas you want to paint for each color on each copy. In other words just make a separate stencil for each color so you only have to lift and spray once for each color? Just a thought. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

07-13-2008, 04:11 AM	#14 (permalink)
Lucifer Husband of Seamaiden Location: Nova Scotia	your kids must have the coolest t-shirts in school! __________________ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - Job 30:29 1123, 6536, 5321