I'd have to say "way to go" Scrapper! That's good work considering
you mentioned haven't done any work like that in a long time. Or even
if you had more recently, I'd still say that you were pretty
successful. I'm afraid that my own airbrushing experiences didn't
turn out anything like that, and I tried several times! (Damn, there
goes the last of my fruit-of-the-loom t-shirts... :P)
I think I'll stick with Photoshop and Illustrator, personally. No
airbrush I've seen comes with an "undo" function. heh
BTW, what makes you say that black is hard to do? Is it the detailing
work that you're referring to? That was one thing that I _could_ do
with the airbrush (color ain't my thing I guess). All I did was plan
out the detail on paper first (so I had clear references), then use
something like masking tape or teflon tape (spelling?) to cover the
intended "blank lines" on the shirt. Then just spray right over! It
is effectively a stencil. You can actually get a lot of fine detail
in that way, if you're willing to put that much time in. Not to
mention you get really sharp lines. You can even use the "stencil"
technique to do solid color details and come up with a
very "Illustrator art" or "cartoony" style, if you like. There is a
design in the "tattoo gallery" section of my website that shows a
very similar effect to what I'm describing (though it was done in
Illustrator).
http://www.jcgstudios.com/galleryselect.html
(It's the only one pic in the tattoo gallery right now.) And it's a
black dragon! :)
Anyhow, just a tip for your consideration (and shameless advertizing
of my site :P)
Keep it up! I'd like to see more.
Hey, refine your technique a little and you'd have at least one
willing-to-pay customer for a commissioned t-shirt right here!
Cheers,
JCG
www.jcgstudios.com
Received on Sat Nov 29 2003 - 23:48:58 CST