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OK guys! First time seriously practicing art with an airbrush! I am just barely getting the hang of it! My first airbrushed mess illustration!
On the crappiest paper with the drippiest airbrushing paint cup. You can totally see where I got the paint too heavy on the ear, but whatever! Airbrush practice is good! I wanted an airbrush compressor for Christmas this year and Santa
Malameux got it for me!
In the past I struggled to practice the TINIEST BIT with that dumb canned air, and we got an air compressor from the thrift store but it just didn't have any kind of automatic shut off so there was no way we could get it to work normally for an airbrush. But I gotta say an actual airbrush compressor is pretty nice! I am going to practice a lot on regular paper to learn how to control it before trying to even TOUCH a fursuit. I for years have owned not one but THREE airbrushes. One dual-action and two single actions! (though one of the single actions is technically Mike's)
While practicing, I sprayed a little on some white fake fur and I like the effect, I can see why so many furries like the airbrushed effect on fur. It has a soft look and its almost like instant gratification -- a light dusting and you've got a color on the fur! Just FYI though, I've been able to accomplish the EXACT SAME EFFECT using drybrushing only, so if you're reading this and think you "need" an airbrush to add color to fake fur you don't really. You can achieve the same effect on fur with just a brush and paint. But there are pros/cons to each technique from my experience with it so far. Ultimately I might use it to shade my Matrices fursuit when I ever get around to making it, since she's all grey its going to be hard to keep her interesting-looking without a little bit of drybrushing+airbrushing to change the greys. Still more practice is in order though. I don't want to ruin something I've worked houuurs on.
On the crappiest paper with the drippiest airbrushing paint cup. You can totally see where I got the paint too heavy on the ear, but whatever! Airbrush practice is good! I wanted an airbrush compressor for Christmas this year and Santa
Malameux got it for me!In the past I struggled to practice the TINIEST BIT with that dumb canned air, and we got an air compressor from the thrift store but it just didn't have any kind of automatic shut off so there was no way we could get it to work normally for an airbrush. But I gotta say an actual airbrush compressor is pretty nice! I am going to practice a lot on regular paper to learn how to control it before trying to even TOUCH a fursuit. I for years have owned not one but THREE airbrushes. One dual-action and two single actions! (though one of the single actions is technically Mike's)
While practicing, I sprayed a little on some white fake fur and I like the effect, I can see why so many furries like the airbrushed effect on fur. It has a soft look and its almost like instant gratification -- a light dusting and you've got a color on the fur! Just FYI though, I've been able to accomplish the EXACT SAME EFFECT using drybrushing only, so if you're reading this and think you "need" an airbrush to add color to fake fur you don't really. You can achieve the same effect on fur with just a brush and paint. But there are pros/cons to each technique from my experience with it so far. Ultimately I might use it to shade my Matrices fursuit when I ever get around to making it, since she's all grey its going to be hard to keep her interesting-looking without a little bit of drybrushing+airbrushing to change the greys. Still more practice is in order though. I don't want to ruin something I've worked houuurs on.
Category Scraps / Doodle
Species Dog (Other)
Size 800 x 596px
File Size 56.6 kB
I am pretty sure my dual-action one that I used is from Cummins or Harbor freight -- One of those tool places rather than an art place. Its metal and feels nice.
My other two are single action Badger brand. Different models though. One is plastic and very simple, and my boyfriend's one is nice and metal, more deluxe -- I think it even says "Deluxe" on its box! hehe.
My other two are single action Badger brand. Different models though. One is plastic and very simple, and my boyfriend's one is nice and metal, more deluxe -- I think it even says "Deluxe" on its box! hehe.
here's my brush: http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.co.....r-steenbe.html
an amazing brush, can do super tiny detail :D
an amazing brush, can do super tiny detail :D
I use to play around with an airbrush when I was building models.... There should be a couple of Hobby Shops near you and they should have a book or two in tips and tricks using an aribrush. I know Tim's Hobby in Everett and Gallaxy Hobby in Lynwood have books on airbrushing.
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I used a thinned out acrylic paint.
I drew a really really loose structural sketch in pencil (circle for head placement, square for nose placement, triangles for ear placement) but I wanted to practice as much as I could with the airbrush so I didnt do much more than that.
So I started out with air and a little paint to get the features blocked in based on the structure sketch and layered it with more and more paint to get the character fleshed out.
I drew a really really loose structural sketch in pencil (circle for head placement, square for nose placement, triangles for ear placement) but I wanted to practice as much as I could with the airbrush so I didnt do much more than that.
So I started out with air and a little paint to get the features blocked in based on the structure sketch and layered it with more and more paint to get the character fleshed out.
Check out Youtube for some video tutorials! I found some of those really helpful!
As long as your paint is thinned to a consistency of skim milk (no paint hunks! mix it good! Any thick pieces will clog your airbrush) it should work to practice with.
I found one of the videos that suggested practicing straight lines. Start air, move brush, then start paint flow, stop flow, stop air! JUST doing that was SUCH good practice! I filled an entire page with lines of different thicknesses and distances away from the paper before trying the character.
Other videos on how to keep the brush clean were very very helpful too.
As long as your paint is thinned to a consistency of skim milk (no paint hunks! mix it good! Any thick pieces will clog your airbrush) it should work to practice with.
I found one of the videos that suggested practicing straight lines. Start air, move brush, then start paint flow, stop flow, stop air! JUST doing that was SUCH good practice! I filled an entire page with lines of different thicknesses and distances away from the paper before trying the character.
Other videos on how to keep the brush clean were very very helpful too.
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