my 1st pic

[Az air nutt]

all suggestion are welcome
my 1st work & i made the stencil out of old cereal boxs
hope you like it ( i do )
hereis a pic i drew w/ .5 mech. pencil ( not an original art came from book " the art of the dungeons & dragons fantasy game " pg.21 ) i left out some & added the waterfall ( my thanks to the original artist " Larry Elmore " always mention him when i show the pic to anyone )).
hope to do more of my own stuff soon.


Thanks in advance

Az air nutt

[mysticmonkey]

good 1st effort, for sure. except the bit at the top of the eyepatch, it's very crisp. the fade on the teeth is nice. it needs a background, i think.

[brushbyair]

Az air nutt, this is a nice star with an airbrush and stencils, it has the look of a silk-screen. If you want to give it a little more 3-d look you need to add some shading to the left and a little below the skull, this will give it the look that the skull is lifted off the surface ( not flat ) as you progress in your ventures with the brush you will need to learn the basic strokes DOT, DAGGER, and consistant line thickness. The hardest thing to get yourself to do is practice the fundementals, but it is necessary if you want to be proficient with an airbrush. You have shown that you have the desire to be good with the airbrush, keep practicing and using the stencils, nothing says they are forbidden, they are a very good asset to airbrushing, you just need to learn the next steps to make your work look more realistic. Hope this helps you in the right direction.

[Az air nutt]

thank you brushbyair
i will keep praticing @ least 1 hr before i paint
i will start doing 2 hr.s or more
would be better if i could pratice every day but the 6 - 5 thing
but on the weekends i paint ( all weekend )
thank you for your advice

Az air nutt

[Joyce]

AZ, I like what you,ve done. You are on your way man, keep it up.

[Az air nutt]

thank you Joyce
i need more pratice but i think i'm getting there

[xzotic ink]

lookin good....NICE DRAGON!!

[Az air nutt]

thank you X
hope to paint it soon ( but don't want to mess it up )
i will put it on glass ( tape pic to back & paint on the front ) so i don't mess up the origanal


p.s. i like the skull bag you did for your boyfriend
i will be ordering something from you soon
i like to support the artist in the world as much as possible

You're going to have one awful time getting that to work for you Az air nutt--It sounds like such a great idea & I can see the enthusiasm you have with this notion.. Glass can be & is painted all the time, but it takes advanced experience..go ahead & try it because there is NO right or wrong & it's mistakes that teach the most..& then again it's quite possible that you've fallen across a way to aid you in your learning, but instead I'm afraid that painting on glass is way ahead of your game right now..you don't strike me as a guy that lets disappointment get him down, so if this doesn't work for you shake it off & try something else..

[Satch]

Hey AZ ..... Cool Dragon ..... I like it a lot.
Satch

[Az air nutt]

Darla
thank you
i will give it a try
if it is over my head then i will go back to paper
i have issues w/disapointment but i promised myself that i would not give up on this ab thing
i have always wanted to be a ab artist just needed to get to it
now that i'm 44 i think it's time to quit dreamin' & do something
THANK YOU for the info. i will asimilate & see where it takes me
but be assured i will make it in this wounderful trek called airbrushing


satch
i cannot take credit for the dragon ( other than i drew this version ) i saw it in a d&d book a long time ago there are differences from the origanal but someone else came up w/ it first ( i hope that is not copyright issues w/ me posting my version )
i just did it as pratice ( to keep my drawing skills up ) but thank you