My first airbrushproject!

[stormer]

I got my first airbrush ever on monday, and after spending some hours drawing lines and daggers I took it into my current computer mod project; making a "girly" computer for my 8 yrs old daughter. I downloaded a flower stencil from the net, printed it, cut it out and this is the result. I painted it onto the monitor that I painted red couple days ago. Most is of course stencilwork, but added some veins to the leaves, and some green and yellowish daggers as straws on the "ground". Didn't dare to put in any more freehand since I'm not that good yet, and I started getting some paint stuck on the needletip. A similar flower is on the other side of the monitor. Picture quality is bad, taken with a mobile phone!

Since this went pretty well, I'm thinking I could add something to the side of the computer case too(which is also the same red and some gold)! Since she's only 8, it doesn't have to be picture perfect, she's happy about getting colors

Niclas

[Robin Judd]

Very impressive for a first. I can see you are going to well with the airbrush

[xzotic ink]

thats ALWAYS A SCORE,,KIDS HAPPY,,YOUR LEARNING,,WHAT ELSE COULD YOU ASK FOR,,,LOOKS GREAT ,,I SAY AN A+,,and a face for making the kid happy!

[Kaiilla]

Looks really good,

You might want to try cartoon characters also, especially for kids, they are good practice (see my avatar, it's a shirt I did)

[ghooptie]

nice start to your airbrushing, keep up the practice and in time you will look back and say "man I've come a long ways with airbrushing" it just takes time and practice.

ghooptie

[Diaz Dezine]

Couldn't have said it any better from all you guys...great effort Stormer!
DIAZ

[chucktx]

great first project.....nice colors, and one happy child!!!!! very cool!!

[stormer]

Thank you all! I don't know how many times I've been down to the basement just to look at the result, and I'm very happy

But mixing colors is hard! I really have to print out couple color wheels and hang them in the basement, because when down and getting excited it's easy to forget the basics and start mixing in black to get a color darker, and then when that didn't work, add white to get back to the lighter again and OOPS! Throw that batch away!

Niclas

[Snuff]

Nice job Stormer,
The fact that your'e learning and a happy kid count for a lot.
Keep it up.

[yardartnut]

Im impressed Stormer.......although you say the quality of picture is bad .....I was drawn to how well the leaves are......post more when you can

[Neder/Brit]

Nice one Stormer keep up the good work

[Joyce]

Sweet idea. Nice work. In case I did not welcome you. Welcome, from Illinois. Nice to have you.

[stormer]

My airbrushing continues, and my daughters computer got some more art today. I made a stencil from a photo of her and airbrushed it onto one of the cases side panels in black and white, and I'm happy with the result!

But I'm a bit angry on my paints, wonder if I could have got an old batch or something, because they sometimes stick instantly to the needle tip, and today I even got some big lumps coming out of the black bottle! I do shake the bottles VERY hard, the small ball inside the bottle rattles like an insane rattlesnake, but still! Wonder if I should buy new bottle of black of the same brand or try another (using com-art now).

Also uploading a rose, same model as on the computer monitor, but larger and painted on paper. Came out well, but I did a n00b mistake and put the needle cap on the paper when cleaning my airbrush so I got a brown ring on it

These pictures also taken with a mobile phone, tomorrow the wife comes home from a trip with the digital camera

Niclas

[stormer]

Posting the original pic of my daughter too

[Pelts]

Well done stormer.

[Kaiilla]

That is somewhat common (paint thickening) Shake the h*&^ out of the paint, thin it some and strain it through old nylons. That should get rid of the lumps. It's trial and error to get the mix of thinning and air pressure right. Also changes in the weather will effect it too.