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Back to Basics: Shading and Blending

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Last issue I demonstrated the dagger stroke, the most difficult and important of the almighty four basic strokes in airbrushing. Ultimately, if you master the dagger, you’ve pretty much conquered airbrushing. However, to render you completely rounded as an airbrush … Continue reading

Hawaiian Tiki Bug By Craig Fraser & Dennis Mathewson

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Download from Scribd After a few phone calls to Hawaiian automotive airbrusher Dennis Mathewson, I decided that I had to make a road trip – well, more like an “air trip.” Dennis is the owner and founder of Cosmic Airbrush … Continue reading

Designing for Kids – Cute Little Frog by Terry Hill

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by Terry Hill (Airbrush Action Magazine March – April 1999) >> Download This A big part of being a T-shirt artist–or being in any business is knowing your market and how to capture its attention. This article focuses on young children. … Continue reading

Blazing Six String by Jan Larkman (Airbrushing flames on a guitar)

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Think hot-rodding is only for cars? Think again. Artist Jan Larkman flames out a  guitar. Hot-rodding a guitar is a project I’ve wanted to undertake for quite some time. After doing some paintings on motorcycle gas tanks with Createx Auto … Continue reading

Airbrush Tutorial: Mastering Diamond Plate by Craig Fraser

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PDF file: Click here to download the PDF File by Craig Fraser “Everything you wanted to know about your new stencils,…but were afraid I to ask.” For the uninitiated, this column instructs on the use and techniques of all stencils in … Continue reading

Mastering Car Designs By Kent Lind

Mastering Car Designs By Kent Lind

PDF file: Click here to download the PDF File For these installments of T-shirt Tactics, I’m going to share my thoughts on how to paint a vehicle on a shirt. My approach to is very formulaic and metered. ” I don’t … Continue reading

Ghost Flames – Tutorial

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Ghost Flames, PDF file: Click here to download the PDF File Step 1 After wet sanding with 800-grit sand paper, I clean the surface with a tack cloth before taping. Step 2 Before laying out the flame design, I place a … Continue reading

Intro to Vinyl Plotters – Airbrush Action Boot Camp

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Intro to Vinyl Plotters - PDF file: Click here to download the PDF File THOUGH CONSIDERED A STANDARD TOOL IN THE sign business (and a threat to customp painters) with their production of inexpensive signs, lettering, and graphics, plotters are increasingly finding … Continue reading

Airbrush Tutorial: “Piracy” by Craig Fraser

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Click here to download the PDF File REMEMBER THAT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS AN AUTOMOTIVE COLUMN DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO stick to painting cars and bikes. These stencils can be used for everything from body art, to wall murals, … Continue reading

Fraser’s Mastering Return of Skullmaster Artool Stencil – Part 1

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by Craig Fraser Download the PDF After all these years of e-mails asking how to use my stencil systems, I want to assure you that only 80-percent of your cries fell on deaf ears. Just kidding. Even with the Skullmaster … Continue reading