In the mind of a beginner..

...Already planning on getting me a second airbrush..
For what purpose you plan to use a new airbrush?
If you need it painting for large areas, then bigger is ok. Your current airbrush is one of the best for small details =)
 
Much better man. I would do the whole peice in midtones first then gradually get darker. When you skip values around too much, you end up getting too dark. You will actually have a little better control if you bump up your air pressure to like 10psi. Other than fine lines it's best to turn the air up. Better atomization. Also remember when filling in a stencil, get further away from the surface and spray, this will produce a nicer fade and transition. I usually spray around 6 inches away from the surface unless doing tight details, then I've got the needle grazing the surface

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Thanks, it feels great!

The reference I'm using is a pencil drawing. I will post it after I'm finished with this piece. Not so many blends in the original image. More or less three tones, white/50% grey/100% black. I'm trying to do more blends to soften it up, but it's not easy.

I tried to build up the horn slowly with mid tones and then slowly darken it. When I look at it now, I can see that the black parts should have been a bit lighter to look more "realistic". I will try your advice tomorrow.

Anyway, I've only had my airbrush for a week so I'm happy with the result so far..
 
Oh yeah for sure you should be proud of yourself

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very nice, ive seen the original pencil drawing on deviant art ( i nicked it to use when i made the negative image in the above post) .

remember to try and visualise it as a 3d image (a skull sitting on a piece of paper) rather than a flat pencil drawing - so as the horns are curved the points that are closer to you (the front boss and the end points) will have sharper detail than those parts where it bends behind (this is how i'd try to do it).

you are doing very well regardless - keep it up :)
 
Thank you pugster! :thumbsup:

I know what you mean, depth of field. I am a photographer so I'm well aware of dof, but at this stage I'm not able to control the brush up to that point. But I will keep your advice in mind and try to apply it in my work.
 
Doing good shadeing the right spots on the skull just getting a little too dark.and try doing some shadeing drills too not just dots and dager
 
I was using 1:1 reduction and 20 PSI on this piece. I will go much farther with the reduction in my next session, and lower the pressure.
I can feel it's there, very close.. just need to understand the basics a little more. Once I've broken that barrier it will most likely pop.
Thanks! :thumbsup:
When you change your reduction don't change your air pressure just yet.try the reduced paint at that pressure and then if its still not working change the pressure(only change one thing at a time so you know whats going on with that change)
 
That and some airbrushes take a minute or so to clear out the old reduction before it comes out properly. So if you switch your air too fast, may be hurting yourself.

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Thank you very much for the heads up base paint and Immortal!
I feel I'm learning this at a high pace, thanks to all the lovely people here! :thumbsup::)
I hope I will be able to pay back by helping new people when I get better at this.
 
You are lol, many of us "veterans" would have dreamed to have this much readily available info at our disposal when we started out. You do learn a lot from making your own mistakes ( i know I sure have) but it's always helpful to eliminate simple things you may have overlooked. I think my biggest hurdle when I started out was relearning how to reduce my paints and add retarder. You mix paint s certain way for so long then airbrushing is completely different. I know my dad has tried to use my airbrush a few times and it's and ways too thick and too high of air pressure. Last time I checked my tank after he used it, he had it cranked up to 80psi. Good thing it didn't destroy the airbrush.

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Thats great! what an achievement for you, I'm so happy for you :)
I know people who have been doing this for a while and haven't reached this level! Well done!
 
Thank you very much guys! :thumbsup:

Two weeks ago I couldn't even dream about doing an airbrush painting like this. And now I'm there. This has triggered me a lot and I will practice hard to get better.

For this last session I changed the thinning a bit, 3 parts black with 20 parts reducer. I also changed pressure depending on what I was painting. 10 PSI for the larger stuff and 5 PSI for the details.
 
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