CreekPikerLures
Double Actioner
Long time sprayer...neub to the forum...Thanks for letting me join. Anxious to learn any new tips n tricks as well as “get in the loop” with new equipment/mods. Seems this is the place that comes up most when searching equipment questions so ill dive in...
My “steed” is an Iwata Kustom CH... Like myself, its getting old ... Find it disappointing they do not make them anymore. Haven’t picked up another gun for 16yrs now. Still sprays like the day i got it. Anything than can be replaced has been and it really has stood the “test of time”...
I grew up on “auto air” magazine before the days of social media. Still have stacks of old issues i read from time to time. Don’t wanna b a dinosaur tho, so its time i see whats new on the streets these days. Started off doing T-shirts with a pasche then eclipse. Did alot of proto type model paint in college studying industrial design and had a short stint trying to run a buisness while airbrushing was “dying”... the t-shirt craze anyway. Pretty sad. I will always appreciate hand made items over computer/mass made ones. I stuck it out for a few yrs doing alot of “dance clothes”, murals and subject matter that kept my lights on. Needles to say i gave up for a bit. Always did shirts/my art for myself and moved onto canvas.
My favorite thing to paint is a nice fresh wall ... just somethin about the scale and being free to spray about with no restrictions.
Moving onto present day, ive been trying to make it in the “lure buisness” using the skills ive aquired over the yrs and a degree in Industrial Design/Fine arts from CCAD... (any ccad alum about? Lol) i feel like not many lure painters freehand so i try to do that as much as possible. “Tricks” will always be part of it but anyone can spray through some mesh and sell a bait. Id like to stand out and go as far away from the norm as possible without “cheating”... tricks and tools will always have their place, not knocking them, i guess i just appreciate freehand the most and really admire anyone doing canvas/illustration/realism type work. Follow alot of street writers aswell and hope to soak up anything i can here.
Its nice to see a resurgence of “hand skills” making a comeback these days. People appreciating art and talent is what its all about. Nice to meet everyone and as always SprayNSlay ... Russell @CreekPikerLures
My “steed” is an Iwata Kustom CH... Like myself, its getting old ... Find it disappointing they do not make them anymore. Haven’t picked up another gun for 16yrs now. Still sprays like the day i got it. Anything than can be replaced has been and it really has stood the “test of time”...
I grew up on “auto air” magazine before the days of social media. Still have stacks of old issues i read from time to time. Don’t wanna b a dinosaur tho, so its time i see whats new on the streets these days. Started off doing T-shirts with a pasche then eclipse. Did alot of proto type model paint in college studying industrial design and had a short stint trying to run a buisness while airbrushing was “dying”... the t-shirt craze anyway. Pretty sad. I will always appreciate hand made items over computer/mass made ones. I stuck it out for a few yrs doing alot of “dance clothes”, murals and subject matter that kept my lights on. Needles to say i gave up for a bit. Always did shirts/my art for myself and moved onto canvas.
My favorite thing to paint is a nice fresh wall ... just somethin about the scale and being free to spray about with no restrictions.
Moving onto present day, ive been trying to make it in the “lure buisness” using the skills ive aquired over the yrs and a degree in Industrial Design/Fine arts from CCAD... (any ccad alum about? Lol) i feel like not many lure painters freehand so i try to do that as much as possible. “Tricks” will always be part of it but anyone can spray through some mesh and sell a bait. Id like to stand out and go as far away from the norm as possible without “cheating”... tricks and tools will always have their place, not knocking them, i guess i just appreciate freehand the most and really admire anyone doing canvas/illustration/realism type work. Follow alot of street writers aswell and hope to soak up anything i can here.
Its nice to see a resurgence of “hand skills” making a comeback these days. People appreciating art and talent is what its all about. Nice to meet everyone and as always SprayNSlay ... Russell @CreekPikerLures