Turtle project
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Karl Becker
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Looking good so far!
You appear to be building the color and saturation slowly, which is good. One of the hardest things to overcome in the beginning, at least for me, is understanding that your first go at it doesn't give you the finished product. It's going to look ugly at first, but the layering is just building up to what you want to see in the end. You are constantly refining the image until you are happy with how it looks.
Keep at it!
You appear to be building the color and saturation slowly, which is good. One of the hardest things to overcome in the beginning, at least for me, is understanding that your first go at it doesn't give you the finished product. It's going to look ugly at first, but the layering is just building up to what you want to see in the end. You are constantly refining the image until you are happy with how it looks.
Keep at it!
Leakyvalve
Mac-Valve Maestro!
That's a rough painting surface, is it something you had laying around?
Franc Kaiser
Air-Valve Autobot!
I like it as well!
I'm using cold pressed watercolor paper. It's a little tricky to spray on but I have the option for using brushes and sponges with water color paints in addition to air brushing. At some point I'll try airbrushing on a different substrate.
I tried what jackEb , the dragon hunter hinted at on my other project... brushing the background before the subject... it seemed to work a little better on this project so far. I'm getting better control on the airbrush as I am learning where it starts to spray etc... Also getting better with thinning the paints. You are right with the layering... it makes a huge difference.
Glad I was able to assist in some way. I found doing the background first helps to eliminate 'all the white' which can skew the colours you lay down in the foreground. Works for me, not for all, just another bit of info to store in your knowledge bank 
Practise with some shields to help with sharper edges (eg: his shell, face) it will make a huge difference. a shield can be as simple as a piece of printer paper cut to the desired shape. it helps minimise the overspray too.
Coming along nicely,
Practise with some shields to help with sharper edges (eg: his shell, face) it will make a huge difference. a shield can be as simple as a piece of printer paper cut to the desired shape. it helps minimise the overspray too.
Coming along nicely,
Karl Becker
Mac-Valve Maestro!
I like it! Have fun with it, otherwise, why bother?
Karl Becker
Mac-Valve Maestro!
By far the coolest turtle I've seen in a while. Looking forward what what comes next!
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