Got bored over the weekend and decided to try some pinstriping on my bed cover. Let me know what you think. Never tried this before, only read books on it so dont be too cruel.
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Got bored over the weekend and decided to try some pinstriping on my bed cover. Let me know what you think. Never tried this before, only read books on it so dont be too cruel.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...2/IMG_0189.jpg
Looks Good..
Thats pretty damn good if you ask me
Nice job!
you ever wanna try it again let me know i need some stripes on the truck.
Damn!!! 1st time??? Whoda thunk it?
natural talent, looks ****ing sick
I really do appreciate the praise from all of you. I would rather keep practicing on my own truck, but once I get it down I wouldn't mind hook'n some people up.
Looks good.
that does look pretty sweet
looks good
old school is my favorite styleof pinstripping
damn good job
wow thats really cool
Old school rules! Man, you did it up for your first shot.
I'll second the natural talent part... looks like you have a knack for laying lines :) I can't tell in the pic, how well did it flow out? With the chalk all around the lines almost look a little dry (too thick of paint on the brush), but that could be the picture messing with my eyes... For a first time on the end of a brush, I'm VERY impressed with the balance from side to side :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ls182
I say this in confidence, because I'm about the same way. I won't touch a brush for a year, then lay some lines and it comes out better than I'd expect...
What brush are you using? mack sword? what size? One shot paint?
If you want to get a little creative with some tighter circles, the mack is great still, but for a beginner look into the Kafka line of brushes...
(just in case you wonder if I'm just blowing smoke up your @ss... lol)
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Thanks again everyone for the compliments!
As far as how it well the paint flowed out, it felt fairly easy but then again I am a :newbie: so I dont really know how it should feel. The red was a little easier to stripe with but the metalic silver was harder because it felt thinner. I laid out most of the design with a stabilo pencil then striped over it so maybe thats why it looks symmetrical. Brush wise I used an xcaliber 00 and the paint was one shot. I have read about the kafka brushes, maybe I will pick one up and try it out. Theres no doubt you have been stripping for a while! Very nice work! I think there is no harder critic than yourself when it comes to your own work but it makes me feel more comfortable in my abilities to hear it from other people. Kinda motivates me to keep trying and learning. Thanks for chiming in.Quote:
Originally Posted by sfriesen
looked really good
damn man you got some talent bud, looks good
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Originally Posted by ls182
You'll always have this sense of pride in a piece, but you'll always nitpick the hell out of it when everyone else likes it. It's just the way it works with artists... lol. Silver one shot is very thin, I'll never thin it at all when I stripe, and I don't load the brush to hard with it either... Were you thinning the red?
I didn't reduce either but I did buy some just in case.Quote:
Originally Posted by sfriesen
OK... well I'm going out on a limb and saying that more than likely, the red was too thick. Again, if the line lays out nice, awesome, but I have never NOT been able to reduce to get a better consistancy in the paints, aside from silver. You'll notice when you get good mix the lines will start dragging out longer too, brush loads better.
What I do is have a cup of paint and a cup of thinner, and I just mix them on an old phone book as I'm going, so I can constantly adjust how thin my paint is.
Ok cool, next time I will try and reduce the red and see how it comes out. I used an old magazine as my pallet.Quote:
Originally Posted by sfriesen
yeah that works... I think you'll like the results when thinning those out. I've noticed that red, black, and sometimes white tend to be the thickest colors, not sure why...Quote:
Originally Posted by ls182
You'll know you're too thin when it starts acting like that silver... I hate that damn silver...
lookin good!
What can I say... you motivated me to start on a small project... lol
We just need to keep this thread going :)
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Thanks again everyone!
Very nice indeed! I have some ideas in my head for my back glass, maybe this weekend I will give it a shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by sfriesen
Great substrate idea! Wonderful thing is, Oneshot sticks to glass great, but you can scrape it off later with a blade if you want. :hyper2:Quote:
Originally Posted by ls182
Updates from last night with a real camera. I was on a roll.... lol
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Looks killer! :thumb: