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'Airbrushing a Star"
By Don
Johnson
Airhead Airbrush.Com, Inc
www.airbrushartistmagazine.com
www.airbrushtechniquemagazine.com
So you now know how airbrush those stars you’ve seen on
t-shirts designs so we’ll move onto to another technique you can use to
airbrush a star. For this one you’ll need to have star pattern, drawing
which you can print off on your computer. You can render one in an image
program like Photoshop or search the Internet to find one. What you’ll
need to follow along with this start how to article: Double action airbrush,
airbrush ready paints (Com-art, golden airbrush colors, Dr Ph Martins), hobby
knife.
Air pressure you use will depend on the type of airbrush and
brand paint you are using but generally speaking any where from 20 to 60 PSI.
For the paints I mentioned above 20 PSI or slightly lower should work fine with
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Above are the stars I printed, the rule is there so you can
get a sense of how big my stars are. You’ll need to print off at least two
of the same star the reason will become clear further on in this how to.
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Now that you have your stars printed go a head and cut one
of the stars out using a hobby knife. Printer paper works fine to practice this
but you might want to you a heavy card board like poster board or even a
t-shirt stencil material for this if this is a design you will be doing a lot.
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On the backside of your star place some rolled masking tape
so hold the star in place on your painting surface. |
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With your star in place on your painting surface secured
there by the rolled masking tape spray around the start with red followed by
yellow just out past the red. Let the over spray from the yellow flow into the
red. If you point your airbrush into the star template it will lift the
template and we’ll get over spray under your template, not a good thing.
Keep your airbrush square to the template or directed out away from the
template. |
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Pull the star template off and your star design should look
like mine pictured above. As you can see no overspray got under my template so
I have nice a nice sharp outline of the star. Had overspray gotten under the
start would have a fuzzy outline, not good. |
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Now go back to the second star you printed off and with a
pencil and straight edge divide it off as pictured above. With the hobby knife
cut one of the sections out as pictured above. |
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Finish cutting sections out of your star so it ends up
pictured like the one above. With your star now completely cut out as above
carefully place it over the star outline you just airbrushed. Make sure it
lines up exactly with the outline on your painting surface for best results.
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For my third color I chose blue you can use whatever color
you like for this part of the technique. Airbrush along the inside edge of the
sections you cut out of the star template. Be careful to keep your airbrush
square to the template to avoid overspray getting under the template. |
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Pull your star template off and add just a little color in
the sections that that template covered. In my case I airbrushed a very thin
layer of blue in those sections. Your star should now look like the one
pictured above or even better. |
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To sharpen the edges up a bit I use a business card as a
free hand shield and some white. Place the card along the top edge of a star
section and add just a touch of white letting the over spray drift down into
the star. Go over each high point using this technique before moving onto the
next step. |
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Pictured above I have gone back in and with the blue
airbrushed a thin layer of color over the white we added in the step outlined
above. To practice the t-shirt stars we learned in how to airbrush a star
lesson add some stars around the outside of the star as pictured above. And
there you have it another technique to airbrush a star, which can be used on
many different surfaces. |
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I hope you found
this article helpful.
Two more great resources to learn more about
airbrushing, kustom painting are my airbrush, kustom painting magazines. Check
them out via the links below. Until next time "It's just paint" have
fun.
Airbrush
Technique Magazine
Airbrush Artist Magazine
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