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This is a very old trick used to create a
stipple effect which can be used on T-Shirts, license plates, sheet metal,
illustrations, etc. For this you will need a cloths pin or business card,
airbrush, air source, paint.
Pictured above: You can see I have one
half of a wooden cloths pin which the airbrush is directed at the end of the
cloths pin. At this point I'm several inches from the paper using 25 psi with
illustration type airbrush paint. If I where using textile paint the psi would
be 40 to 60.
If you leave the air cap on your airbrush (which I do not)
you could actually rest the end of your airbrush right on the cloths pin. This
technique can also be used with a big spray gun as well by using a surface
larger than a cloths pin to bounce the paint off.
Pictured above: As you can see I'm
directing the paint flow onto the end of the cloths pin. The paint bounces off
the cloths pin creating the stipple effect on the paper.
Pictured above: Creating different
stipple effects can be accomplished by adjusting the angle your airbrush is
positioned at in relationship to the cloths pin and by how far from the surface
the cloths pin is. Vary the distance the cloths pin is from the surface you'll
vary the size stipple produced.
Pictured above: Play around with
this simple technique and you can learn to control the effect fairly well. To
contain the stipple to one area masking will be needed in most
case's.
Pictured above: A
business card can be used also to create the same kinds of
effects.
Pictured above: By folding the
business card in half and using it in sort of a V shape you might find you have
better control than with a cloths pin.
Pictured above: As
with the cloths pin direct your airbrush near the end of the business
card.
Pictured above: As with the cloths
pin you can vary the stipple effect by varying the angle of your airbrush and
the distance you are from the surface you are spraying. Bottom is a licnse
plate with multi color stipple effect applied as out lined above.
Play around with both a cloths pin and
business card and see which you have better control with.
