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Very nice Steve...I like those flame feathers as well
-------------------- Neil White Sign Magic Melton, VIC Australia whitey@primus.com.au Posts: 277 | From: australia | Registered: Dec 1999
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Would you mind terribly, if I asked you to break this down and tell us how you accomplished it (and why you took the steps you did, in what order, etc.) and give us an idea how long it took you to do it?
I'm still learning here, and love to see the bar moved a notch!
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Ok Linda- I'll give you the readers digest version.
Eagle and flag freehanded on the jet with a white stabillo. Flag brushed on, but not shadowed yet, (I had to give the blue time to dry for the stars) Tounge brushed on, then airbrushed shadows and highlights, purple, brown, white. Inside of mouth brushed in, airbrushed with black. Eye, Beak and jaw brushed yellow, airbrushed highs and lows, orange, brown white. Pupil brushed in black, airbrushed white reflection. Stars brushed on to flag. The stars were picking up the blue that was drying underneith, so I continued and gave them a second coat later.
Feathers: I've been painting so many eagles lately that I wanted to try something different. I always start with the feathers around the eye, then move out from there. The whole head is airbrushed, so this part was very time consuming,(I thought I would'nt be able to finish it in 1 day). Start by shadowing the eye, and move out. Straight black close to the eye, purple and browns as I move out. When thats done, I start shaping the muscles around the eye with white. then adding puple, brown and black shadows. When all those shadows are applied- the white is pretty dull, so I reapply white again. That step was repeated about 500 times throughout the afternoon. Once all that was done- I could tie in the beak and paint in the body to better shape the head.
When I paint any wildlife- I build, build, build, one part at a time, with the airbrush. Its very time consuming, and frustrating at times, but I'm happy with the end result.
I don't know if I answered any questions or not. Most time I don't know what I'm doing till I'm doing it.
Thanks for the comments!
-------------------- "B0LT" on the chat room thing.
That was great! Thank you! I'm always fascinated by airbrush tah dahs. Especially when critters are involved. There's so much to observe and execute. Whether it's feathers or fur, a lot of work is done, that is not questioned by me a bit!
First looking at it, I wonder how folks first see it and what path they take to the final step. I know how I would do it with a brush, but given the options of masks, etc. in airbrushing, I am learning not just what, but why, so maybe I can develope some quicker skills. Time is money, hehehe!
Thank you again Steve! Very informative! Consider me inpressed! I remember a head having a hard time with the eyebrows on an eagle, I always thought of them as a check mark, down on the front and sweeping back and slightly up to ward the back, that way I wouldn't forget the angle hehehe!
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