IN EARLY DEC. 02 I BOUGHT AN AIRBRUSH AND A COMPRESSOR AND STARTED FOOLING AROUND.....WTH HELP AND ADVISE FROM A COUPLE OF GREAT AIRBRUSH ARTISTS , I'VE MET ON THE NET ....I'M ON MY WAY TO LEARNING A NEW MEDIUM.....THIS IS NOT AS EASY AS PICKING UP A PAINT BRUSH ....THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN , CONTROL OF THE TRIGGER , CLEANING THE TIP CONSTANTLY , AIR PRESSURE AND SO ON.....BUT LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IT TAKES AWHILE THEN THINGS SEEM TO START HAPPENING.....
ON THE FIRST DAY AFTER I SET THE COMPRESSOR AND GUN UP ...I STARTED PLAYING AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW I HAD FREEHANDED THIS WILD CAT ....YUP I'M HOOKED !!!
NEXT CAME A COUPLE OF WORKS ON PAPER..MY SAD PARROT AND ROAD...ALL THE WHILE I WAS LEARNING TRIGGER CONTROL ( AND MAYBE IN A DOZEN YEARS OR SO I'LL HAVE THAT ONE DOWN PAT ) AND HOW TO WORK THE COLOURS......
NEXT IT WAS FREEHANDING ON HELMETS....THIS IS HARD A CURVED SURFACE IS A NEW EXPERENCE....THE EAGLE ABOVE IS ONE OF MY BETTER ATTEMPTS....THIS IS ONE I'LL KEEP GOING BACK TO......
I HAVE BEEN PAINTING ON MY LEATHERS WITH BRUSH FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS , SO THAT WAS MY NEXT MOVE.....
ON MY FIRST TRY AT A WOLF ON THE BACK OF MY VEST , I WENT WAY OVERBOARD.....BUT I DID LIKE WHAT I WAS SEEING....
THE 2ND BEAST THOUGH STILL ROUGH WAS MORE LIKE IT...
ON THE BACK OF MY LEATHERS I WENT SIMPLE ....SRV FROM THE COVER OF "IN STEP "....NOW I'M GETTING A BETTER GRIP ON THE TRIGGER AND HOW TO MAKE THINGS STAND OUT.....
THIS CURVE IN THE ROAD IS DONE ON AN OLD TEE THAT I WAS USING AS A CLEAN UP RAG.....LAID SOME WHITE DOWN AND DID SOME FAST WORK WITH THE GUN.....FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON TEES.....
MY FIRST SERIOUS WORK IS THIS EAGLE T AS SHOWN IN THE 3 PICS ABOVE....I STARTED ON A BLACK TEE ( I'M A BIKER BLACKS MY COLOUR ) WITH A WHITE OUTLINE...THEN AS IN PIC 2 , I WORKED THE DETAILS IN AND HOT IRONED THE TEE AFTER EVERY STEP TO HOPEFULLY GIVE THE TEE A LONG LIFE....I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE END RESULTS...AND HAVE REQUEST COMING FROM MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ...( WHERE ARE THE PAYING CUSTOMERS ??? :) )....
THIS TEE IS A TEASE FOR MY BEST FRIEND DON...HE IS A HABS FAN BORN AND RAISED....AND I AM A TRUE BLUE & WHITE FAN ....SO WHEN THEY MEET SAT . FEB 8TH I'LL BE WEARING THIS.....I CALL IT " FEAR"....
GRIZ , IS DONE FOR MY BRO IN-LAW MESS
Now I think thats the right Tee for my Bro-Inlaw Mess?????
Cloe the cat for my BooBoo.....
And here's my BooBoo wearing it.......
BadDragon and DemonWizard were created for good friends in Germany and will soon be heading overseas.....and Corinna remember send pics....................
Well since I did the Habs tease , my best Bro Don requested the " No Evil " dig at my beloved Buds...Thats okay we are playoff bound and MTL is not....
This is Dirk in Germany wearing the BAD DRAGON TEE.....Thx C & D
Here are a couple of Tee's I did for my friends down in Texas....
Been working on my lettering ..Used 4 different styles on this one Tee....Happy B/DAY Judy!!!!
I ADDED THE TEXAS FLAG BACKGROUND TO TRY AND SPICE UP MY SRV LEATHERS...
A PERSONAL TEE , PILE OF SKULLS....
CORINNA LOOKING NASTY ( ANOTHER WORD FOR BEAUTIFUL :) IN THE DEMONWIZARD TEE...
LOVE TOTEM , THIS IS A PIECE AIRBRUSHED ON TO BLACK GESSO COVERED CANVAS ...I HAVE NOT WORKED WITH AN AIRBRUSH FOR OVER A YEARS SO I DECIDE TO GET BACK TO IT ...APR/07
