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If you are an airbrush artist, what would be your dream job?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

If you are an airbrush artist, what would be your dream job?

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:10 PM

Hello guys. Cool [8D]

Cool [8D]

I am trying to find an answer that crossed my mind the other day.
What else can I do with my Airbrush?
Can I make a living out of it?
Is it possible to find other uses for it besides modelling, T-shirts, Nails( Confused [%-)]

Confused [%-)]

- do women really needs that???)
Maybe we even can switch from spraying fine paint to painting reall aircrafts?
Or maybe we can switch to subskeen inks (Tattos)?

Well maybe we can find an Idea for the most dream-job ever that we can make money out of it!.
What do you say guys?

Please pour in your ideas! Pirate [oX)]

Pirate [oX)]

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:29 PM

There are a multitude of things to do with an airbrush.
T-shirt airbrushing is big here in the U.S. and some people make great money doing it. There are others who airbrush motorcycles and cars and make very good money at that also. Some do well also with body airbrushing and tattos as you mentoned, it just depends on what the market wants.

I did these T-shirts years ago by the way:
http://home.comcast.net/~airbrush4you/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-.html

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:45 PM

I do believe I could get into doing the body painting from what I have seen at concerts. Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:57 PM

just keep in mind chris, you have to paint the BIG..........FAT.........UGLY women too!! you know the ones, they got 3 chins in the back of their neck, iron there clothes in the drive way, the right and left cheek of their behind has a different area code, we talkin' bout' BIIIIIIIGGGGGG WOMEN!! and you know its gonna take longer with that much area to cover. good luck. later. Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

Chris

The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:37 PM

Chris, you crack me up dude. Laugh [(-D]

Laugh [(-D]

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 3:31 AM

Just charge by how much paint ya use Evil [}:)]

Evil [}:)]

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Thursday, July 1, 2004 5:28 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by woodbeck3

Just charge by how much paint ya use .

Or by the square yard!

It would be a toss-up for me .... doing Rebecca Romijn Stamos's makeup for X-Men or painting Tiger Meet logos on fighters. Hey, if I'm gonna dream I'm gonna dream big!

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 2:50 PM

IF...........and a big IF it is..............i was ever offered it again and i had any talent worth my salt......it would be for Disney......without a doubt or hesitation......

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Saturday, July 3, 2004 3:46 PM

"If you are an airbrush artist"

That would be dream #1. Wink [;)]

Wink [;)]

David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 3, 2004 4:01 PM

dream #2 is that you can actually do something

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 5, 2004 2:36 AM

Airbrush touch up on PB models...before the photoshoot Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Monday, July 5, 2004 11:06 AM

I want to get started with some airbrush illustration myself, though I don't have the area set up in my new house yet, or the brush to do it with.

I'd settle for being any kind of professional artist acutally, but it's hard to be able to make a living from artwork. It's not helped by the fact that I work slowly either I don't think Wink [;)]

Wink [;)]

Maybe I'll get an art show in a gallery one of these days. Since I can't model here yet, I'm going to have to start drawing a lot pretty soon. I think I'm going to start a pic of a Spit9 this week.

Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Monday, July 5, 2004 11:11 AM

How about your airbrush dream job being that you get to take over painting the bikes for Orange County Choppers?

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 5, 2004 11:16 AM

how about a job that lets you custom paint fabric, kinda like mikev's job? Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Monday, July 5, 2004 11:43 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by 1337

how about a job that lets you custom paint fabric, kinda like mikev's job?

My job? I wish! Laugh [(-D]

Laugh [(-D]

By the way, some T-shirt artists are making $60-80k a year! [:0]

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 5, 2004 12:01 PM

Shock [:O]

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Monday, July 5, 2004 2:46 PM

QUOTE:
I'd settle for being any kind of professional artist acutally, but it's hard to be able to make a living from artwork. It's not helped by the fact that I work slowly either I don't think Maybe I'll get an art show in a gallery one of these days.

I've seen the artwork on your web site (BTW the link is dead right now) and you've got the talent to make it work. It's hard to get noticed, I'm sure, but hang in there and it will happen.

Mike, I've seen your stuff to and it's top notch. You did hear that the Betty Boop copyright holders are going after copright ingringers, didn't you? Tongue [:P]

Tongue [:P]

(that part really is true; I heard it on the news a few weeks ago)

Living in Nashville I have lots of opportunities to see talented people get left outside looking in while non-talented people get the work. Admittedly it's mostly music around here, but the logic is the same. It isn't fair, but it's just the way things are. If you want it you have to fight for it because there are more people trying to get noticed than there are people doing the looking.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Monday, July 5, 2004 3:42 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity

You did hear that the Betty Boop copyright holders are going after copright ingringers, didn't you? (that part really is true; I heard it on the news a few weeks ago)

I only sold two of those for $50 each, I swear. Laugh [(-D]

Laugh [(-D]

Did you notice next to the picture I put the following:
"Artwork copyright of King Features Syndicate, Inc"
That protects me I think. Confused [%-)]

Confused [%-)]

The company you don't want to infringe upon is Disney. They are bulldogs when it comes to their copyrights. I know a guy on the airbrush forum I go to who copied Bart Simpson on a T-shirt back when the show first came on TV and he got in trouble.
He sold two Simpson's T-shirts to a couple who he later found out worked for FOX, the copyright holders of the show. I think they settled for him paying them something like $700 or so in fines.
That was a tough lesson to learn. Most every artist I know will not paint copyrighted materials on T-shirts as it is not worth the risk and I don't blame them.

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Monday, July 5, 2004 3:58 PM

QUOTE: I only sold two of those for $50 each, I swear.

Uh, huh. That's what they all say Smile [:)]

Smile [:)]

No, I don't blame people for not painting copyrighted material either. It isn't worth the risk at all. But, at the same time, I can't blame people for protecting what is theirs either.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 3:45 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV

How about your airbrush dream job being that you get to take over painting the bikes for Orange County Choppers?

Mike

But mike you have to admit that kid justin does one hell of an amazing job. He really showed his colors on the Miller and MIA bikes. I was also happy to see him spraying with Iwatas Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 7:31 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tropical modeler

But mike you have to admit that kid justin does one hell of an amazing job. He really showed his colors on the Miller and MIA bikes.

I agree. He is good without a doubt.

QUOTE: I was also happy to see him spraying with Iwatas.

Well, not everyone is perfect. Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

Wink [;)]

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 1:07 PM

QUOTE:
I've seen the artwork on your web site (BTW the link is dead right now) and you've got the talent to make it work. It's hard to get noticed, I'm sure, but hang in there and it will happen.

Thanks!!!

My site is down right now because of the move. They deactivate the website for some reason when you change your address. I need to get it uploaded again, but I don't have the page on my harddrive anymore. I needed to make a new one anyway, and I do have MS publishing with several premade formats. I need to re-scan some stuff and I'll get to work on it pretty soon.

I can't model just now anyway, I'm not situated in the new house yet. If I can't model, I might as well work on some more drawing and building my website again. It's much better owning a home than renting an apartment I should add!!

Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 1:26 PM

QUOTE:
My site is down right now because of the move. They deactivate the website for some reason when you change your address. I need to get it uploaded again, but I don't have the page on my harddrive anymore. I needed to make a new one anyway, and I do have MS publishing with several premade formats. I need to re-scan some stuff and I'll get to work on it pretty soon.

It's probably still on their server. You may still be able to get to it using FTP or if you ask they might send you the original files.

QUOTE:
It's much better owning a home than renting an apartment I should add!!

Yeah, I'll drink to that! We owned our house in another town, moved to Nashville and lived in an apartment for one year. I was ready to just start shooting in a circle because people in every direction were driving me nuts. Once our contract was up, we were out and back into a house.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 2:08 PM

I still have the scans I made, I just need to update them a little because I've done more work on the pics since the original scan.

I want to remake the whole site though, because I didn't much like the old one. It was okay, and fine for an hour or so worth of work. I hadn't build a website before and it was pretty amateurish. I'd rather make a new one than stick with that old pos.

Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 2:35 PM

Let me know if you need some help. I'm not the best, but I've done several of them.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 6, 2004 8:52 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tropical modeler

But mike you have to admit that kid justin does one hell of an amazing job. He really showed his colors on the Miller and MIA bikes. I was also happy to see him spraying with Iwatas.

Check out Chris Cruz and his work.
He blows Justin away if you ask me. Wink [;)]

Wink [;)]

http://www.chriscruz.com/HOME.HTM

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 12:33 PM

He is good too. I think Justin is awesome as well though, both those guys are world class though. I love seeing good artwork like that, I can't get enough of it.

Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 8:36 PM

Josh,

Here are a few more:
http://www.goodevestudio.com/frame.htm
http://www.pamelashanteau.com/
This woman is, in my opinion, possibly the best motorcycle painter I have ever seen: http://www.dawneholmes.com/

And last, but not least was my email friend Gina G who unfortunately passed away from cancer this past year Sad [:(]

Sad [:(]

She was extremely talented. http://www.ginag.com/

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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maddafinga

Member since
March 2003
From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Posted by maddafinga on Monday, July 26, 2004 9:20 PM

I've seen that Gina G before and enjoyed her stuff. I really like that Pamela's stuff as well. I love seeing other people's artwork, it always inspires me to do more and better work myself.

Check this guys's stuff out..
http://www.airbrushfitto.com/en-main.html

Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Monday, July 26, 2004 9:30 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by maddafinga
Check this guys's stuff out..
http://www.airbrushfitto.com/en-main.html

Yes I have seen his artwork in Airbrush Action Magazine.
He is another extremely talented painter.

Thanks for the link Josh. Wink [;)]

Wink [;)]

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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