Christmas season has come and gone in a blur of ridiculously long hours, very little sleep, and large amounts of caffeine. I’m going through my photos now and will be posting some of the highlights of this season. This is a custom horse portrait on a license plate.
Sep
20
Black & White Airbrush Portrait on a Hat
I prefer to make portraits larger, but we do get orders for portraits on hats, license plates and other things smaller than t-shirt size. The challenge with hats is that it is a curved surface (especially baseball hats) so, it’s very easy to distort the face. I thought this particular portrait came out nice and [...]
Sep
18
Airbrush Bookbags – Back to School in Style
It’s back to school time and we like to put out at least one airbrush bookbag to give the shoppers some ideas. The kids like it because it’s cool, the parents like it because it differentiates their child’s bag from everyone elses. Most bookbags are Nylon, so be sure to use nylon-bond. No need to [...]
Jul
14
Airbrushed Bob Marley Guitar
I had fun airbrushing this guitar. The body of the guitar was taped off with masking tape, scuffed, and cleaned with wax and grease remover. The portrait of Bob Marley was airbrushed completely in black. The photo was taken after it was airbrushed, but before it was clear coated.
Jun
05
Airbrushed Graduation Caps
June is graduation time and even though students are not supposed to decorate their caps, I airbrush a lot of them. When airbrushing caps, just tape them up to your shirt board and start spraying. Some important tips are to 1) Always check underneath the cap for where the “front of cap” is and make [...]