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Commando
06-12-2007, 02:34 AM
This is my latest tutorial. Super easy skulls. Painting skulls is ten times easier than it looks. It's mostly just freehand masking.

http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/new%20tutorials/Skulls/skulls%20020.jpg

I started out with a blank panel and then painted some flames for a background. You can check out how to paint flames in my Realistic Flames Tutorial (http://airbrushtricks.com/new/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28&topic=4.0).

http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/new%20tutorials/Skulls/skull%20001.jpg

Then I sketched out the basic shape of the skull I wanted.

http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/new%20tutorials/Skulls/skull%20003.jpg

I cut out the outside outline of the skull and placed it on my background. Then I sprayed the base color of the skull which is obviously white.

http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/new%20tutorials/Skulls/skull%20005.jpg

After spraying the base color I start to use the cut out parts as freehand masks to create the shadows and lines on the skull. Remember it's these crisp lines that play tricks on the eyes and give the design an illusion of depth.

http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/new%20tutorials/Skulls/skulls%20001.jpg

After laying down the basic shadows I unmask the skull and do the rest of the detail pretty much freehand.

http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/new%20tutorials/Skulls/skulls%20002.jpg
http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/new%20tutorials/Skulls/skulls%20012.jpg

This was a real mellow project for me. I wasn't going for great detail. I just wanted to get the feel of the sequence for the masking and shapes of the skull layout before I started doing any pro level skull work.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

OvRiDe
06-12-2007, 02:46 AM
Once again .. Very nice. When you get a chance can you elaborate on the shadowing a bit more?

Zephik
06-12-2007, 11:18 AM
Nicely done! That's pretty cool looking I gotta admit, I especially love how its not realistic looking. I've always liked skulls that are... almost cartoonish looking. Makes me wish I had an airbrush so I could try this! ><

Didn't you have a logo with a skull and wings in it or something at one time? Man I really like the way that looked! I thought of a perfect place for it on my laptop too! :P But I can't seem to find it... I think it might of been one of your old sigs?

OvRiDe
06-12-2007, 12:03 PM
Didn't you have a logo with a skull and wings in it or something at one time? Man I really like the way that looked! I thought of a perfect place for it on my laptop too! :P But I can't seem to find it... I think it might of been one of your old sigs?

Are you talking about this one?
http://www.airbrushtricks.com/worklogimages/bluexxx_004.JPG

Its on his Carbon Fire mod in the Completed Section.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8037

Zephik
06-12-2007, 01:30 PM
Are you talking about this one?
*Bad Ass Image*

Its on his Carbon Fire mod in the Completed Section.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8037

Bingo! lol I knew I wasn't going crazy...

That is such a bad ass ?logo? though, I love it!

SgtM
06-12-2007, 02:09 PM
I just wanted to get the feel of the sequence for the masking and shapes of the skull layout before I started doing any pro level skull work.

Dude, is there anything you do that ISN'T pro level? Awesome work! +rep

jdbnsn
06-12-2007, 05:58 PM
You are the man! You never fail to impress with you airbrush in hand.

Commando
06-14-2007, 12:19 AM
Ah, shucks... Thanks guys.

I appreciate it. I definitely plan on doing more and more tutorials. I've just been kinda busy lately with work and I'm knee deep in building a website that I'd like to launch in a couple of weeks. Nothing too fancy it's just all about building integrated web sites. It's just been sucking my free time big time.

I'm going to paint a laptop for Snowfire here soon I think that's gonna be a wicked cool project. We'll see how it goes. Of course I'll make a tutorial out of it or worklog or something.

We're not quite sure on the theme yet, but it will definitely rock.

Oh, by the way. The logo I used a while back is this. It's original and your welcome to use it. I have it as a .cdr file also if you want. Just PM me.

http://www.airbrushtricks.com/images/random%20stuff/Backup_of_wing_logo.jpg



Thanks again.

Eclecticos
09-26-2007, 05:09 PM
Preddy Damn Spiffy!

lakechief
12-31-2007, 12:18 PM
Tony,
Thanks for all the help. I always wanted to try airbrushing for a hobby but didn't know a thing about it. Watching your tutorials has really helped and so far it's going great! You mentioned something about an online source to get auto air paint at a reasonable price. Could you tell me what the name of that was? Thanks again.....and by the way, your work is awesome!