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[ChrisFoley]

David,
This is just awesome! You are an airbrush madman! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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[djm914-6]

QUOTE (Neo914 @ Mar 16 2005, 02:40 AM)

Nice work, I had an airbrush artist paint a shirt of my Opel GT back in the 70's. He worked fast, maybe 20 minutes. Am I opening a can of worms but a search for djm914-6 shows many of his threads in the recycle bin... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

Yup, a can of worms. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/bootyshake.gif) But I won't go there.

Some shirts can be done quickly and for little money, others take quite a bit more time. These are more along the lines of quick shirts. Because I'm doing so many of the same design, I can speed a few things up to create a slightly better painting for the same money. This is the first time I'm really trying to speed through the painting process, Usually I take a lot more time and concentrate more on clean lines and details. Basically, an airbrush artists try will fit a design into a set price point. For example, I can do a $25 shirt that looks like the car in question. I can do a $50 shirt that is less cartoony and shows light effects. I can also do a $70 shirt that is extreemly detailed and looks a lot like the referance picture. I can also do a $price is no object painting that is almost photo realistic. I'm working to be able to create photo realism. Each price point is time dependant and none include the price of the shirts they're painted on.

My biggest problem isn't the speed that I paint, but the time I have to paint. I have a back log like crazy and I try to devote as much time as possable to each "customer's" projects. The hard part with all this is that this is just a hobby and will in no way pay my bills. I still need to work my day job (most times being well over 8 hours a day), raise my two boys, be a good husband, maintain my house, and so on.

What I try to do is prioritze my paintings by what NEEDS to be out and when. for example these shirts have a true deadline and I paint when ever I can. Another person has an RC body in my studio. I work on that later when my compressor will wake the kids. It will be painted, but only as time fits.

HTH answer some questions.