First pinstripe Job.. whadya think? RED ADDED!

Part of it is practice.The other part is t*******
the smallest fraction off the end of the brush.
I think I posted a How To here,somewhere,
on t******* the end of the brush.

If you are serious about learning how to Stripe,
go the the Letterhead Meet in OKC next month.
Details on http://www.letterhead.com/events.html
It will cost you a few bucks,but you will learn more
in one weekend than you will screwing around at home for a year.
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Next time,do the Red first,then White.


Overall,pretty good for a first time.

 

I'll dig around for your post... thanks for the heads up on the meeting.

I might have to wait till the next one comes around though.

Thanks for the tips!

 

Nice job for your first one , keep up the good work , I`ve been practicing striping for about 6 months now and hope to get good enough to start striping soem cars this spring,
Gregg

 

I am a terrible striper, but I actually have alot of experience with a dagger brush. (alot of paint shops use them for various stuff- filling scratches, rock chips, re-applying painted on stripes,etc,etc.)

Just like ahy art brush, it is basically designed to be trimmed into the shape you are most comfortable with- your brush needs a little haircut. it will help with the ends, and where the points come together.

another thing is, you will figure out as you go along, the consistency in the width of the stripes is dictated by what part of the brush is hitting the surface. looks like you've got that part pretty well figured out, but start striping anything you can hold down.

as far as symety is concerned- don't beat yourself up. every pattern is a peice of artwork, and I ***ure you, anything that wasn't printed on is gonna have some discreprancy from side to side. Look at the stuff by Dutch,Roth,Franco,Jeff Shea,Barnett, I could go on and on- they each have thier own beat...and rarely is any of it "perfectly" symetrical. that's part of the beauty of it. it's like the human face- if your face was perfectly symetrical, you would look like a ****oloid.

(well, except for me...I am a beautiful man.LOL)

it looks very nice. very clean, and not too cluttered. My only suggestion would be to go back with a touch more white over the red -just a little bit, to add depth tp the layers. it's fun to figure out which part went on first. (but I like chinese algebra and German wood puzzle boxes,too...)

 

"sick" keep it up and id let you stripe around on my ride too

 

Thanks to all you fellas!!!

Thanks Lux Blue, I'm going to keep trying some more. I'll keep you guys posted.

 

looks real good man. i like

 

Just a tip. or 2..

on black....red NEVER goes on top. always on the bottom. the most contrasting color of the base is always on the top. Think about it, step back 10 feet...and you dont see the red....all you see is a white...and the white is going to look "broken up by spaces" which are actually the red going over the white.

on connecting lines.....DONT be afraid to go back over a line you just ended, but start from where you ended it.....its MUCH easier to "start" a blunted/squared end line....but tough to "end" one that way...so when you end a line and yo uknow you want to connect it with another, go back over it the ither way for about a quarter/half of a inch to get the end blunt...then start your other line at the corner there and it will look much better...

I have to say id practice straight lines and line consisancy too....take something flat and lay 1/8th inch or quarter inch lines verticle, top to bottom, 1/8th inch apart and make them look like pinstripes....the striagher you can get them, the better your lines all around will be....after you do about 10000000 lines verticle that look better than a yankees uniform....do them horizontal the same way....

THEN take a big square peice of practice whatever....put a compase, or make one out of string and a pencil...and draw a circle the biggest you can in that square....pinstripe it....then move 1/8 in inward all the way until your cicle is about the size of a silver dollar......do that about 1000 times.

 

Cool Caffeine... how to do keep the brush from wanting to span out when I do a circle?

 

Twist more than the radius of the curve, brush handle at more of a right angle to the surface. Do yourself a favor and go look at Unk's, Caffeine's & rockyjr's stuff. F'n killa! Follow their advice. BTW, that's dandy for your 1st.

 

For turns,stand the brush up more vertical,
and twist the handle in the direction you want to turn.
Twist more than you think you need,then some more,
and keep twisting as you turn.

 

Nice thanks!!