my attempt at striping

i know this isnt that great but this was my first attempt.
i played with the brush for about 20 min and then proceeded to stripe this.
im proud of it, thought you guys might want to take a look

 

Hey man....that looks pretty good to my untrained eye.

GJ

 

thanks, its alot harder than i thought it would be, but is fun as hell
im hooked already, heres another one i did yesterday

 

You've got the gift - all I can draw is f'n flies !!!!

 

wow, I'm jealous. I bought a brush, paint and some gl*** and started practicing. I got halfway decent at pulling straight lines and doing turns and stuff... but for the life of me I can't think of cool designs to paint, haha

 

Advice from another newbie!! Go to a Letterhead event or Panel Jam. I learned more this weekend in 2 days then I have in 6 months on my own.

here is the link to the pics of the event

http://jchandler1.photosite.com/Album1/Chapter3/

 

thanks for the advice, not much like goes on around here.
I'd love to go to an event like that, i bet you can learn alot from those guys
thanks for the pics

 

Looks great. Got any tips on what you did to pick up on it so quickly?

 

Use your pinkys to steady yourself I like to try to keep my elbow on my body it stedies me up but everyone dose it different. Thinning the paint dose a great deal trial and error my man. Also I never used grids I think they'll handicap you. Your probably better of learning without I just use a center line. Some people dont even use that. Go watch other strippers and pick up tricks on glossy paint if you make a small mistake you can use an eraser to push the paint back. Thats what I do if I over extend a line a bit. Designs are kind of about flow trying to not be to busy and symetry is important. I dont think theres a way to teach that either you can or you can't. One of my buddies tried and said it looks cool in his head but he cant get it come out of his hand. Practice Practice Practice .

 

I like it.. for a first attempt, it's pretty damn good. The only thing you'll want down the line is to get those line widths to vary, but that comes with practice. I dig it, I'd run it!

 

I've been doing some of the same over the past 6 weeks or so. Some of my work I'm really proud of, some not so much. What are you using for that blue grid there? I'm just using graph paper behind the gl***.

I've been trying to get away from the gl***, but when I've tried other more 3-D objects it's been quite a challenge. Baby steps.

It's good therapy though. Very calming.

Nice work there!

 

first attempt?.... i would say you have some talent my man! i would hate to post my first attempt! keep up the good work. and remember...practice, practice, practice.

_T

 

FIRST ATTEMPT!!

Damn... Love to see ya in five years! Looks great, man!!!!!!!!!!!

 

thanks alot guys!. im really enjoying myself. I practice about an hour everyday. Its really addicting. The blue lines are 3M 1/8" fine line tape
i layed out in a 1 x 1 grid. I dont think im gonna use the gl*** much more.
I want to get away from using the grid lines. Dont want to become dependent on them.
thanks again for the compliments
Ryan

 

Lookin' good

Work on line "flow" and consistency and your well on your way.

 

Id like to add that this ia a very good attempt and when Peter Pan comes back hell say so too.