Noob Guy
12 posts
Jul 27, 2009
8:47 PM
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I think it would be helpful to give some detailed explanations on this topic. This would help newer painters, including myself, tremendously. An explanation on texturing would be very helpful seeing as texturing is a large part of spraying. Please respond, feedback would be greatly apreciated.
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DrizztFan24
53 posts
Jul 28, 2009
12:02 PM
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Basic materials (at least to my knowledge):
-Magazine paper
-Newspaper
-Tin Foil
-Aluminum Foil (no difference...but it had to be said)
-Wax paper (keep paint underneath wet for long periods of time)
-Posterboard
The first five or so can be used in a variety of ways. Lay down and peel up. Lay down and twist then peel up. Crinkle and apply. Crinkle Twist. Apply then run your fingernails along the paper. Apply and poke with your finger to create meteor strikes.
Wax paper can be used in the same manner but is usually used in maxing cave scenes. It drastically increases the time the paint underneath stays malleable. You apply your cave wall colors and rip pieces of wax paper that you lay down in the area you wish for cave walls. Finish the painting as you wish and then peel up your first piece of wax paper. Apply black along the edge of the next piece in line and remove. This will create multiple layers and you spray black to crate shadows. Difficult to comprehend without a video, but monkey with it and you can figure it out. And I am actually pretty sure that there is a video of it on the site.
Posterboard. Usually used to sweep paint. apply your colors and bend a scrap piece of board making a "U" shape (your fingers hold the top areas) and swipe it across the planet. If the planet is large then you simple lay the scrap piece in front of the planet, apply pressure to create a smooth edge, and drag across the planet. Check out some of Cosmo's videos on youtube, it seems to be a favorite of his.
Any clarification required on my rant? If so, just state what material and I shall attempt to clarify. :)
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Alienator
236 posts
Jul 28, 2009
10:22 PM
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Its a fairly easy thing to do but takes practice to master due to different elements, such as temperature, if its cool out you can leave the paper longer across the paints, then peel back, if its real warm you need to spray and attack relatively quickly, if paints drying real fast you may need to apply heavier then normal, allot of textures work best when paint is a certain point of tacky, but figuring out that is a matter of experience. So it takes a little time and practice to figure it out. Oh and Id recommend not mixing paint brands and try different brands to see what works best. That's just my 2 cents worth, hopefully others will expand upon this more it is an important subject matter.
Last Edited by on Dec 18, 2009 10:02 PM
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Alienator
248 posts
Jul 31, 2009
7:49 AM
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Im pasting this from a post by 11jones ...
...I like to use yellow, orange, red, then black. even just yellow, orange and black works too. put down a good layer of yellow that covers up all white but not too much past that. next orange and cover the yellow but doesnt have to be all orange. i like to leave some showing. then i cover with a lesser ammount of red. then depending if its a space scene will determine how much black i lay down. usually cover in black, sometimes not completely. spray come color maybe for gas or atmousphere. its real important to hold a sheet of paper so it doesnt flop into the paint when you dont want it to. hold it ( not fold it) in half long ways, holding it horizontally. each end with a hand. then, i go from left to right to make rocks/mountains/terrain, but still holding the left side of the folded paper i slide my right hand inside the folded piece of paper. then i place the apex of the curve on the sheet of paper in the paint and then with your right hand you guide and shape the terrain and you move it/slide it along the paper on the paint. Brandon should have some videos on the side here on making rocks/terrain/mountains. hope this made sense and helped.!!
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kevincosy
1 post
Aug 05, 2009
10:29 PM
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It might be worth looking at the site of www.spraycanart.us as well for some good ideas on this subject. With some fresh ideas. Kevin.
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pi3ninja
4 posts
Aug 16, 2009
5:27 PM
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A good thing to remember when layering is to go lightest to darkest. This way the lighting will give it more depth. Also try to stick with 3 or less colors, not including black or white. In some or most paints when too many are mixed bubbling occurs and makes a big mess out of it, to avoid this add a layer of white. I don't know why this works but it tends to most of the time. One last thing, if you are trying to highlite somehting or scratch off layers, a guitar pick works well in place of a pallet knife.
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kakali
1 post
Aug 21, 2009
6:39 PM
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i use lightest to darkest and add a littel silver or white to it at the end and allunimun foil is great to use
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jj123240
1 post
Aug 27, 2009
3:36 PM
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I recently started, like a week ago, and I have so many questions and problems, but im really interested in the style. I dont know if its a rookie mystake or something but whenever I remove the magazine paper, most of the time the paint smears and doesnt give me a very good texture, and I am having trouble making mountains, I desperately need some help.
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Drew11
1 post
Nov 09, 2009
2:00 PM
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jj123240
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Drew11
2 posts
Nov 09, 2009
2:02 PM
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oops my last post i hit the space bar and for some reason it posted but i am having the same problem as jj123240. He/she started painting about a week ago and i started painting yesterday and the magizine effect isnt working it just comes out smeared anyone got any tips?
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Alienator
474 posts
Dec 18, 2009
9:59 PM
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could be paint brand, or temperature related, best thing to do is try different scenarios, figure out what works and try to stick with it.
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drewzinski
29 posts
Mar 27, 2010
5:23 AM
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I find it best to paint in the shade, to beable to work with the paint longer. I've had to trim a few paintings from painting in the sun and having the mag paper stick to the paint and rip of when doing a pyramid. Guess I'll have to try the wax paper idea.
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