#1- Glossy 17” tire cover for a 2006 Jeep #2- After I had wiped it down with HOK #3- I wiped down the Cover with wax
Wrangler. The customer dropped off the wax and Grease remover, I wet sanded the and Grease remover. Now it’s ready for
cover with an idea of Woody coming out entire cover with 1500 grit, just enough to the sketch.
of the tree wearing boxing gloves. Since take off the high gloss finish.
he’s into amateur boxing it only made
sense to have something of boxing in it
right!?
#4- I drew the image on a piece of news- #5- I placed a piece of Soral white trans- #6- The transferred image on the tire
print to size. I taped it on the tire cover us- fer paper behind my drawing and lightly cover. I don’t need alot of detail because
ing green tape. I added the boxing gloves. outlined my sketch with a ball point pen, it’s a cartoon. This is like a coloring book,
You can see where I continued to enlarge copying the image onto the surface. once it’s drawn on the substrate I can start
them. Making any changes is always to color it in. Before I start painting I’ll
easier to do at this stage on the drawing wipe down the white outline with wax
before the airbrushing starts.
#8- Woody is covered in clear trans-
fer tape I picked-up from a sign supply
store. It’s easy to work with and inex-
pensive compared to illustration frisket.
For additional coverage I use sign trans-
fer tape. This stuff is better for covering
larger areas than wasting tape or having
to work with newsprint or other papers.
For a cartoon subject, or any image that
#7- Here is what it looked like with some
needs a hard edge I’ll use the mask to
of the white toned down. It’s a good idea
give a hard edge, keeping my colors clean
to wipe it down so it doesn’t show through
and tight. On most projects I’ll only use a
the paint., or come through to the surface
mask when it’s absolutely necessary, if I
when it is getting cleared. I am careful not
can get the same effect using a freehand
to take too much off or else I’ll loose my
shield I will. My complaint is that too
lines and end up retracing the image.
much masking makes the overall painting
look flat and lifeless.
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