Step 13 Step 14 Step15
Now I have added detail to the black areas Starting with the lightest colour I use With transparent orange I apply light
with my reduced black. We now have a Auto Air transparent yellow. Study your coats over the fur avoiding the fur areas
fairly good tiger just using black and white reference picture and try and see all of I want to remain white. There’s a lot of
paint. This is necessary to create good un- the different colours involved. Tigers are white on a tiger. Losing this would destroy
deprainting for my colours next. The fur not just orange. There are yellows, orang- that beautiful contrast. When applying
detail will show through the transparent es and reds in some areas. Transparent the colours always airbrush in the direc-
paints. If you used opaques you would end paint allows you to layer your colours for tion of the fur, don’t just blast the colour
up covering the work you have just done. subtle tones. on from a distance. You want to create a
tight painting and maintain detail.
Step16 Step17: I decided to go with a simple fire Step18: Here I have removed all of the
The head is now complete apart from design for the rest of the background so tape. The tribal design looks very flat at
whiskers. I have used red to darken some using reduced white first proceeded by this point. so in order to give some dimen-
areas and some red violet mixed in for the transparent yellow and then orange to sion I airbrush some highlights to give the
muzzle. Green was also used for the eyes. create a simple design that should sepa- impression that they are standing out
Always add white highlights to the eyes rate the tribal flames when the tape is from the tank surface. Please refer to the
when done. Tiny areas of moisture and re- removed. At this point I also add a faint finished photograph to see the effect of
flections really bring them to life. drop shadow on the lower edges of the the highlights.
tape before removing it.
Step 19: With the tank cleared you can see the simple
effect of the highlights on the black tribals. The clear
coat when applied professionally really does make a big
difference. Thanks to Sam of Airbrush Perfections for
doing a great job.
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