I tag the hood with an Ohio Tech logo.... they are the major sponsor, after all. I use a computer cut paint mask (Oro- mask 810) and sculpt a small layer of fire (in white) all around and through the logo. I remove the paint mask, and hit this layer of fire with my lightest color, transparent yellow. There’s very little difference in my two yellows for this fire, so my OTC logo will be ghost- ed quite nicely. The fire took about 45 minutes to paint from start to finish. Don’t forget, I was explaining what I’m doing, how, and why the entire time. It’s important that the crowd can understand it, in order for them to feel confident that they could do it with a little bit of practice.

Now I’m going to take care of the school that’s hosting the event. The hood stays with them, so it’s only right that I tag it with their school ini- tials. I’m going to blow lightning from their school name. I switch back to my white, and begin dusting around the letters. This will provide the glow or the light that our lightning produc- es. I then drink a bunch of Red Bull (It gives you wings!) and start crashing my lightning down and across my hood. I spray a soft, fuzzy, and transparent squiggly line first (this is the glow), then I come back and spray a tight, bright, and well defined squiggly line down through the transparent line. I remove the paint mask for the letters, and the original black base coat was perfectly protected. The contrast between the black letters and the white glow is amazing, and pops off the hood. And it was as easy as getting some caffene jitters!

I add some finishing touches to the skull by piercing his cheek, and running some chain off the piercing, really easy. I use black to draw the letter “C” on the cheek. I then draw the letter “I” and the letter “O” for the rest of my chain. I come back in with some white for highlights along the top outside edges and top inside edges of the chain, and it really jumps out!

Here’s your hood completed. This started off as a plain black hood, and took about 3 hours to paint in front of a captive audience. They were able to see it happen step by step, and I took the time to make sure they understood what I was doing each step along the way. They understand it now, and because they understand it, they feel confident about trying it themselves. Now this is where the admissions representatives for the Custom Paint and Graphics Program at Ohio Tech step in. I just made their life easy.At the end of the day, I pack up my Iwata Airbrushes, all of my Auto Air Paints, my Rich Evans and Richard Markham stencils, and sit down for a nice, refreshing Red Bull. Like I said, gotta take care of the sponsors! Big Daddy Customs is located about an hour north of Pittsburgh, PA. For more infor- mation on weekend airbrush seminars held at Ohio Technical College and custom paint demonstrations sponsored by Ohio Tech, visit my website at Big Daddy Customs Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36