A buddy came by the shop today with the first bike i've painted.
My 2 megapixel camera sucks! But the finish is excellent.
Here's some sketches of the 2nd bike i'm working on. Gotta get this
done ASAP (whatever that means). I got a photo of the bike in side
profile, scanned it into Illustrator, made outlines of the pieces
and made copies to sketch on.
It's taking forever...
1st Bike...
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A man can do all things if he but wills them.
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Dude, I know it's a **** but post as many pictures and write as much as you can detailing the process.
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Han, I am gonna ask a dumb question but what is an illustrator ?
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Adobe Illustrator, It's the premier "drawing/illustrating" program that's
been out for many years now. I prefer a light box though for something like this. Various photo's: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v345/zsolo/?start=0 Last edited by Han on Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:27 am, edited 2 times in total.
A man can do all things if he but wills them.
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the link says to log in to see pics...
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It IS a pain! j/k... The process is straight forward. 1. The tank was chemically stripped then scuff 80. Etch primed, then 2 coats of epoxy. 2. the fairing was manually stripped with 220 (i thinks) inside and out. Followed up with scuff pad. 2 coats of epoxy. 3. Wetsand everything with 400. Shot the chevy yellow (5459 i thinks). Layed 3 coats of clear. Let dry (few days) then wetsand 600. 4. Used 1/4" 3M blue vinyl to layout the flames. 5. Shot 4 coats of Old Skool flake gold pearl mixed in clear base; Dupont 150 Balancer. The flames are WAY too ghost. I either didn't mix enough pearl and/or didn't shoot enough coats. BUT, when the sun hits it just right, the flames sweet. 6. Lastly, shot 3 more coats of clear. The base coat is Dupont Chromabase. The epoxy and clear is **********. you can check out the pics of this bike on my photobucket album. A man can do all things if he but wills them.
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Ok, made my photbucket account "public" so everyone can see.
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those flames look killer!
Hot dogs and Miller High Life, lol...the lunch of champions! |
Thems not hot dogs, they is hot links! High Life for us thugs in da hood.
Yours truely (I can't ride, just a poser). A man can do all things if he but wills them.
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Yes I can tell....you can bearly touch the floor...LOL
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