Goodesta

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How in the world do you keep your lines sooo straight?

Colors_By_Dave

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Practice and repetition.

Goodesta

iTrader: (6)

there's gotta be another trick to it

tq_racing

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lay down a tape line to run your blade against

Colors_By_Dave

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Nope.

Bfutura15

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+1K. If it was easy everyone would be doing it and everyone thats painting for others would not be

rice_man

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And another +1K

I know I'm not even close to the class of top painters here but I've been at it about three years and I'm much better than when I started.

With time you will get the feel of when to pull or draw the blade and what kind of angle it needs to be at. How best to hold the piece you're working on and so on. In a sense it's like racing - being able to consistently hit the lines -

ChEmDoCtOr

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I started airbrushing about 4 months ago.

You cannot cheat experience.

But, you can cut the required experience in half if you dont mind reading, alot!

You can bypass alot of the hard crap by reading how and what to do in any situation.

Then just apply your knowledge.

Otherwise, you are just looking for a quick answer, which isnt possible.

How to get straight lines? I learned my technique from Sk3tch, for example, I just read what he did, and poof, it works wonders!

Quit posting, Read!!!!!

Flying Monkey

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1 tip that was passed to me that has REALLY improved my lines was holding your knife at 45* or slightly more. Not straight up and down and not layed down alot. Its made a big difference for me as I used to hold mine alot more layed down.

Also the line you have drawn or are following HAS to be straight in order to cut a straight line. If I have a long straight line in the design I either try to use a ruler to draw it on the outside or I use pin stripe tape on the outside to follow.

Basically its like Dave said, Practice, Practice, Practice.

W.E.D.Jim

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^^^ This.


There are no short cuts, like diet pills and get rich quick books, all smoke and mirrors and effort, practice and exposure to experienced painters videos are the way to get it better.

I see a trend like this at the gym too, guys work out for two weeks and want to know why they haven't gotten HUGE yet.

lol

Patience and persistence grasshopper!


Jim
W.E.D.
www.wedjim.com

Xpress

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How are you holding the knife? I find it easier to get straighter lines by holding the knife closer to the end instead of right by the blade. I think if you hold the knife too close to the blade long lines end up choppy. Also, once you start the cut don't stop.....it has to be one even pull.

Sk3tch

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I hate doing straight lines. BUT like mentioned before it's easier to drag the knife at a fairly steep angle. If it helps you...you can lay masking tape on liquid mask (de-tack it by pressing it on your clothes) to follow a straight line and use that for a knife guide. As far as where to hold the blade handle...I find it best to hold it near the end.

Like this:





OR liquid mask the body up to roughly where the line will be and finish it off with masking tape to use as the straight line.

If you're referring to parallel lines...that not only takes practice, but patience as well. I go cross eyed after a while concentrating on semi invisible cut lines. It definitely burns a lot of time pin-striping.

Goodesta

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maybe ill try pinstriping tape to give me an edge to follow