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11-07-2005, 08:15 AM
#8251
Its been a while....did a very quick one for myself to get back into it before starting on customers!!
11-07-2005, 08:28 AM
#8253
I agree with you r charlie_b. I am my worst customer. I can do something that I think I messed up on and someone will see it and want it and tell me it looks great. I think as painters we are all our worst customers. We always want something more out of ourselves when painting our bodies.
11-07-2005, 08:39 AM
#8256
Originally Posted by charlie_b
You Brit...do u ever find it harder to paint for yourself then for a customer? I think i am my worst customer..i never know what i want. 
I decided to make mine pretty simple from now on - spend time on others...HOWEVER it did cross my mind after doing this one, that I am my own advertising.....maybe next time I willl do the opposite!!
11-07-2005, 08:40 AM
#8257
Originally Posted by charlie_b
You Brit...do u ever find it harder to paint for yourself then for a customer? I think i am my worst customer..i never know what i want.
11-07-2005, 08:41 AM
#8258
JJ187RC - Thats true....if i let a line run, or some otehr small error, I am pi$$ed at myself....
The one thing that made me feel good, was a close up of a shop UFO paint scheme, it was not perfect!!! Since then, I am a little easier on myself if i slightly screw up.
I have once coughed up for another body after a really unfortunate series of events.
The one thing that made me feel good, was a close up of a shop UFO paint scheme, it was not perfect!!! Since then, I am a little easier on myself if i slightly screw up.
I have once coughed up for another body after a really unfortunate series of events.
11-07-2005, 08:48 AM
#8259
I keep trying designs like you guys in the USA use but I don't know if the Brits are ready for this yet
11-07-2005, 09:04 AM
#8260
Originally Posted by BritRacer
JJ187RC - Thats true....if i let a line run, or some otehr small error, I am pi$$ed at myself....
The one thing that made me feel good, was a close up of a shop UFO paint scheme, it was not perfect!!! Since then, I am a little easier on myself if i slightly screw up.
I have once coughed up for another body after a really unfortunate series of events.
The one thing that made me feel good, was a close up of a shop UFO paint scheme, it was not perfect!!! Since then, I am a little easier on myself if i slightly screw up.
I have once coughed up for another body after a really unfortunate series of events.
Whenever I see a nice body at the track I like to look at it and see where it went wrong
11-07-2005, 09:38 AM
#8261
Originally Posted by BritRacer
I sit for hours drawing the designs on the body, then wiping it off, by the end of it i can hardly see through the sharpie leftover!
I decided to make mine pretty simple from now on - spend time on others...HOWEVER it did cross my mind after doing this one, that I am my own advertising.....maybe next time I willl do the opposite!!
I decided to make mine pretty simple from now on - spend time on others...HOWEVER it did cross my mind after doing this one, that I am my own advertising.....maybe next time I willl do the opposite!!
I have a mazda body right now that I'm painting for a customer... A week ago it had a completely different and extremely intricate design drawn on it that I was experimenting with... Then I got a commission and I erased the whole thing...
I took pictures of it, because it was interesting, but this sort of thing I have a habit of doing... Drawing something absurdly busy, then erasing it because someone wants a body that won't take me a month to cut masking for.
11-07-2005, 12:42 PM
#8263
Originally Posted by BritRacer
I sit for hours drawing the designs on the body, then wiping it off, by the end of it i can hardly see through the sharpie leftover!
itll clean off better than a sharpie
just not as permanent
11-07-2005, 12:53 PM
#8264
the only problem i have found with those pens is when I am handling it, the lines rub off....
11-07-2005, 12:56 PM
#8265
Isn't it funny how EVERY paint job you do has something wrong with it?
I think its the nature of the beast. That and we are doing the impossible by painting in reverse/inside out/on the INSIDE of the body.
BTW, for those that don't know... Denatured Alcohol removes Sharpie marks completely.
I have a large batch to paint... thanks to my customers for being patient... I have just been so busy... real job and so forth...
Great work all. Charlie, stop it! just stop it! Every time I think I'm getting good... poof....
I think its the nature of the beast. That and we are doing the impossible by painting in reverse/inside out/on the INSIDE of the body.
BTW, for those that don't know... Denatured Alcohol removes Sharpie marks completely.
I have a large batch to paint... thanks to my customers for being patient... I have just been so busy... real job and so forth...
Great work all. Charlie, stop it! just stop it! Every time I think I'm getting good... poof....