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Published: 2007-10-01 20:05:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 8152; Favourites: 106; Downloads: 5639
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Description Since I've not submitted here for a very long time, I've been persuaded - by my friend to submit some of my old traditional airbrushing.
Check out his gallery for some stunning airbrush work.
This is about 6 years old, airbrush acrylics on CS10 Illustration Board, about 20inches x 15inches
This - and the other black and white airbrushed pictures here - are painted with transparent black airbrush acrylic in very light layers with any highlights scratched out with a scalpel blade (for the hair) or erased with a selection of rubbers and fibreglass erasers (for the skin). You can then tone down these highlights with another layer of airbrushed transparent black and then pick out further highlights, repeating the process until the full range of tones is built up. You can only do this when working on illustration board or clayboard which have hard enough surfaces to withstand constant erasing and scratching.
No white paint is used at all.
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Comments: 21

MattieDMV [2018-06-22 02:48:35 +0000 UTC]

this is absolutely amazing !

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TripleS-Art [2014-04-28 21:46:37 +0000 UTC]

Great portrait!! Feel free to check out my John Wayne portrait

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eroltekcan [2013-03-29 23:43:53 +0000 UTC]

really great ...very beautiful a study..

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marmicminipark [2012-06-16 19:22:36 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic job !!!!

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Disodude [2011-09-17 10:49:39 +0000 UTC]

The Duke lives on! WOW!

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joe1202 [2011-09-16 21:34:42 +0000 UTC]

you make me speachless...

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tomastocornal [2010-07-28 17:28:35 +0000 UTC]

A great portrait! Wow I just love it!

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sandcastler [2009-01-03 07:46:25 +0000 UTC]

Great shot of The Duke!

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wrightair In reply to sandcastler [2009-01-18 10:49:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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roomania [2008-04-25 08:42:15 +0000 UTC]

Hi wrightair..excellent piece of work...i have a similar one..

well done!

Roo

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AlikatPunkRocker [2007-11-22 17:56:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow...just simply wow...It looks like an actual black and white photo...

Major...UBER kudos to you...

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wrightair In reply to AlikatPunkRocker [2007-11-23 16:35:21 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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kt4d [2007-11-10 21:42:49 +0000 UTC]

It's absolutely gorgeous. You really captured him well.

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ChrissieCool [2007-10-31 12:14:56 +0000 UTC]

wonderful work

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wrightair In reply to ChrissieCool [2007-10-31 13:45:20 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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RobertLaszloKiss [2007-10-17 18:19:51 +0000 UTC]

Just awesome! U are very very talented!

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wrightair In reply to RobertLaszloKiss [2007-10-22 13:52:54 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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DLalmond [2007-10-06 02:06:03 +0000 UTC]

So good!

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wrightair In reply to DLalmond [2007-10-06 05:15:17 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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Lady-Kopaka [2007-10-02 16:59:45 +0000 UTC]

This is really nice, I love all the detail and shading you put in it, very real!

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wrightair In reply to Lady-Kopaka [2007-10-02 20:20:01 +0000 UTC]

thankyou

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