Craig Fraser - Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special F/X 2 (Softback)

Authors: Craig Fraser
Published by: Airbrush Action
Format: Soft back

Cover notes:

Learn how to paint cars, trucks, bikes, surfboards, drums, guitars, motorcycle helmets and RC cars!

Craig Fraser’s Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special F/X II is the most complete how-to book on automotive custom painting and airbrushing ever published. Including the most current and advanced airbrush effects, this volume is a perfect launching pad for beginning artists, and a superior elite playbook and reference guide for airbrush and refinish professionals. Craig Fraser’s work has been showcased on some of the world’s largest automotive stages, including SEMA, the LA Auto Show, the Tokyo Auto Salon, the Grand National Roadster Show and many others. In this book you’ll learn step-by-step, how to paint cars, bikes, trucks, motorcycle helmets, guitars, drums, RC car bodies, surfboards, and metal panels.

You'll also learn:

Pro use of the House of Kolor paint system, including Kosmic Krome
Tribal and Tiki designs
Pinstriping techniques
The business of automotive custom painting
Paint and equipment
Basic and advanced airbrush techniques with Iwata airbrushes
Advanced use of Artool stencils
Eye-popping advanced mural techniques
How to render killer skulls
New carbon fibre effect
Monochromatic painting
Freehand airbrushing
Freehand masking techniques
More biomechanical art
Sequential masking techniques
Advanced taping methods
More graphic layout and design theory
Textures and special effects:

Wayer
Bullet holes
Realistic fire (including blue fire)
Machine turned metal
Steampunk (click here to view Craig Fraser’s Steampunk FX stencil range)
Faux f/x (chrome trim, grill, headlights, etc.)
And tons more!

Also available; Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special Effects book one. This popular book is the companion to the video/DVD, Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special Effects by the world-renowned custom automotive graphic artists, Craig Fraser.