Airbrush Demo

[furtech]

This year the demo I did at Further Confusion was a combination airbrush demo and head finishing/detailing/mini-makeover. Since I got no takers for demo heads, I made sure I had something to work on by taking some old foam heads and slapping fur onto them. Again, thanks go out to Eric Yee for coming in and helping out a bunch! He's a far more accomplished air brush artist than I am.



Remember that these were literally done in a few minutes, on the spot. I'd normally take a LOT more time to do head finishing, including making patterns for the eyebrows and such rather than just winging it. Still, I think I got the point across that it's not that hard to add that little extra to a costume. If nothing else, just *brushing* the fur once in a while would help dozens of costumes! That, and a little Aqua Net and you'll look spiffy.

Here are some more pics of the heads that we worked on and a couple of a "spot" experiment I did ages ago.

More pics of the gold head


A gray head with really skanky fur


An old experiment (from 1997 or 1998?) on making spots


Clouded leopard spots (I know, not naturally accurate, but the effect is kind of neat)

Comments

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Then again if someone doesn't brush their own hair will they really take the time out to brush their suit? :)

The same goes for washing/cleaning a suit...ew.

Aquanet is what you use to make helmet-hair: beehives, trailerpark hair, etc. Amazing stuff.

[crocuta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got into an elevator with a suit that was in bad need of a wash. It wasn't to the point where it made your eyes water but it was close. It made the con experience complete. *g*

Trailerpark hair LOL Best description yet of the uses of aquanet!