by FourEyedMonster | Dec 8, 2018
In what is my first sustained art session in three and a half months, I finally resumed work on the atelier iT Race Queen. And after doing nothing for so long, I was happy just to do something, anything, even if it's the bare minimum of applying pastel shadow colors...
by FourEyedMonster | Oct 31, 2018
Airbrushed skin tones are great, and I love the results I've gotten so far. But by itself, airbrushed skin tones are incomplete especially around facial features and hands. Such detailed areas require more finesse which is the purview of hand painting. In addition to...
by FourEyedMonster | Aug 19, 2018
Investing in a mid-range airbrush is turning out to be the best decision I've made in this hobby so far. It has allowed me to achieve ultra smooth skin tone transitions quicker and better than I ever could with regular hand brushed strokes. And because it's only my...
by FourEyedMonster | May 28, 2018
Using an airbrush to paint skin tones admittedly, for the moment at least, imbues me with a feeling of being in a rudderless journey. Specifically I'm facing a lack of nuanced control in how paint reaches the miniature figurine. Previously, the use of a hand brush...
by FourEyedMonster | May 16, 2018
HQ12-02 Race Queen aka the 1/12 scale resin figurine from atelier iT will have the dubious honor of being my first miniature figurine project to involve considerable use of an airbrush. As is always the case, before the Race Queen receives any paint she first has to...