aad Deas LETTERING Peo : Peete cent . THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF | a A complete A-Z directory of airbrushing techniques, eae. ea Creme Kena} ra HALOING eecaiind eh elas One BLENDING PocaCONTENTS 6 | INTRODUCTION 8 PARTONE TECHNIQUES ACETATE MASKING © ANGLED SPRAYING © BASIC EXERCISES BASIC FORMS * CARD MASKING » CAST SHADOWS CHROME EFFECTS » CORRECTION TECHNIQUES DOT CONTROL * DOT HIGHLIGHTS # DROP SHADOWS ERASURE « FABRIC MASKING « FILM MASKING # FLAT TONE FOUND OBJECT MASKING « FREEHAND SPRAYING GHOSTING GRADATED TONE « HALOING # HIGHLIGHTING KNOCKING BACK LETT FRING TECHNIQUES @ LINE CONTROL LINING-IN * LIQUID MASKING « LOOSE MASKING OVERSPRAYING @ RULING # SCRATCHING BACK # SPATTERING ‘STARBURSTS # STENCILS # TAPE MASKING * TEMPLATES TORN PAPER MASKING © TRANSPARENCY « VIGNETTING WINDOW HIGHLIGHTS: 96 Pat TWO. THEMES TRANSPORT = INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING « 114 FOOD AND DRINK « 124 ARCHITECTURE * 132 HUMAN AND ANIMAL 138, ADVERTISING « 164 CONCEPTUAL + 164 INDEX * 172 CREDITS = 176‘wate INTRODUCTION It 8 NOT sc LONG AGO that books on airbrushing were plastically unobtainable simply because publishers did ol think there was an adequate demand, However, the fontinued and increasing need for highly finished, Giiility iNustrations in every area of graphic design has Brough! an awareness of airbrushing to a wider auli- €feBpaxen though the techniques themselves may sil Be elusive Tosmany. Using step-by-step demonstrations ing the work of professional illustrators, this book aims the techniques employed, As skills improve and develop so will each illustrator introduce new ap- proaches to his or her work, which others 1 unacceptable or inappropriate, but to the illustrator using them they may become an indispensable tech- nique in all. {ature work. Because of this, and because there are no. riles which must be adhered to, no single book on airbrushing techniques can ever be detinitive. The Majority of the readers of this book, 1 hope, will stert by. studying the professional examples reproduced tocaver