Post #235793 by hewey on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 12:59 AM

Here are my first stripes on someone elses car. Ive only been striping a few weeks in total. I hadn't been at it for a couple of weeks as I was working on getting the wagon back on the road.

The chev is rough up close, so the owner wasnt too concerned if it wasn't perfect.

This was the basic rough out of what I wanted to stripe:

The grey was pre-sketched with a pencil, then the rest of the striping was done freehand.

started getting right into it.... (caddy bullets make great rag holders :lol: )

Final rear shot (excuse the mark out lines as they've yet to be cleaned up)

and then before ya knew it, the front was done too!

The hibiscus at the sides ties the front and back together visually. The crap (dark green) on the front was the remains of an old sticker that didnt come fully off, so I had to incorporate that into the design a little, too to cover it.

C & C welcome. You can see the symmetry is a little off, line consistency isnt 100%, and some of my joins arent 100% either. I also need to work on palleting my brush to get the consistency right. Just need more practice, practice, practice...