By Antonio Bici
If you want to take your lowrider bike building skills up a notch, think about adding airbrushing skills to your abilities so that you can make some truly awesome bikes. Add a skull, some flames, an eagle... anything to make your bike stand out from the rest of the lowrider bikes on the street.
All it takes to get started in working with paint, is to be curious about it and be motivated to expand your skills. With practice, you can learn some airbrushing techniques that can go a long way to making your ride match the vision you have for it in your mind.
Paint is a massively flexible medium. With some imagination and some skills, a good quality paint job can take your lowrider bike to the next level. Instead of going out and spending a lot of money on various custom built parts and equipment (hey, if you got the money, thats ok too) look into investing some money into airbrushing equipment and go out and learn a new skill. Not only will you be able to build better lowrider bikes, once you've acquired this new skill, you'll be able to apply it to other projects as well. Put on your thinking cap and ask yourself what else you can do with airbrushing. You can work on cars, lowrider bikes, help friends out, airbrush designs on t-shirts and so on. You will be able to do all kinds of different things. Not only that, but once you've developed your skills a bit, you can actually go out and make some money with these new skills and equipment.
Now if you're thinking that it will take forever to good and using an airbrush, stop right there. Yes, it may take a while to get good at it... Sorry to give you a reality check, but becoming proficient at something generally takes time. The thing to keep in mind though is that you'll be improving your expertise as a lowrider bike designer.
There are a few short cuts that will allow you to jazz up the bike even though you aren't an expert yet. You can do this with stencils. This is a great way to start out. There are all kids of different stencils that will work on your lowrider bike. Experiment with them. Try them out on various surfaces that you feel comfortable practicing on. Once you've refined the technique your practicing, then you can move to putting it on your lowrider bike.
Get yourself motivated. Next time you're at a show, pay special attention to the cars and bikes that have airbrushed designs on them. See what really stands out. Try to get some ideas from what other artists do. Use these to get your own creative juices going. Better yet, take pictures of the work that really impresses you. Print these out and place them around your garage or workshop. When you're ready to learn airbrushing, you'll be able to look at these pictures for motivation.
Good luck with your lowrider bike. Have fun and always try to learn more. Acquiring new skills and knowledge can last a lifetime and be applied to other parts of your life.
If you want to take your lowrider bike building skills up a notch, think about adding airbrushing skills to your abilities so that you can make some truly awesome bikes. Add a skull, some flames, an eagle... anything to make your bike stand out from the rest of the lowrider bikes on the street.
All it takes to get started in working with paint, is to be curious about it and be motivated to expand your skills. With practice, you can learn some airbrushing techniques that can go a long way to making your ride match the vision you have for it in your mind.
Paint is a massively flexible medium. With some imagination and some skills, a good quality paint job can take your lowrider bike to the next level. Instead of going out and spending a lot of money on various custom built parts and equipment (hey, if you got the money, thats ok too) look into investing some money into airbrushing equipment and go out and learn a new skill. Not only will you be able to build better lowrider bikes, once you've acquired this new skill, you'll be able to apply it to other projects as well. Put on your thinking cap and ask yourself what else you can do with airbrushing. You can work on cars, lowrider bikes, help friends out, airbrush designs on t-shirts and so on. You will be able to do all kinds of different things. Not only that, but once you've developed your skills a bit, you can actually go out and make some money with these new skills and equipment.
Now if you're thinking that it will take forever to good and using an airbrush, stop right there. Yes, it may take a while to get good at it... Sorry to give you a reality check, but becoming proficient at something generally takes time. The thing to keep in mind though is that you'll be improving your expertise as a lowrider bike designer.
There are a few short cuts that will allow you to jazz up the bike even though you aren't an expert yet. You can do this with stencils. This is a great way to start out. There are all kids of different stencils that will work on your lowrider bike. Experiment with them. Try them out on various surfaces that you feel comfortable practicing on. Once you've refined the technique your practicing, then you can move to putting it on your lowrider bike.
Get yourself motivated. Next time you're at a show, pay special attention to the cars and bikes that have airbrushed designs on them. See what really stands out. Try to get some ideas from what other artists do. Use these to get your own creative juices going. Better yet, take pictures of the work that really impresses you. Print these out and place them around your garage or workshop. When you're ready to learn airbrushing, you'll be able to look at these pictures for motivation.
Good luck with your lowrider bike. Have fun and always try to learn more. Acquiring new skills and knowledge can last a lifetime and be applied to other parts of your life.
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