How to turn Two dollars into Twenty dollars

     The easiest way to make money airbrushing, is to sell T-Shirts. Airbrushing a name on a shirt is by far the biggest selling design. There are many styles of airbrushed lettering that are very popular. Script, block, bubble, ole' English, stick and scratchy letters, to just name a few. I'll post samples of different lettering styles in a later post. In this video we'll be doing a quick two color name design. This design can be done in less than one minute. I'd charge $19.25 for the shirt and design. Imagine doing 100 of similar shirts. This could mean big bucks. This is easily possible at the right venue. Not too bad for one day airbrushing.
     Some things to note. Notice how quickly and smoothly i move. And how i go back and thicken the letters. Remember that all down strokes are thick and all up strokes are thin. Also try to use a darker color for the main lettering and lighter colors to accent. And try to use colors that blend well if they are to touch. Now for the beginner your lettering at first will probably suck. But you must do it over and over and over and over and over.... Then it will look awesome!!
     You'll have to find a wholesale T-Shirt supplier in your are to get bulk shirts  for about $1.50 each. With shipping it comes to less than $2.00 per shirt. Check some of the links to find great deals on airbrush supplies and garment wholesalers.
     Come back next time and we'll have samples of different lettering styles that will surely put cash in your pockets.

Getting up to speed

     Now that a person has gotten all the equipment to start airbrushing, it's important the have some fundamental skills. Or should i say skill. The one airbrush skill that is essential to paint anything is...... The DAGGER STROKE. or rat tail or whatever others call it. This is when a person is able to bring the airbrush stroke to a point at the end of the stroke. This is tricky to do at first. But once mastered, one will have total control of the gun. The dagger stroke should be able to be performed in all directions, widths and lengths. The easiest way to master this is to practice doing palm trees. That's right palm trees, like the ones seen on those cheesy airbrush beach scenes that are so popular and that pay oh so well. Now the secret is to keep the air on and just rock the paint flow back and forth, swooshing in close to the surface as the paint is shut off.  But.....leaving the air on. Like i said it's tricky. But after a few thousand times it can be mastered and you are on your way to making money. Next time we'll talk about how to turn $2.00 into 20.00 in less than one minute.