Best-selling custom-painting author Jo Ann Bortles presents a wealth of knowledge and photography showing you how to tackle all types of paint and graphics.
How to Design and Create Automotive and Motorcycle Paint and Graphics covers the
most popular custom painting styles
and techniques in an easy-to-understand format.
Step-by-step examples of projects are accompanied by
handy tips and tricks features, as well as
photo galleries to provide examples and inspiration.
Writing for hobbyists and professionals alike in an accessible, easygoing style,
author and award-winning custom painter Jo Ann Bortles presents both
traditional and modern techniques and tools, from
low tech to high tech , making it easier than ever to obtain professional results on your hot rod, muscle car, truck, or motorcycle.
In addition, Bortles includes content that has not been properly addressed in existing custom painting books, with chapters devoted to painting
muscle car rally stripes ,
lowrider graphics , and
creating plotter-ready vector drawings for stencil work .
With details on
tools and materials as well as
how to design paint jobs and
test paint techniques , you will
learn how to create and apply:
- Both traditional and realistic flames
- Ghost effects
- Multilayered graphics
- Two-tone paint for cars and motorcycles
- Lace paint
- Gold leaf
- Free-hand and tape pinstriping
- Patina effects
- Logos and lettering
- Clearcoats
- Troubleshooting
All the information is designed to enlighten
both automotive and motorcycle applications and includes the
most popular paint and graphics out there.
Whether you are experienced with an airbrush and masking tape or simply aspire to lay unique paint and graphics on your vehicle,
How to Design and Create Automotive and Motorcycle Paint and Graphics is the ultimate one-stop resource for instruction, ideas, tips, and techniques.
The
Motorbooks Workshop series covers the topics that engage and interest gearheads. Written by authorities in the subject matter and illustrated with color photography, Motorbooks Workshop is the ultimate source for how-to know-how.
Sobre el autor
Jo Ann Bortles is a nationally recognized and award-winning custom painter. Her work appears in Car Craft, Hot Rod, and Chevy Hardcore magazines, and she has written seven books on custom painting techniques for Motorbooks, including the best-selling How to Master Airbrush Painting Techniques. She has won Best Paint of the Year four times since 2004 and has been featured on The Today Show and Power Block’s Muscle Car TV show. She lives and works in Waxhaw, North Carolina, where she owns and operates her own custom painting shop, Crazy Horse Painting (@Crazy Horse Flame).
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