Flaring in background paint

[imsqueak]

I saw a thread about 2-3 months ago where a guy flared in blue and black on his tank. It looked real nice. I have searched and search thru RC to find the thread but cand find it. Has anyone done this? Can you explain the process? I was thinking black for bottom corners, maybe a little in the middle bottom, deep blue for the middle, and blue with white second coat for the top, maybe with a ripple effect using white and brush technique. My tank is big so I want to give it all the diminsion I can to make it look even bigger! (96x24x30 300G) It already has a medium blue spraypainted background but I just loved that guys so I wanted to do something like his.

Any suggestion? Any pics?

Thanks
Squeak

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[BeanAnimal]

I would think that with a bit of pratice and a $20 airbrush, you could get a nice blend.

Bill

[squeezix]

I am an artist for a living and have some important advice:

When painting on glass always remember to work backward. Your work surface may look like crap in front of you, but the other side of the glass is what matters, so lay down your lightest colors first.

Tricks for dimension can be found here:

Guy Harvey Art (http://www.guyharveyart.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/prints.shtml)

This guy has some really simple background techniques that a novice could learn from. I have a lot of his artwork.

[imsqueak]

I couldnt find the tips on Guy Harvey's site. Man, you gotta love his artwork. Been a fan for years.

So, I should start with the white "ripples" that I was thinking of putting towards the top? since it's already painted w/ med blue do you think I could scrape or solvent off the ripples shapes from the blue and paint in the white. Seems it would feather ok like this...?

Wish the author of that thread would find this one...

-squeak

[Glass World]

For what it's worth you might want to change the title of this thread (if you can) or post a new one. When I first saw the title I assumed you meant that you had a flare in your background paint or that maybe some of the background paint was coming off and looking like a flare. You might want to try something like "How do I paint a flare background?"

Good luck

[imsqueak]

I cant change the title, I tried... but bump this TTT. "Fanning in background paint" should be the new title (if I could change it).

[AnnArborBuck]

I also remember that thread, and I loved the way it looked so much I saved the images. I am taking no credit for this masterpiece, I just saved it's beauty from the abyss.

http://members.accesstoledo.com/doug.roth/images/118_new_back_drying.jpg

http://members.accesstoledo.com/doug.roth/images/120_new_back_2.jpg

[imsqueak]

AnnArborBuck, Thanks! I didnt remember seeing it as a cut out but this is what I was looking for.

[reepher]

That does look amazing. Anybody else have tips on this?

[littleprince]

Its part of the 50+ page thread about the guys new setup, I believe it was 220, and also with an amazing kick arse dual beckett skimmer, and amazing imaculate plumbing.... Dunnon which page its on though. Enjoy the 5 hours of reading
=)

[Coral Dilema]

Here is the thread, better pack a lunch . . its worth the read though, I have got a LOT of good ideas from this thread.

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=236668