Airbrush advice?

[balaa]

Just a quick question for all the artist types out there..or rather a couple questions :3.

I aquired an airbrush sometime back ago and later an air compressor. But the air compressor was just a run of the mill no name brand and is louder than hell (I realize most air compressors, by their nature are loud ;)). Well I don't think I'd care if most of my work wasn't done at night while others are trying to sleep.

So does anyone have any suggestions for air compressor models that arent wickedly expensive and fairly quiet? I'd like to start using airbrush on various real media projects sooon..so any direction would be helpful.

Second, I've read up a good deal on airbrushes and techniques etc..but I was also wondering if anyone knew of good web resources with listings of tutorials and etc.

Thanks in advance!

On a sidenote, get well smooshes to wicked_sairah! Take care and hope you feel better soon!

Comments

[astolpho.livejournal.com]

You might try cans of precompressed air as an alternative. They actually produce a steadier stream of air than a motorized compressor does, and if you're not using your airbrush often you probably won't spend more on canned air than you would on a quiet compressor. Those cans get cold in a hurry, though, expect to see a thin layer of ice caked to it as the condensation it collects freezes on contact.

[algy5.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure on tutorials, but I do recommend the Iwata Sprint Jet compressor (IS-800). It's pretty quiet and you can control the flow of air to your gun. http://www.dickblick.com/zz250/48/ I think it's a pretty good price, too. Though, depending on the type of air gun you have, adapters are included; Aztec, Badger, and Apache.

[maui-dolphin.livejournal.com]

I like cans better but you cant use them for more than a few minutes :( they freeze and the air quality goes down hill massively.

[crescent--moon.livejournal.com]

You can try cans, because I personally don´t know of any compressors silent enough to work at night. Mine does not make a lot of noise, but does enough to prevent me from working by night *laughs*. My neighbours would kill me.
As for tutorials and such, I had a pdf book around... I will try to find it (it was saved on a CD, so I don´t know where it is), and then I can send it to you if you want.

[randorn.livejournal.com]

•Many people above mentioned air in a can. Here is a nifty trick to prevent freezing. Just set the can of air in a large bowl of room-temperature water.

•At Further Confusion this year, there was a fellow named Eric. He was quite the professional working with airbrushes. He had a nifty desk pump that was so silent I never realized it was running. I just wish I remembered what pump that was.

[(Anonymous)]

Im sorry, I don't have an account, it's Bakarne from DA,
I was just thinking, when you said tutorials for airbrushing,
there are some wicked cool videos of people using spray cans
to create really cool art, by holding paper in certain folds, places,
etc etc. I found one on google, but im sure there would be plenty
on youtube.

I know you asked for airbrushing tips, but from what i know of air
brushing you could use almost the same ideas from using cans to
create pictures, and i've found videos very helpful, just watching them
to pick up bits and pieces helps me more than reading 3 pages of instructions

Sorry, I realise this is an old post x.x