Airbrushing custom murals,cars,signs,clothing,etc

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Wall murals in kids rooms, Custom paint on cars and motorcycles, signs for businesses. Or an accent in an office. The new thing is murals by the pool outside!

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Check out the lighting texture that people work. Make sure they are familiar with their mediums. Some are better at one type of medium. Just because they can shade with an airbrush, doesn't mean they can do the job correctly.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. The trick is to add the right color and shading and not to over do it. Patience is the key to work your medium properly. Also no matter what you think, the customer is always right. They are the one's that have to live with it... Not you

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. I try and get the art as realistic as possible and don't let price get in the way of integrity.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I love being creative and making people think outside of the box. Custom artwork on walls and cars stand out and draw attention which makes people think of how interesting they can make a boring area.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. Why so cheap? Since people can buy vehicle wraps and wall paper of almost anything now a days. I want people to feel good that they have something no one else does, and at an affordable price.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. I had a chance to work with a gentleman in the late 90's that painted anything from radio station promo vehicles, to hot air balloons. I started out prepping cars for him and then he let me paint a really difficult piece one day and watched me do it. I will never forget that day. It gave me a lot of confidence in what I was doing.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. Airbrushing is a control of color gradients, airflow, and patience. It takes a lot of time to get the most detail out of the piece. You get what you pay for. Research who is doing what so you know someone is working for the art. and not the money. Profit is great. But a successfull completion is when the customer says they are happy!

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. I have been drawing since I was very little. I saw what an airbrush could do when I was in my early teens and wanted to be the one that made the car look cool, or the wall mural that makes you step back and look at!

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. I am very proud of the Ford raptor job. I was able to take a little boy's room and turn it into his Ford kingdom. He had this smile I would never forget!

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. DVD's and youtube. And teaching myself what I see in magazines. It is definitely a hands on trade.

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. Pricing in my field is more of setting a goal. I know if I do a wall mural and it is a 6ft by 8ft area, I can pretty much say $250 bucks and get it done in a day. Now if it is "Where's Waldo" type of mural and I have to paint 200 characters, it is going to take longer to draw it out. I feel very safe saying $250 a day plus materials. That is the goal I have. That isn't always the case. Some jobs you can bid on them and hope it takes you less time then reality lets you.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Patience, and lots and lots of practice. Work one medium till you perfect it. It takes years to get used to certain types of airbrushing