a2jacketpatches
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Thought to show this as a little demo, it's been going on a while but the finishing touches will all come together over the next week and I'll photograph as it progresses. These first photos show the galvanized steal sheet cut to a basic torso shape just big enough for any jacket back artwork and small enough to fit any size jacket. In other words, the size of a small jacket is still about right for art on a large size jacket.
The black clips are used to hold the jacket tightly in place and the small leather pieces will prevent any crushing of the leather. Once a mark is made it is near impossible to remove. Very much like the impression of a tightly stitched patch that's been removed, you'll never get rid of the ring it leaves. Before mounting the jacket, I heat pressed the back on low for a few minutes to get it as flat as possible. Then I soaked a rag in auto body prep-solve and wiped the area to be painted. It'll remove a little of the finish but not very much. All I'm trying to do is remove some surface oils. Cheap dinner napkins are great for this, no lint and they absorb the prep-solve and contaminants that it dissolves.
Notice the two yellow bars, they are super strong magnet bar tool holders. I mounted them to this wooden circle that spins on a bolt in the center. The spinning allows me to access any part of the painting to be at eye and hand level. I've trained myself over the years to paint upside down sideways, whatever, so to paint any area of the design just by spinning it around. The metal torso plate is simply stuck to the magnets to hold the jacket in place. This metal torso plate serves two purposes, I also have hundreds of small drywall screws with tiny but very strong rare earth magnets epoxied to them for holding stencils firmly in place, they are strong enough to hold cardboard stencil over the leather and liner of the jacket and then some. What you see is the initial blocked in base colors for the design that I sprayed with an airbrush. As the painting progresses, you'll see how this is just a base coat to cover and hand painting will take over. A little bit of modern technique that will eventually look entirely hand painted. It allows me to completely cover the dark leather surface to be painted with a minimal amount of paint.
The black clips are used to hold the jacket tightly in place and the small leather pieces will prevent any crushing of the leather. Once a mark is made it is near impossible to remove. Very much like the impression of a tightly stitched patch that's been removed, you'll never get rid of the ring it leaves. Before mounting the jacket, I heat pressed the back on low for a few minutes to get it as flat as possible. Then I soaked a rag in auto body prep-solve and wiped the area to be painted. It'll remove a little of the finish but not very much. All I'm trying to do is remove some surface oils. Cheap dinner napkins are great for this, no lint and they absorb the prep-solve and contaminants that it dissolves.
Notice the two yellow bars, they are super strong magnet bar tool holders. I mounted them to this wooden circle that spins on a bolt in the center. The spinning allows me to access any part of the painting to be at eye and hand level. I've trained myself over the years to paint upside down sideways, whatever, so to paint any area of the design just by spinning it around. The metal torso plate is simply stuck to the magnets to hold the jacket in place. This metal torso plate serves two purposes, I also have hundreds of small drywall screws with tiny but very strong rare earth magnets epoxied to them for holding stencils firmly in place, they are strong enough to hold cardboard stencil over the leather and liner of the jacket and then some. What you see is the initial blocked in base colors for the design that I sprayed with an airbrush. As the painting progresses, you'll see how this is just a base coat to cover and hand painting will take over. A little bit of modern technique that will eventually look entirely hand painted. It allows me to completely cover the dark leather surface to be painted with a minimal amount of paint.
