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Bryon Anderson

Poor Man's Airbrush

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Why complicate it, just use the sharpies al dente.

Can't really "blend" sharpies. Using the "airbrush" method allows for prettier paint jobs.

Just like many of the "display" level flies, looks are for people, not for catching fish.

 

Acutally, I have found that I can achieve some interesting blending effects just by schmearing different colors of marker ink into one another with a fingertip, a small foam brush or a cotton swab. I still want to experiment with some version of an airbrush, though, at some point. You can be much more precise with a tool like that.

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yep

 

of course you can blend sharpies

 

bryon

 

in one video i saw recently, the guy used a small course sponge to dab a pattern on the popper he was making

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Oops ... my mistake, Poopdeck. Seems, from the comments above, you CAN blend sharpies straight from the pen.

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