Autobot Step by Step

A good friend asked if I could airbrush Arcee of the transformers on a black Tee for her. So here's how I did it.

Step 1: Gather reference, 2 good pics of Arcee and my own autobot T-Shirt for the logo.


Step2: I do a light sketch of the autobot logo on the back of the Tee


Step3: I proceed to airbrush the entire autobot logo in white. I use masking tape on edges where needed to ensure a straight crisp edge.


Step4: I got carried away in my work and forgot to take a few inbetween shots here. It's my first step by step gimme a break. But I airbrushed blue fading into the white. Then did the same with pink on the lower half of the logo. I added a bit of black to the top of the pink for the contrast. I then went back with white and added the highlights.


Step5: Now it's time to do Arcee on the front of the Tee.


Step6: I do a light white pencil sketch of Arcee on the front of the tee.


Step7: Proceed to airbrushing most of her in white layering the white in some areas so the pink will pop more when done.


Step8: Here I begin to add the pink then put in some black line for details and begin to hint where my highlights will go.


Step9: Time to add some blue for shadow areas and for the eyes. I also go back with black and start to finish off the detailing.


Step10: Now it's time to finish her off with highlights and add some cosmic starry effects in the background.


Step11: Ready to be heat set my job is complete and ready to be delivered to a happy fellow Transformer fan. "Arcee gracing the front and the Autobot Logo gracing her back.