question rearfender

[el kolorante]

since I'm doing my bike's tank next up will be the rear fender,I allready have a design in my head,it'"s a secret " ssssht! ofcourse since I have fire on my front fender I wanna have fire on ther rear too,nnooo not my rear,now I"m confused where should the design and fire point to? logic tells me to the rear but this wouldn"t look right either.heeelp.:drowning:

[Jeroen - CDM]

Hahaha, now I'm confused! lol

I usually play with the pics on my pc, lookin for the best position. If I don't like the layout I change it, till i'm satisfied. Then I print that out for rev.

[Norm]

I tend to do a digital rendering using Photoshop and Illustrator first and throw designs around to 'theme' the bike.. then, as Dutch said, I print it out for reference.

[deko]

i tend to just go with what i see in ma head, but were all different, if you can see something in your head go for it..:party-smiley-052:

[theairbrushguy]

Trust your logic man. If you are riding down the road and your bike catches fire, which way will the flames be going as you fly down the road screaming bloody hell? Toward the rear of the bike.
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[mob33]

gotta flow to the back...NO question at all!

[AndyW]

Yip gotta flow front to back, the only other option woulda been if the design was all the flames lickin up, as if the bike was on fire standing there, but on a bike you are not gonna get a great effect, so you need longish flows to look good, so thats flamin back the way from the front.

[el kolorante]

thankx guys,I knew flames had to roll backwards,just wanted 'experts'opinions.I'm having a LOT of TROUBLE with my tank now costing me al lot af time,maybe start with the backfender first.I have a cool idea for it,at least I think it is.

[redanner]

Here is a real trick for ya! The fire has certain amount of its on force! Paint the flames toward the back with a few licks of fire trying to defy the proper motion that they should be burning! Ya see fire doesn't always burn the direction of the wind! Have ya ever burned leaves in the fall on a windy day! If ya start the fire at the end of the pile that the winds is blowing they will still burn against the wind defying the natural state of the elements! So no fire doesn't always just burn with the direction of the wind or in this case vehicle movement!

[Jeroen - CDM]

Eeeeeh man, where were ya today? I was by ya shop. Town was crawling with cops...I was glad I arrived, to find the door locked hehe.

[el kolorante]

sorry man,I was there but it was just one of those days,thought I give myself a day off.working on my f''cking tank now,I'm really pissed,one half worked out fine the other one giving me a headache.:angry-smiley-055:

[Jeroen - CDM]

Sorry to hear mate. You'll get it soon though, you have the skills. I know practicing is a b!tch, i'm there every day. But it does'nt matter really if the 2 sides look diffrent right? I mean...if someone walks around it, they'll never be able to look @ both sides @ the same time..

[el kolorante]

problem is I'm just at the prepping problem,no airbrushing yet!!!:angry-smiley-055:

[Jeroen - CDM]

I hear ya. I don't like prepping either.... Some off my costomers think I can snap my fingers @ the art is on there....well...I wish that worked with prepping hehe