How to pinstripe your car

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sheet of approximately the same size or slightly larger, this will be your working paper. Tape the lined sheet to a solid working table and then tape the acrylic sheet to the table too. Using a non permanent marker, practice drawing lines that are equal distant off of the center line. Start with a large vertical teardrop in the middle and work off of that. If you goof up, just erase with paper towel and start over. Designs should be clean and simple to start, and with practice you can expand from there until you feel comfortable enough to advance to paint. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
 
sheet of approximately the same size or slightly larger, this will be your working paper. Tape the lined sheet to a solid working table and then tape the acrylic sheet to the table too. Using a non permanent marker, practice drawing lines that are equal distant off of the center line. Start with a large vertical teardrop in the middle and work off of that. If you goof up, just erase with paper towel and start over. Designs should be clean and simple to start, and with practice you can expand from there until you feel comfortable enough to advance to paint. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
  
As your work gets better and better, you will want to start working on vehicles. You should have a library of pencil and pen drawings of different designs that you have 'doodled'. You can start striping a car by using fine line tape to give you a 'defined edge' to work from. Apply your paint line next to the tape and pull the tape when done.
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As your work gets better and better, you will want to start working on vehicles. You should have a library of pencil and pen drawings of different designs that you have 'doodled'. You can start striping a car by using fine line tape to give you a 'defined edge' to work from. Apply your paint line next to the tape and pull the tape when done or apply another line to the other side using the tape as a divider, you will get a very sharp line. Most people appreciate the freehand of the pin stripper to a taped line.
  
 
== Technique ==
 
== Technique ==

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