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Paint a jacket

video Paint a jacket

This isn't so much a step-by-step... but a peek at the process of taking acrylic paints and making a lame old leather jacket into something won-der-full!

7 comments

Mar 16, 2012. 5:19 AM

abstracted says:

nice...but i coulda done without the undies dance lol

Jul 15, 2009. 1:21 PM

Jake-off says:

cool. now i'm gonna get skelly on the back of mine =]
godda love social D

May 21, 2009. 6:24 AMambdukias66 says:

cool, i like the "dare to be different" aspect of the pink flames. i went with the all too common punk skull on the back of mine but with a bit of an abstract twist. my first attempt but i don't think it turned out too bad.

Nov 20, 2008. 4:49 PMStarFace says:

This is a great vid and the hair is gorgeous too... really suits you! I have soooo many leather jackets and theres only two of them that I haven't painted on... and that's only because they are more formal ones which I wear for work meetings etc!

Aug 30, 2008. 10:23 PMscopevisions says:

do i need to dance/fight at the end??? lol nice vid, love the color of the hair ( i wish i had the balls to paint mine cobalt blue) i`ll customize a pair of sneakers with flames ! tx dude!

Aug 28, 2008. 7:21 AM

XaqFixx says:

To make things easier, you can do much of the painting with the acrylic paint pens, especially for the outlines. For filling really large areas, spray paint, or air brush acrylic work well. I used a combo of all of those On these Jackets and they have held up fairly well. I occasionally do a touch up job, but nothing major.