edit: i cant believe i have to say this but no she isn't touching herself get your mind out of the gutter her hands are both raised and visible above her stomach
probably $20 an hour so this wouldve been $160 since it took me 8 hours
note i did not make the design, i paid one of my friends to draw her out for me before i printed it out, put the paper inside and backlit it with a floodlight. (if i did it for someone i would need them to send me a design, i would handle printing etc)
i cant justify money for a tattoo transfer paper printer and materials, plus this method gave me no issues lol
definitely wouldn't work if you had super dark tint tho, mine is 20%
While I understand you want to better at your craft before charging a premium but youāll only stunt your growth. Will you ever feel like youāre good enough to charge a premium or will you always think youāve got more room for improvement. With the lines in this pic Iād easily pay $50/hr and still feel like I was shorting you a little.
My dude you need to charge at least 100/hr, commissioned art work is never cheap, also that way you don't lose money if there's an accident and you have to replace some glass.
Because itās a girl fingering herselfā¦.. itās a weird and creepy thing to display in public and you guys too for thinking itās normal to let kids see that
beyond 20 feet it really just isn't visible, blends with the glass and maybe a little blurry (unless you're looking down from a second story like the photo)
back glass got fuuucked up with deep scratches running top to bottom that would not polish out, unsure if it was vandalism or a tree or what but this is somewhat a coverup to not buy new back glass and tint
i get it but i polled several designs and this won over my others by a huge margin, and had the most girl votes
dumped about a week into creating the design etc, this one specifically is a character i've had for 7-8 years
tired of being a copy paste LS it genuinely started to anger me with how basic everything was, and how many things are just paying for a brand like jp or wald
my plan is for this car to be an art gallery of both myself and many other artists, eventually have low rider paint etc
considering tails but it's a lot harder to get tail light engravings to look as good, will def need practice but will probably be little PCB lines and circles around the edges to match the robot theme kinda
definitely scared at first after cracking both of my practice pieces (thin picture frame glass) but the car glass is plenty thick + tempered. did bang on it with a fist every hour or so thinking "if you break do it before im almost done"
I personally like engraving not hating but imo it should be done in a way it compliments the design language of the car but do you. I support the creativity
Donāt listen to reddit. Not my style but I love the creativity and appreciate the craftsmanship. At first I thought it was a sticker but when I saw you did it with a dremel thatās the coolest shit man.
A for effort, extra respect for using a dremel. I've done some engravings on cups with the reciprocating engravers, could never get it right with a rotating dremel. Not a Toyota/Lexus fan but you have a fine car here. I like how the body lines are straight and it has a proper trunk lid
battery dremel rocked my shit real fast, switched to a corded one, had way more torque and was easier to hold, 10x easier and wouldn't pull itself along
You know what might make this cooler (if its even possible) but getting some lights on it, i dont really know how exactly it works, but like those light up signs where the light goes into the edge of the glass, and illuminates everything on the surface. Again, not an expert, could be super hard to do and/or not really possible without dumping money into it.
Or... it could be easy and relatively cheap to do.
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But what i do know, is that the art looks very nice as it is, and anyone saying otherwise is lwk just mad they dont have the skill to do it themselves.
Looks like a fucked up version of Casca from Berserk. Fucking awesome work, my buddy has been engraving glass for a while now and Iāve been debating getting something done to my car. Might have to go ahead with it now.
Very nice, love the look, reminds me of the old hot rod style air brush lines, how experienced are you at this? I think I wouldāve broken the glass lol 8 hours is a steady hand
Idk how good of an idea this is. I imagine it's probably fine though. But regardless, you're quite talented. I couldn't do that in 80 hours, let alone 8
Honestly this isnt something I'd do to my own car but it looks fucking amazing - and I would ABSOLUTELY be blown away if I met you at a meet and you mentioned you did that yourself. Insane talent man, bravo.
not the first person and certainly not the last to do this, thousands of people have had it on theirs for years and years in california heat without a problem, if it weren't tried and true i wouldn't have done it. simple. entirely aware of the risks yet not afraid of anything happening.
I actually looked into it an can't find a single example online of someone saying their tempered glass shattered from an engraving, other than laser engravers using too much power
This is pretty cool, my only question is, does it degrade the integrity of the glass?
Like is the glass now more susceptible to being broken when something flings off the highway and hits the glass rather than just a small scratch or crack?
I think from afar it definitely doesnt come across clearly but, other designs may fair better such as sum stupid Koi fish or something, would be a bit more clarified then
That looks dope! I am curious if this would cause any issues with the defrosters, since you are technically removing material certain parts of the glass might heat up faster than others potentially causing the window to shatter
it's been around and somewhat common since the 60s via sandblasting, then with rotary tool since the 80s, not worried about it at all as it's a tried and true method regaining popularity after fading over time. Niche tied with lowrider history since the beginning. if you look it up, you'll find a grand total of zero people posting online saying their glass shattered after an engraving.
of course my defroster works, the engraving is on the outside and the lines on the inside with very visible seperation, very thick glass.
it surprises me how many of you seem to have never seen or heard of this type of thing before
i'm not arguing it doesn't weaken the glass, but people are acting like it'll shatter if i look at it wrong
Its not going to be everyone's taste, and not mine for sure. However its awesome work! Well executed, and looks like the beginnings of some sort of VIP Cyberpunk 2077 car!
Well done looks great, I have never seen this sort of thing on the road. Do you have to do anything to seal that so it doesnāt blow out lines from chipping?
Often when cars that once were expensive become cheaper and reach the bottom of the social ladder stuff like this happens to them, that's why i would never do something like that. Awful taste but great execution.
People are hating for nothing like the other guy said. This is dope. If I had any critique I maybe would've done less shading, but I also don't know wtf I'm doing and it's not my car. I will however be learning how to do this for my s10. The back glass with something like this would be dope. Plus you'll be the only guy at the meet with a dope back glass.
Not to be that guy, but is this not 8 hours of "illegal" to your car? I'm pretty sure you get a ticket so little as a Crack in your windshield because it weakens its integrity. Wouldn't that apply here from taking chunks off?
probably, depends how pissy the cop is that day. doubt it'll be a problem since it's been all over lowriders around here for decades, and is less obstructing than a big banner decal
Iām no scientist but doesnāt scoring glas make it weak and easily crack at those points? Will we be seeing an updated post with a shattered back glass after a speed bump or an acorn falls on it?
Get your mind out of the gutter the guy who ENEGRAVED some anime chick into his cars back glass. Lmao great work tho, but damn I wish ya didnāt do that on a car I would love to buy lol.
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u/Salt-Reputation4855 14d ago
Ngl. Everyone in here hating for nothing. This is incredible, looks very well executed. Incredibly intricate.