Gas Tank

My friend Keith recently built a bike for the chopper underground's 2011 bike build off. He asked if I would be interested in painting the gas tank and of course I jumped at the opportunity. He left it up to me to decide what to do with it. The first thing I thought of was a moth so I went with that and never looked back.

I got the tank from Keith already coated with black spray paint. I started with some background splatters with water based acrylics. 

Using acrylics I put down the first layer of browns so I could get the shape down. Then I added some more splatters.

I finished the detail with the acrylics. The black and the bright green outline are oil based paint pens. I LOVE the bright green. I was debating whether to put it on or not. I'm glad I went with it. Then I sprayed some clear gloss finish over it.
Keith was really happy with it. I was happy with the end result as well. It was a really fun quick project.
The bike turned out awesome. Keith did a great job. Hope he wins the build off.