Airbrush Shirt

Airbrush clothing has become very popular in recent years. The Airbrush technique is applied on T-shirts and other shirts to make them more colorful. These shirts are increasingly being used as media for expressing social and political statements in society. Hip Hop artists often wear Airbrush T-shirts during their performances. Airbrush shirts are available online and in different stores nearly everywhere in the U.S. They are sold in all colors and sizes for men, women, and children. The airbrush is an accurate, however small spray-painting device that is used for the decoration of these shirts. The first airbrush was a hand-held gas compressor invented by an American named Abner Peeler. Charles Burdick invented the currently prevalent type of airbrush way back, in 1893. The airbrush method is a freehand strategic usage of the spray gun and the medium with or without the use of stencils to obtain a design or textual matter on the clothing, giving due consideration to the air pressure and the distance from the cloth. The type of airbrush determines whether the technique is single action or dual action. In the single action technique, the flow of air is initiated by the pressing of a button or trigger that allows for the spraying of a pre-determined quantity of fluid. In the dual action technique, the trigger is depressed for air and pulled back for fluid. The designs, images and slogans on Airbrush shirts have a tremendous impact on culture. The slogans that appear on Airbrush shirts are generally witty, philosophical or ironicnical in nature. Hence these shirts have become a medium of advertising and expressing one's views and beliefs.