Rob Prior (RP): Airbrushing is just basically another tool for an artist to use, like a paint brush or pencil. The uses of an airbrush are very broad, whether its used to do painting on board work for commercial use, murals, furniture, fingernails, cars and motor cycles, make-up and special effects or body painting. I have several brushes that I use depending on which kind of project is being presented to me. My specialty is photo realism.

JPM: How long does one project take to complete?

RP: If it's a book or magazine cover about 40 hours. If it's a creature it usually takes a day or so.

JPM: The gallery has a few pictures of work you've done on vehicles. How much different is it creating artwork on a vehicle than working on masonite/canvas/paper?

RP: It is all relatively the same. Board has a quality where the paint soaks in, cars and or masonite keeps the paint on the surface. It's getting to know how each surface will react.

JPM: How did you get started in showbusiness?

RP: If you could only see my face as I laugh at that one. Long story short, I was contacted to art direct the movie "Dungeons and Dragons", never having art directed before, I thought no problem I can paint and draw. Was I mistaken about 4 weeks of me not having a clue, and doing well.... Not much of anything, I got canned, I was devastated. But it wet my appetite for the movies. I then started to learn as much as I could about "the business" moved to California, and started working like a madman doing whatever project came up, then I met Jason Collins from "Almost Human" they did special effects make up for Buffy. They gave me a chance and that became my break, and I have been working non-stop in the "biz" ever since.