An artist sprays on airbrush tattoos using a stencil with alcohol-based cosmetic inks. This technique involves airbrush and spray paint. For color work, Charest uses Aquarelle watercolor pencils and acrylic paint for airbrush work. More elaborate temporary tattoos may be made using stencils and airbrush equipment. The artwork was made using watercolor airbrush, pastels, and India ink. Airbrushes can also be used to apply temporary airbrush tattoos. The background was a combination of airbrush and paint. It had bucket, brush and airbrush painting tools, and could clone, convolve, and blend images. The builder has to paint and assemble the model, preferably with an airbrush. He also did occasional artwork such as lettering, illustrations, sign painting and airbrush work. Having developed skills using an airbrush he began painting T-shirts at custom car shows. Spray painting developed from the airbrush and is considered to employ a type of airbrush. It may give the effect of an airbrush or spraypaint. His early airbrush techniques inspired the development of the ink jet printer. His work was typically a combination of watercolor and airbrush.