Here we go on the main graphic.

The first thing I did was lay down a little bit of texture with the Gerald Mendez FX Artool texture stencil. I would guess that just about every custom painting shop in the world owns these stencils....they are that good.

I just start out laying a bit of texture in with the same blue I used before with some black mixed in.

I then lay out the masking film and put a piece of tape across the center. You can see that the larger 1/4 inch section has been removed. This will become the outside bevel.

I pull back half of the graphic and peal off the paper back and lay it down on the surface.

I then pull back the other half, peal off the paper back and lay it down. This method holds the masking film in position being applied.

Here I'm pulling the transfer paper.

And this is what we have.

The exposed area is shot with Metalume. Notice an arrow in the upper right. This indicates the direction of light.

Keep in mind if this was an actual beveled edge the side facing the light will be bright (highlight). The side facing away from the light will be in a shadow. At this point, I paint the shadow side only and will add highlights on the lighted side later. What I do is split the pointed parts with a piece of tape and spray thin black on the shadow side.

Here you will see all the shadows painted on the 1/4 inch (outside) bevel.

Now the 1/4 inch area is masked and I pull the 1/8 inch piece which will be the inside bevel.

Now I paint the shadow side on the inside bevel, which will be the opposite of the 1/4 inch (outside) bevel.

I then pull the film from the center part of the graphic and mask off the inside (1/8 inch) line.

Now I paint the inside of the graphic.

OK, now the tape and film is pulled to reveal the magic! You can see I have hand airbrushed a drop shadow under the graphic to make it stand out from the background.

Keep in mind if this was a true raised bevel, the 1/4 inch portion would cast a shadow on the center part of the graphic (red) here is mask and paint that shadow.

I now add the highlight on the front face of the bevels. I shoot white and then a bit of white pear over it and then a bit of Metalume.