tsgstl
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I was fortunate enough to get to recreate a long lost 100 year old Route 66 sign outside of Albuquerque New Mexico.
I am not a sign painter, honestly I have never hand painted a sign. The customer whom I have done other sign work for, is also a loose acquaintance. He is a friend of mine on Facebook. Earlier this year I was asked to paint some (ultra realistic) portraits for an art show. I posted them on Facebook as I finished. The client saw these and asked if I would be interested in this project.... So I agreed.
This client is a very serious Route 66 enthusiast. I knew there were people like this but I never gave much thought into how devoted they are.
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Now that this project is completed it has taken on a life of its own. He wants 66 2'x3' duplicates made for sale (which I made a thread here for sources) And this morning I woke up to a link where you can buy shirts of it.
The client lives here in St. Louis. He commissioned me to make the sign then he welded a indestructible frame so it couldn't be stolen. He then drove over 1,000 Miles to erect it (23 bags of concrete) and then drove home.
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The sign itself was fun. I didn't enjoy the prep. I wasn't anticipating how long it would be until I could actually get started painting the fun stuff. I also wussed out on hand lettering the text. I stenciled it. I had spent so much time on the back I wasn't confident enough to possibly have to cover it up and redu the weathered yellows for the background. It was also a challenge to paint with One Shot. I have only painted with oils. I also wanted to change the skull. It is hard to tell from the photo if it had teeth or not, so I added my own style for them but besides that I knew I was hired to recreate the original.
This is a video of my part of the project
[video=youtube_share;kNBz2ieBgEI]http://youtu.be/kNBz2ieBgEI[/video]
I am not a sign painter, honestly I have never hand painted a sign. The customer whom I have done other sign work for, is also a loose acquaintance. He is a friend of mine on Facebook. Earlier this year I was asked to paint some (ultra realistic) portraits for an art show. I posted them on Facebook as I finished. The client saw these and asked if I would be interested in this project.... So I agreed.
This client is a very serious Route 66 enthusiast. I knew there were people like this but I never gave much thought into how devoted they are.
......
Now that this project is completed it has taken on a life of its own. He wants 66 2'x3' duplicates made for sale (which I made a thread here for sources) And this morning I woke up to a link where you can buy shirts of it.
The client lives here in St. Louis. He commissioned me to make the sign then he welded a indestructible frame so it couldn't be stolen. He then drove over 1,000 Miles to erect it (23 bags of concrete) and then drove home.
....
The sign itself was fun. I didn't enjoy the prep. I wasn't anticipating how long it would be until I could actually get started painting the fun stuff. I also wussed out on hand lettering the text. I stenciled it. I had spent so much time on the back I wasn't confident enough to possibly have to cover it up and redu the weathered yellows for the background. It was also a challenge to paint with One Shot. I have only painted with oils. I also wanted to change the skull. It is hard to tell from the photo if it had teeth or not, so I added my own style for them but besides that I knew I was hired to recreate the original.
This is a video of my part of the project
[video=youtube_share;kNBz2ieBgEI]http://youtu.be/kNBz2ieBgEI[/video]
