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I'm looking to take this image of Jordan, aged look and all, and paint it onto an 8 x 11 foot wall - I want to boarder the yellow with more of the greenish/blue color that the silhouette is. So that would be the base color for the entire wall. I'm gathering ideas on how I should go about this.
Last edited by oTom (2013-04-15 01:58:20)
That sort of thing is usually done with a stencil, right? The aged look is a little tricky. That particular image looks like the yellow was painted over the green and then suffered shrinkage cracking. But there's also some spots where the yellow didn't take, as if it was applied with a roller that wasn't fully loaded.
Tough case. Wouldn't you really rather just pin up a Justin Bieber poster? Anne Frank would have.
Stencil for sure. The problem is that on the predominantly yellow areas the undercoat is green. On the silhouette the undercoat is yellow. So my three big ideas for solving it are:
On the silhouette apply a base of yellow, apply character in a coat of green on top. Then let the green dry for 90 or so minutes and then apply irregular strips of packing tape and rip off. Maybe it will take enough off to simulate age.
Another idea is to take a sponge and dab yellow onto the green. But this sounds like something someone with talent should do. Not me.
A third idea is to base yellow, character in green, and then lightly sand off sections of green.
If none of this works it's gonna be a Bieber poster. It's all in the second bedroom anyway. So it will be my guests' problem. Not mine.
Last edited by oTom (2013-04-15 03:57:40)
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