entries sorted by the tag vertical blinds

Mural painting film preview & premiere

posted on October 29, 2010 in Analog, Custom Art, Digital and tagged , , ,   1 Comment

Architectural rendering has been central to my work in the entertainment industry and many of my trompe l’oeil mural designs.

Return to the vertical blind cityscape mural

posted on February 3, 2010 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , , ,   2 Comments

This is the left “panel” finished on the shop floor. There are sixty actual blinds making up the paint surface/image plane in this photo.

mural drawing | full size transfer

posted on November 29, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged ,    

This shows clearly how the drawing got made so crisp and accurately on the uneven surface of the vertical blinds: I drew it on paper first!

mural painting | at the beginning of the city

posted on November 29, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , ,    

Here you can see the chalk drawing on the blinds before I masked off the finished sky part of the mural.

cityscape mural | early stages

posted on November 29, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , ,    

I like this picture to remind me of how many steps there really were in pulling this mural project off.

Mural on vertical blinds | tough surface to paint

posted on November 28, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , ,    

Vertical blinds were extruded with 1/8″ wide grooves, making it a challenge to get down clean lines for the architectural drawing involved.

Cityscape mural on vertical blinds

posted on November 28, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , ,    

The secret? Translucent glazy colors mixed right for two trusty Iwata spray guns, and a lot of careful masking.

Mural install in San Diego, new home in Pittsburgh

posted on October 20, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , ,    

I have a a pile of stuff to sort out, so first let me share pictures of vertical-blind mural installation I just completed in San Diego.

San Diego cityscape mural pictures

posted on October 10, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Murals, Project Design and tagged , , , ,    

These were taken from the ladder we set up in the shop, & show better detail of both mural image and mural surface…

Cityscape mural complete!

posted on October 8, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Murals and tagged ,    

With the exception of my iPhone dying last Saturday, the San Diego city mural is now complete and installed with a minimum of hassle.

San Diego cityscape mural takes shape.

posted on September 26, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Murals and tagged , ,   1 Comment

Photos from the first two days of actually putting paint on the vertical blind “canvas” itself, after a week plus of prep.

Mural paint sample approved this morning….

posted on September 23, 2009 in Analog, Custom Art, Murals and tagged , , ,    

This sample is on board approximately 30″ x 40″ using the full scale drawing prepared for the final surface

Mural drawing production pictures.

posted on September 21, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , ,    

Picture 1938from the cityscape mural production process over the last few days, creating and perfecting the full size drawings I will use as patterns

Cityscape mural drawings go full size.

posted on September 19, 2009 in Analog, Murals, Project Design and tagged , , , ,   1 Comment

creating full size drawings as templates/tools/patterns to produce a tight, accurate architectural drawing on a regularly uneven surface.

San Diego mural design with a side trip to Pittsburgh

posted on September 13, 2009 in Analog, Murals and tagged , , , ,    

Red and purple sunrise, Charlotte International Airport, North Carolina: My time-zone challenged body sits here typing, gathering pics…