A body shop that sends me a lot of work had this surfboard that he wanted lettered for his office. Here are a few shots in progress. I was going for that 60's psychedelic look. I mixed the paint for the shade but I'm not sure if I like it. In some light it just dissappears.
I still need to pinstripe the perimeter and add some striping to the nose and tail. The least I can do for all the work he has sent me.
[ July 31, 2011, 06:54 PM: Message edited by: Louie Pascuzzi ]
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Louie - that is a knockout... perfect style! I think you hit the mark dead-on. Applause-o-Meter goes wild!!
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Great stuff! Could I suggest a fine/thin orange highlight under the lower & left sides of each shadow, sort-of as a glow-line shade.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
very nice!!
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
You have the right idea of using a darker shade of the background color ... but it should be a little bit darker.
Try holding something over it in order to cause a real shadow ... then you will know how dark to mix the paint.
Posted by Louie Pascuzzi (Member # 1373) on :
Thanks for the tip Si. At some angle the shade jumps off at other angles it dissappears. I am going to darken it up some and then add the thin orange outline to the lower left of the shade as Ian suggested. Then I can do the striping in orange and imitation gold to pull it all together.
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
