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Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :

I'm anxious to do it, just wantin to get all the feed back part ironed out before the paint is...LOL. Basically, I'd like to know what you gals and guys think about the concept.

http://216.147.13.160/drquill/p4.html (scroll down for the second pic)

Thank you for takin the time to look and offer suggestions. I will be shortening the letters vertically and to fit full width of the hatch door, (snuggled under the tag area for readabilty hehehe...it bein a sign n all). A similar mural, custom made to fit the new format, will be inserted in the letters.

[ January 31, 2002: Message edited by: Linda Silver Eagle ]

Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

I LIKE IT

Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :

Dont Change a Thing.
Looks Awesome!!

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :

i like it too joey!

a great comp and guide to actually painting the piece.

nothing is too far out these days linda.

great work, can't wait to see the finished job.

go linder!

mark

Posted by Steve Barba (Member # 431) on :

When I 1st saw it I was jealous! I wish I would have thought of it when I had my Areostar. Neat concept, make sure you post pics of the finished piece.

Posted by Arvil Shep' Shepherd (Member # 2030) on :

Just sold our 93 Aerostar........Damn.......Why didn't I think of this.?

I like it a lot...GO FOR IT....
Shep'

Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :

Linda......it's beautiful!! Go for it!

Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :

Go for it Linda. Then start carrying lots of business cards. You are going to need them for all the people who will come up and ask for a card. Vic G

Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :

Oh WoW! Look at all the encouragement! I feel like i'm walkin in air now! Thanks so much! Reckon I'd better get started on the new mural then, huh? hehehe.

Thanks guys and Cheryl too! I ain't skeered anymore LOL!

Posted by Ace (Member # 1723) on :

I like it..wish I had the talent and patience..
Since it's your van I would knock the emblems off of it before I did it. There only on with two sided tape.

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

Linda
Nice concept!

Get those Brushes and Airbrush out and lets see your finished work..

Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :

Real nice, Linda.

Posted by Joe Rees (Member # 211) on :

Oh Yeah, Linda - very cool.
The reflection of the license plate is brilliant!
Just looking at the top pic, I wanted to see the edges fade out into the natural van color instead of being stopped bluntly at the door seam...When I scrolled down to the next frame, my first reaction was that it lost a lot of the artistry and became more commercial...well, Duh, of course, you're using this to SELL murals. I get it. It should do that very well! Great idea.

Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :

Wow! Thanks guys for the added encouragement.

I'm kinda stuck, I'm tryin to redo the mural here and frustrated to pieces. I painted that first one in Adobe, but am missin the tools in Corel, like the endless undo butons, and the Zoom gig I'm used to, etc. I did manage to figure out what the navigator makes this easier a bit. But I can't seem to create a rectangle, square whatever, that I can drag around and reshape. My guess, I'll have to click another foreign term and rubberneck the little box with folder tabs in it till I find sompn that I can figure out. This is slowing down the actual execution time, unless of course, I take joy in the fact that I'm learning sompn here, but dang, it's driving me nuts. Anybody have any idears? I have yet to have gotten the book and scared if I quit now to run after it, I'll become a friday road warrior at a red light all afternoon. Thanks for any help!..please!

[ February 01, 2002: Message edited by: Linda Silver Eagle ]

Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :

Linda,
I am verrrrry impressed! Looks great. But don't expect to go anywhere incognito in that van. Like Victor said, print up the extra biz cards now! Good luck.

Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :

Thank you Kathy,

That's what I want, to stick out! When I take this out of the garage at night, say to run to Kroger for some more groceries or sompn, I come back outta the store and have a hard time seeing the signage on it. I have to do sompn about that for sure...hehehe!

For business cards, I thought I might take a pic of the van, after it's finished and then when I pass them out locally, maybe somebody will put two and two together and I can have an income again. I miss makin 4 figures a week and
being able to walk into a public place and come out with another job, every time...hehehe! Plus, I promised Jon Butterworth, I'd let him take me out to dinner this fall, so I need to come up with some big coin quick. Shoot, if it weren't for Gail challenging me to get over there and Bloke braggin about his snooker skills, I could just keep on livin with my head in the sand, barely getting by and not going for the big picture...I love you guys! I have to know if Axyl can really lick his eyebrows and I have to see tickerman show me how to do those skeery spiders. If Lavallee and Rhonda are goin, I can't not go.

The garage is fixin to be cleaned out this weekend so I can move about, and I would love to have it already figgered out in my head...gettin there, just takin a breather and tryin to figure out which proggie to use to paint it in.

S'anyway, still DancinOnnaTablet, that's a bit hard, given my feet are too big for it hehehe.

[ February 01, 2002: Message edited by: Linda Silver Eagle ]

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