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This a is recent project that was presented by Artech Signs of Seaforth to the Royal Canadian Legion in Goderich Ontario. It is an 8'x16' digitally printed mural applied to 1/4" diabond with the additional cutout ribbon panel mounted overtop.
I had designed and illustrated the entire piece myself in photoshop using a Wacom Cintiq tablet monitor. Each image was drawn and painted freehand on the tablet in individual files at 1/4 size and then put together and tweaked in a final production file. Many reference pictures from the internet, etc. where used to execute each painting.
I know some do not favor seeing this type of artwork produced through the digital process, however, for myself anyway; I am finding it just as rewarding from a creative standpoint to paint digitally as I do when producing my airbrush work. I think it is because my freehand painting techniques in photoshop have become very similar to the way I render images with airbrush painting. Don't get me wrong; I have a huge admiration for the artists who produce those beautiful wall murals and have learned a lot from studying them.
I believe there is a market for this type of work as well and am working to continue to develop my techniques in this medium as I see many different avenues that it could branch off into.
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Bevin! That is Outstanding...... what a tribute! The Big thing and probably one of the best things is that the file can be saved and used again for additional panels, or used for repairs down the road. I am a Fan of Both Mediums as I do a lot of Digital Printing... and there is most certainly a place for it. Thanks for posting!!
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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Beautiful Bevin, and of no less artistic effort, talent or value than that of a hand rendered image. Well done, I think you may find that the potential market here is a more easily tapped into and more profitable one than that of air brushing, although I hope you continue to use your splendid airbrush talent as well.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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Beautiful work Bevin... it would be hard pressed to tell the difference as it very much looks airbrushed...Great amount of detail, was there a reason they put it up so high ? Nice work.
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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you're right Pat. I went to see it and thought it was airbrushed then scanned enlarged and printed. Amazing what technology can do in the right hands, even those damn digital printers that are the ruination of all we hold dear!
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Thanks for the wonderful comments everyone. Very appreciated.
Pat; the sign is up at that height as there is a readagraph sign unit mounted below the mural. In the first photo it happens to be covered by the tarp that was used to drape the mural prior to the presentation.
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Bevin, How much time do you estimate you have in this Project... if you had to do it by hand, bad choice of words here, but actually did it using Airbrush, what would the time difference be? I keep looking at it and am still blown away.
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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I kept a fairly close account of my time on this project once I started on the actual drawing and painting time after the initial concept design and ribbon panel had been created and approved. I had about 120 hours in the project.
I don't really know if that would be considered an extremely large amount of time or an average amount of time or what; but for my level of experience and technique at this point that is what it took. I probably detailed it more than needed for where it was going, although when standing back and looking at it on the wall I find all that line work and shading really comes together and gives the painting the look that I was hoping for.
As I did each separate image I varied my technique to see if I could find better and quicker ways of achieving the results I was looking for. The images of the people probably went the quickest for me and the airplanes, etc. took the most time, especially the large Lancaster bomber in the foreground.
I don't really know what kind of time frame it would have taken me to airbrush it, but I am certain that I would have spent a great deal more time doing it that way at a larger scale than what I had spent doing it digitally.
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Bevin, I don't get on here as I should and sometimes I do lurk (lol), but this such a gorgeous job/ I was thinking of doing something for the VFW and then I saw this, and wow.
I always admired airbrush artists that do such beautiful and stunning work. You are truly an artist with a cause as well. Thanks for sharing this fantastic labor of love.
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"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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