[DeTomaso] Pantera Logo Project

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Nice Job!

Michael Shortt


My house is next.....




On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:44 AM, sean mundy <seanmundy at hotmail.com> wrote:

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>
> The weather in the Northwest this time of year is pretty crappy.  I've been
> stuck in the garage doing little projects while it dumps rain outside. This
> past weekend I was catching up on the forum and one topic discussed ultimate
> garages and included several picture links.  After checking out those
> million dollar garages suddenly my teeny tiny 2 car garage seemed rather
> inadequate!   For a long time I have just been pushing stuff around in my
> garage to make room when needed so I decided on Saturday I could at least
> tidy up a bit to make myself feel better.  I picked up some shelving at the
> local house depot so I could organize and get junk up off the garage floor.
>  Part of my cleanup also involved re-painting the walls in gloss white to
> help brighten the space.   After I was done painting the walls were gleaming
> and the space was much brighter but it seemed like something was missing.  I
> decided I needed something car related covering the walls to add some
> excitement.  I wanted something Pantera specific but I couldn’t make up my
> mind what to do.  I looked online for Pantera posters or other car type
> things I could hang on the wall but nothing jumped out at me (or cost too
> much).   I really like the Pantera script emblem on the back of the car so I
> decided I would attempt to paint the image myself onto a blank wall.  My
> first step was to find an image of the Pantera emblem to copy.   I was
> hoping I could locate a stencil online but no one has made one that I could
> find.  I couldn’t find a large enough image to print and use either.  I
> thought about free handing the letters but then remembered the old trick of
> using shadows.  I removed the Pantera script emblem from the back of the car
> to use it to create my image.   I set the emblem on an 8ft ladder rung, then
> turned the garage lights off and shined a light at the emblem to cast the
> image onto the wall (pic1) (pic2).  I moved the ladder back and forth until
> the image was clear enough and the overall size on the wall was where I
> wanted it.  Then I jumped up on my clothes dryer which sat right below where
> I wanted the image and began to trace out the letters onto the wall with a
> pencil (pic3).   After that was done I turned the lights back on and began
> fixing and free handing spots that were missed.  I wanted to make sure
> everything was scaled correctly so I got out a level and ruler and began
> making sure the individual letters where all spaced and angled correctly.
>  It took me awhile to get the whole layout correct and looking like a close
> approximation of the emblem.  Fortunately the pencil drawing was erased
> easily from the wall as it took me several attempts to get it right.  Once
> satisfied I could begin to paint, I used a lot of blue painters tape to
> define the straight portions of each letter (pic 4).   I figured it would be
> easier to just get all the straight parts of each letter painted before I
> attempted the curvy bits (pic5).  After completing the straight portion of
> each letter I removed all the blue tape(pic6).  The hardest part of the job
> was painting the curved portions of each letter.  This is where I made the
> most mistakes.  I made a cardboard template to replicate the multiple small
> indentations below each letter so they are all the same and look good.  I
> wasn’t sure what color I was going to use when I started.  I thought about
> black or blue because the contrast of each color would be good on a white
> wall.   I finally decided to use orange paint to match the color of my
> Pantera.   I think if I were doing this again I would have made the image
> bigger.   I’m not going to make any money as a graphic artist but I think
> the results turned out decent (pic7, pic8).  I’ve been tempted to fix some
> of the spots I don’t like but I’ll just leave it alone and call it good.  I
> have more wall space to cover so I might try to paint the De Tomaso emblem
> next!
>
>
> Look for pics at http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=13618
> Check out all the pics in my album
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Michael L. Shortt
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