Jon had already made his 3 pencils out of cardboard and had to do some more paper mashay on the bottoms. He got on with this, while I finished painting the rest of my splats. We had a lot to do and needed to crack on if we were ever going to meet the deadline.
(The above the image shows jon hard at work with the paper mashay.)
(The above image shows the paint spalt being painted, with the new blue paint.)
(As I am not seen in any of the photos, (mainly being the camera man) I wanted to prove that I was present doing the work. You could not mistake that mug for anyone else!!!
Painting the Pencils
Me and Jon started painting one of the pencils yellow, we applied one coat and then realised there were elements of the paper mashay showing through. This meant that we needed to apply about 4 coats, so that the yellow really shined through. We have left the base and tip, which will be painted tomorow with the appropriate colours.
As you can see we managed to miss up my dads back garden with paint, we have a lot of supplies and bits and bobs to complete the tasks. We made sure that we were making the most of our time, getting as many done at the same time as possible.
Everything that was being completed was being moved over near the house, so that we knew what was being completed. Just another step to ensuring the work was being done and kept on track.
I then spent a good few hours with the old airbrush, adding all the highlights to all the splats. A simple job that took quite a long time but was really worth it in the end, it makes the splats really look "cartooney" and more appealing.
Making the Tops for the Students
For the tops we decided to use a transfer for the paint bucket logo and use a stencil for the text, which will then have painted through. We applied the transfer with an iron, it stuck to the top really well (we decided to go for the transfer due to the detail of the logo.) The paint of pink and purple was then kocked up and painted through.
(The above image shows the log all done on the back, we are really happy with this mixture of paint and transfer, really brings together the paint and digtial designs created by the team.
The front of the tops
We wanted to test what to do on the front of the tops, this top was actually one of mine so we didnt mind messing it up. We painted on big spalts (based on the paper mashay ones created.) We had a long talk and think that it looked really plain, at that moment I decided to run outside with the top and thorw a bombardment of paint over it to make it more interesting.
Needless to say it worked!! We have decided that the small paint splats were better than the larger ones we made, we will be making the rest tomorow. But will only be applying small paint splats not the larger ones and will be keeping the back plain.
THE END OF THE DAY
Today was a sucsesfull day for me and jon Jon managed to get 2 of the main bodys of pencil, I managed to complete all the splats, spray on all the highlights and add a pva glue shiny layer. We still have a lot of work to do but are on track and are working as hard as possible to get it all done in time. I am very happy with all the work that we have prodcued and look foward to seeing it all be completed, me and jon are working well as a team with all the tasks we have been given to complete!!
(I hope you appreciate all the work we are putting in Mariana!!)
Looks fantastic, well done guys!
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