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Looks great. Will there be more mud splatter work?

lone dirty dog wrote:Looking good my man looking good it truly looks good did you get that it looks good, no seriously it looks really good

Something about how you say that leads me to think that you think it looks good?
Thanks.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Looks great. Will there be more mud splatter work?

Thanks 'boss.
No more splatter on this piece (future adjoining pieces/expansions will likely get more), as the main direction of the ejected material is away from the wall: The trench has been pushed down and out and dragged along (shown by the gravel being on top at the edge) and the final crater is where the mud has been thrown out when the front of the UFO came down (shown by the mud being on top at the edge).

Last night I painted the toilets, and then today I have added the posters/signs.

I've tried to keep them work/toilet related.
There is a "Danger forklifts" sign that the workers have added (underneath) an advert for a new forklift replacement (so we can assume that the one they had was a bit old).

There's a "Keep Clean" poster that someone has partially obscured by a "Tequila! Have you hugged your toilet today" poster (keeping with the toilet theme).

Then a couple of toilet adverts. One being damaged by pieces of flying concrete from the crash, and one damaged by the roots of the plant (to show that the area has been deserted for a while).

AND, to add some rivets to the piece, some LoER signs on the boxes. This also helps to show that one of the boxes has been tipped over.

These will all get more weathering when I come to that at the end, so yes, they do look a bit clean at the moment.

Surely the crates should be labelled 'W.C. Boggs & Son'

The general state of ruination, and the pleasingly light palette, really make this effort sing. Beautiful pile of crud, my friend.

Ruglud wrote:Surely the crates should be labelled 'W.C. Boggs & Son'

Ha, could have. But I needed to get some rivets in somewhere.

inmygravenimage wrote:The general state of ruination, and the pleasingly light palette, really make this effort sing. Beautiful pile of crud, my friend.

Thanks Graven.

Graffiti has been started.
The first was inspired by some graffiti I saw on the wall of an underpass in Poland (see insert, that wall is about 7ft tall). It amused me in it's sheer oddness and innuendo-ness.


Also, I've started the next piece and this is just a teaser. I wonder if any of you can tell what it's going to be?

A memorial?

^ You're quick.

Wow, that's terrific work Dr H!

This is just insane

Thanks Gits'.

LDD, I've never said that I was sane...

And further to that...
That piece is done.


As the only famous person that I have ever sent any fan-mail to, I had to add a tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett, and this was the perfect opportunity.

Terry Pratchett and his Discworld, rest in peace, he was one of my favorite writers
And your work is absolutely fantastic, it doesn't look like a diorama, it seems real

That is a fantastic and fitting tribute, very nice touch.

I currently seem to lack the eloquence to properly express how awesome that is, really, that is a touching tribute.

Not only does it look great but a very nice tribute

You need to get out and do that for real (watch out for the Rozzers though...) You could be the new Banksy...

Awesome tribute BTW

Your freehand sickens me, you talented space monkey you.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Your freehand sickens me, you talented space monkey you.

True

A Tribute to Terry Pratchett, very nice!

Thank you all. Glad you like it and feel that it has been done justice.

XDluca: I am honoured to be the one to receive your first post. Thanks, realism is what I strive for, glad it works.

Ruglud: Ha. Maybe when I have finally got an airbrush... nobody would suspect the person running about with a compressor... Nearly bought a compressor today, but was out-bid. Will have to keep looking...

Graven / Big H: Thanks. It's not that great, it's just blobs of paint... well, that can describe any painting really... there's not much finesse to it. I didn't think it was going to work out as I painted it and then sat back and saw that it did work. The sum is far greater than the individual parts.

I've been doing more graffiti, but first I feel I should say:

The relative position, size, overlaps, colours, details, etc. of the graffiti that I am adding is no indication of favouritism for anyone that is (or isn't) included.

With that out the way, yes, the remaining graffiti is going to be based on some of you chaps from around here.

I want this wall to look like it has been on the receiving end of years of graffiti, with one person overlapping another and then the later people squeezing in tags in the gaps. So this will build up, piece by piece, until the lower half of the wall is filled (as graffiti artists can only reach so far, and rarely bring a step ladder).

So this is graffiti-in-progress:


Cam's tag is done following his own tutorial (for part of it at least) and is the first to be finished.
The particular shade of Harvest is only part done, and will get some more additions soon.
Vik's has only just been started and will look very different.

There are many more to come and, as I said, don't feel left out if you don't feature. I can't fit you all on this one piece, and there are many more things I will build in the future...

Really great work Dr H. I think you've found a second profession!

Thanks.

I wasn't aware that you could make money doing graffiti, I thought it always ended up with you paying money...

Has reminiscence of Dave's warehouse with the tagging plus gives it a sense of history, I think you should leave Viktor as it is as it just looks sprayed like a lot of common tags around.

I managed a spot on one of Dave's buildings which has been the highlight of my Dakka career :-)

lone dirty dog wrote:Has reminiscence of Dave's warehouse with the tagging plus gives it a sense of history,

nerdfest09 wrote:I managed a spot on one of Dave's buildings which has been the highlight of my Dakka career :-)

Ja. Dave's warehouse was the inspiration for this, as was Cam's graffiti exploits.

I think you should leave Viktor as it is as it just looks sprayed like a lot of common tags around.

Ah, but I had a plan for Vik's tag (see below). But that comment has sealed your tag

Vik's and Red's tags are done, I've blocked in a few more, and this should serve as a scale reminder (as without any reference the wall can look a bit small).


Back to it...

Those are looking really good Dr H! Are you going to fill the whole wall or leave the top area fairly blank? (save for the disc-world reference).

Thanks Gits'.
That's about as high as they are going to go. As you can see, even that marine would get arm-ache doing some of these.

I think that's a wise decision... sets the turtle apart from the rest too.

Wow amazing collection of details. It's like Nerd brain exploded minus the mankini. Love the bunnies!

How comes I always get abbreviated another claim to fame although Viks does look rather splendid goes well with his old Avatar

Gitsplitta wrote:I think that's a wise decision... sets the turtle apart from the rest too.

Indeed. On the pedestal he deserves.

Solar_lion wrote:Wow amazing collection of details. It's like Nerd brain exploded minus the mankini. Love the bunnies!

Thanks Solar'. Glad you like the bunnies.

lone dirty dog wrote:How comes I always get abbreviated another claim to fame although Viks does look rather splendid goes well with his old Avatar

I think it's a combination of a reasonably long name that is also very easy to abbreviate. Look at it this way, even abbreviated your name is as long as mine is in total.

Finished off a couple more:

Dave's was going to be done in red-brick, but once I'd added the lines for the bricks (so that I'd be able to paint the bricks in) I quite liked it in black/white and so kept it.
Monkeytroll's was another easily split to make more graffiti artists.

You can also see that I've been a bit diplomatic as to the graffiti that is hidden by the fallen piece of wall.