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Title: My first cab, nominating myself
Post by: pathdoc2 on June 02, 2005, 02:31:45 pm
Okay, I agree it would be better to have someone else do this but this cab did win a Mamey 3 or 4 years ago and it was my first attempt.  All handpainted artwork.  Now belongs to a friend and still going strong.
Title: Re: My first cab, nominating myself
Post by: KenToad on June 02, 2005, 03:05:35 pm
Okay, I agree it would be better to have someone else do this but this cab did win a Mamey 3 or 4 years ago and it was my first attempt.  All handpainted artwork.  Now belongs to a friend and still going strong.

Handpainted?  I'm impressed.  Did you get some scans of the originals to trace?

Cheers,
KenToad
Title: Re: My first cab, nominating myself
Post by: flampoo on June 02, 2005, 03:24:31 pm
Must ... see ... higher ... resolution ... images.
Title: Re: My first cab, nominating myself
Post by: paigeoliver on June 03, 2005, 02:33:15 am
Sort of reminds me of an Ultracade, not in the "it sucks" way but in the artwork department.
Title: Re: My first cab, nominating myself
Post by: pathdoc2 on June 03, 2005, 08:55:21 am
This cab was my first.  I finished it about 4 years ago. I enlarged images I found on the net using a poster program.  Tapped them in place and used an exacto knife to score through the paper while tracing the general outline of each image.  Then I used a pencil to trace over the scored lines and began painting checking the original often to ensure things were going well.  It took months to complete and I did it during the evenings when my kids went to bed.  It amazing how relaxing a little painting can be.
Title: Re: My first cab, nominating myself
Post by: Veinman on June 03, 2005, 10:27:41 am
Very nice job painting!
Title: Re: My first cab, nominating myself
Post by: ChadTower on June 03, 2005, 02:28:49 pm
Man I hope you covered that artwork with something.  I'd feel the need to stand next to it every time someone approached it if I hand painted like that.