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A magic trick. Turning lemons into watermelons....
Midschoolfool:
Wow. Epic fail. Tuesday was one of those days you want to forget, fast.
So I had a look at the stickers. They looked incredible. I figured I would have a go at layering the main decal over the white funday part. That was where it all turned sour. Because my mate uses a non optically clear laminate (it is satin) it blurs the view. So basically you can't see. That wasn't what almost ended the entire project though.
The pink is so transparent that as soon as you take it off of white? yeah. It would end up maroon over the green. I was absolutely gutted tbh. So, I figured I would sleep on it. Glad I did, because I almost threw it all in the bin.
When I awoke I had a memory of seeing a watermelon Funday with different decals. It then hit me....
See, I reckon that the ones over clear are screen printed. I say that because apparently it is impossible to print bright pinks on clear without it washing out. So I reckon Sunday changed it on year two to the above for cost reasons.
Any way, very long story short I spent the entire day yesterday starting from scratch on the TT decal. And.
You may be wondering why I did not do anything about the ants and Aaron Ross ones? well.
That is because those are perfect. So I will shoot the art over to my mate today and get him to reprint them over white.
I also worked on the stem. Filed out the dents and damage and gave it a coat of etch.
That should be white by the end of today.
Midschoolfool:
Midschoolfool:
Right, just needs some clear. Unfortunately my decal guy is away for two weeks. Ah well, gives me some time to work on the Goose.
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