Yesterday’s entry was an adorable photo of Matt and Kristen’s west highland terrier, Scooter. When exposed to something so cute, Matt and I felt obligated to make something large with tongue-in-cheek obnoxiousness to annoy his wife. Using The Rasterbator, we enlarged the image to fit on twenty pieces of paper and printed it out. Staring at the pages laid on the dining room table, we were so impressed that we headed out to the arts and crafts superstore and Home Depot for foamcore and plexi-glass. It took it two days and quite a few beers, but you can see it was worth it. If you ever want to see it, just drop by Matt and Kristen’s–she promised it would hang forever.
From the other side of the house, it looks like a giant photograph, but here it is life size. That is one big, little-dog nose.
If you are thinking of rasterizing, here are some tips we learned during our experience:
- Measure the wall first.
- It’s best to bolt the piece to wall so your wife cannot make you take it down. Or remain single and be free to paper your apartment with super models and your own head.
- Print it out at work or expense the ink cartridge.
- Use a large, high resolution, contrasty image that has been converted to grayscale and over sharpened. I know a good one of Nixon and The King.
- Mounting the pages on foam core makes them lay flat. The spray adhesive fumes made me lay flat…and giggle.
- A 36″x72″ sheet of plexi-glass cost $25 and converts it from cheap cutouts to high art.
- Spray with some matte UV protectant and sealant to darken and protect the piece. Plus, it’s more aerosol spray in a closed basement for free intoxication. I think I’ve killed the cells in my brain that represent Denny’s Moons over My Hammy and Ottawa. Huffing is NOT as harmless as it seems.
Now that I have the procedure down, I plan to paper my apartment with super models and my own head.
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