I've wanted to do this a while now and only I've just gotten around to it. I have older stencils tacked up on the wall in my office and they stare down, yelling at me to use them on a daily basis. I've become a Jedi master at blocking their demands out. However, today it was impossible to silence them. So I made a car decal.
It didn't turn out how I wanted it to. The contact paper I was using was like cutting through room temperature butter. Joining two cuts and or trying to make a round cut was close to impossible. At first I was optomistic and wanted to do the whole thing. After cutting part of the body out, I had to change my plan. What I started out doing is completely different than my end game... and I'm actually quite thrilled about it.
I was sitting there cutting out Shauns body thinking, "When I get to the face it's going to be beyond difficult." So, I stopped. I had an arm, a cricket bat and part of a body.
I stared at it.
I called it a few bad names.
Then it struck me. Cut out the tie!
I cut it out and laid what I had before me. I LOVED IT. Not only is it a slightly obscure movie, what I had was a wildly obscure decal.
I don't care if no one gets it. What I care about is making the 4 people who live in this town who've seen the movie, smile.
i smile when i look at it
4 comments:
It looks great! I admit I haven't seen the movie, so I don't get the reference, but I think it looks awesome.
Its not that big of a secret>
Dude the tie makes it. Otherwise it is just a cricket bat. Grin.
I too love that movie and also Hot Fuzz. I have to confess I didn't know what the reference was until after seeing the movie poster, but I suppose that makes it even cooler :)
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