D_Harris
Well-known member
I have an idea that I thought I'd throw out here.
It would involve making several small stencils for the outlines of Ms. Pac-man cabinet artwork, which is relatively simple.
The yellow and pink colors would be done by hand once the outlines are in place, but the dimension of the four stencils for those black outlines (which would cover the front and sides) would at the largest be as follows:
A) 36" x 24"
B) 24" x 18"
C) 24" x 12"
D) 24" x 12"
Determining and applying registration points would be easy, and a straight edge and steady hand would cover the rest.
The idea would be to create quick and dirty black outlines on the cabinet using the stencils, and then hand paint the rest like one would fill in a picture in a coloring book. (Not concerned too much about slightly overlapping the "thick" black lines).
Once finished, one would once again apply black outline stencils to clean it up. In fact, it would be better if the first stencil used thin lines as opposed to the finishing stencil which would duplicate the original thickness.
I was thinking that since the largest stencil would be only 3 x 2 feet(and that could actually be cut in half), really cheap vinyl or heavy paper can be used, (No real need for weeding, application tape, or mask). All that is needed is a plotter/cutter to cut out the stencils, which I imagine would be the most "expensive" part.
I know it may be considered a lot of work, but the key idea here is doing it cheaply.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
It would involve making several small stencils for the outlines of Ms. Pac-man cabinet artwork, which is relatively simple.
The yellow and pink colors would be done by hand once the outlines are in place, but the dimension of the four stencils for those black outlines (which would cover the front and sides) would at the largest be as follows:
A) 36" x 24"
B) 24" x 18"
C) 24" x 12"
D) 24" x 12"
Determining and applying registration points would be easy, and a straight edge and steady hand would cover the rest.
The idea would be to create quick and dirty black outlines on the cabinet using the stencils, and then hand paint the rest like one would fill in a picture in a coloring book. (Not concerned too much about slightly overlapping the "thick" black lines).
Once finished, one would once again apply black outline stencils to clean it up. In fact, it would be better if the first stencil used thin lines as opposed to the finishing stencil which would duplicate the original thickness.
I was thinking that since the largest stencil would be only 3 x 2 feet(and that could actually be cut in half), really cheap vinyl or heavy paper can be used, (No real need for weeding, application tape, or mask). All that is needed is a plotter/cutter to cut out the stencils, which I imagine would be the most "expensive" part.
I know it may be considered a lot of work, but the key idea here is doing it cheaply.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.