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How to paint a 1500 foot Batman mural on the side of a building
Often when you see the giant ads on the side of a building in a place like New York City, it’s just plastered up there. And other times, it’s actually meticulously hand painted. This Dark Knight Rises painting took a crew of four painting five days solid, sunup to sunrise to complete.
A life-sized rendition of the artwork is broken down into a simple outline. This is called the cartoon and is, in fact, where the modern use of the word “cartoon” comes from. Holes are punched through the outline to form a dotted stencil that is then gone over with a charcoal pounce. By the end, they have the wall mapped out with the most basic shapes and proportions in place.
The oil-based paint is then mixed to match the larger portions of the painting, leaving the subtle blending and mixing to be handled ala prima on the wall. Each painter has a print-out of the design strapped to their arm, like a mini shield, that they use as a guide as they flesh out all the details.
It took four guys about five days of sunrise-to-sunset painting to complete The Dark Knight Rises.
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posted 18 July, 2012
by cranberryzero
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Me encontré este “poster” de The Dark Knight Rises en Los Angeles y obviamente le tomé esta foto. Viéndolo de lejos...
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Crazy, all that art and it will be painted over
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