Window Murals (Movie Theater Promotion)
Out of all the projects I have undertaken, painting window murals has been one of the most unique, most daunting, and most special. Once I was hired on as a floor staff member of my local multi-plex movie theater, I expressed great interest to my bosses about painting their next mural that would go on their upper window. The window is roughly 7.5 feet tall, by 26 feet wide, and consists of 16 panels, half of which vary in size.
When I began designing these murals, and then subsequently painting them onto the window glass, I had never seen how the process of physical enlargement was done on professional projects, but I quickly figured out how. It took time to create a near-accurate Photoshop blueprint for the window panes, within which I could design my painting(s). After which it was simply a matter of creating a grid on the image file, and a grid out of string upon the windows, which I would use to transfer each 12inch square region of the painting to the glass.
My (unused) design for a Doctor Strange mural, complete with kaleidoscope background, and a mirrored trio of Steven Strange figures.
My blueprint for the Rogue One mural I painted in November, 2016.
My blueprint for the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 mural I painted in mid April, 2017.
To show scale and accuracy, I screenshot this image from a video of myself standing with my finished painting, below the original design. Overlayed, the differences are negligible, and rather hard to even notice.
This cellphone photo features the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th regions of my Guardians 2 mural. Star Lord is shooting his blaster at the space squid, while Gamora leaps for a slicing blow.
Cellphone photo of Gamora leaping into the air behind Star Lord.
Cellphone photo of Drax, caught in the mouth of the space squid, and all of the massive white teeth.
Cellphone photo of Rocket leaping away from the space squid, as he tosses cherry bombs into it's seated limbs. His hand and bombs are off screen at left.
Cellphone photo of fully completed Guardians 2 mural. Only a few regions had to be left unpainted, after 57 hours of work. But under most circumstances, they are hardly missed.