TMNT Shell Shocked Cabinet

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Detailing and Artwork

The artwork is perhaps the part I stressed about the most.  I wanted to make sure that thing looked sharp.  I lucked out when I found a comic book cover that wrapped around the Ninja Turtles and Foot Clan.  Splitting it right down the middle gave an awesome left and right side to the cabinet so it looked like each side was coming around to front. The marquee I built in Photoshop with a font I … [Read more...]

October 9, 2011 Brent Chaters Artwork Leave a Comment

Cutting and Stencils

When building my cabinet to try and save on time I created stencils of everything first by tracing or drawing it out on Bristol board. I then traced that stencil onto the MDF. The one good thing is that because there are 2 sides to the cabinet most parts I only had to create once, and once it was done each side was almost identical to the other. The other thing is that when you work with MDF make … [Read more...]

October 8, 2011 Brent Chaters Artwork, Planning, Wood Working Leave a Comment

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