tercel hood artwork

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dlb
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tercel hood artwork

Post by dlb »

this is weird. i wonder why the artist likes tercel hoods in particular.

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ha! I like my own artwork, thank you. did this on my daughter's T4wd when I delivered it to her last year, it is known in Austin as the "dragon wagon". Freehand painted on with acrylic paint and brush.
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love it :) nice to see creativity expressed on such an iconic car.
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the car was originally blue, it spent time in the Arizona sun and hood and roof peeled badly. The previous own decided painting it white would keep it cool (it had no A/C), so they painted it with acrylic and foam paint rollers. It looks okay until you get close to it, has a stippled kind of roller effect, so paint was not really worth preserving. So it was perfect for making into an "art car". I fine sanded it on the hood to give me a smooth surface and "eye balled" the pattern on the hood with a pencil, and than painted it. It was supposed to get some red highlights, likely that will not happen until I return in October for a visit. Eventually the body of the dragon will get painted down the side of the car, and perhaps cover the roof with a number of bat profiles.
'87 Tercel 4wd SR5 (current engine swap project)
'84 Tercel 4wd (daily driver, with on going mods)
'92 Mazda MPV 4wd (wife's daily driver)
'85 Tercel 4wd DLX auto(daughter's daily driver)
'01 Honda Civic (other daughter's daily driver)
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Wow! All without a stencil..thats badass!! It's gonna look mint all down the car. Please keep us updated when you finish it :p
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I plan on expanding the graphic next time I visit, should be a trip to Austin coming up in the next several months. Will keep you posted here on the progress, we want to add some color too, in addition to building onto the existing graphic.
'87 Tercel 4wd SR5 (current engine swap project)
'84 Tercel 4wd (daily driver, with on going mods)
'92 Mazda MPV 4wd (wife's daily driver)
'85 Tercel 4wd DLX auto(daughter's daily driver)
'01 Honda Civic (other daughter's daily driver)
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Post by Starbug »

Petros, your dragon artwork is amazing!! I *really* love that.
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