I've got an Apple logo painted on my wall...

[pcguru83]

The recent "Mac Wall" thread got me thinking about something I did a while back. I did this about a year and a half ago and don't think I ever posted it here. My inspiration came from another thread of someone here who did something similar. So let's take a look...

First of all, the room started out a nasty dark blue color. We painted the whole room a nice medium gray before starting with the outline of the Apple logo. To get the logo on the wall I had some transparencies made with the Apple logo. I then borrowed a projector from our church's private school and projected the image up on the wall and traced the outline with a pencil. Then we simply started filling it in with glossy white paint.

Keeping the strokes even with a smaller paint brush proved very difficult. So that we could get the evenness of a roller, I opted to use very, very small pieces of painters tape around the entire outline. By doing this, I was able to simulate the curvature and safely use a roller.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3539/3795759091_484cb5c6aa_b.jpg
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And a close-up:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3795757499_dc0e0933b4_b.jpg

And finally, the finished product:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2147/2299248618_1a20ccbc52_b.jpg

Overall, not too bad. I'm still not too happy with the left side. Outlining it with the small pieces of tape was extremely time consuming and I got in a hurry, and started using pieces of tape that were too big. As a result, that side looks a little bit more "blocky". But it's not super noticeable unless you are really looking for it.

My setup doesn't look anything like that now though, as I don't have that Mini or the Cinema display anymore (I've now got a Core 2 Duo Mini and Dell 2209WA). I've also got an L-shaped desk now that's in the opposite corner.

But I still love my Apple logo. :)

[Sir SpemzR]

u should outline it with a small canvas brush to smoothen it out
i have those logitech speakers!

[ucfgrad93]

Not my style, but if you like it that is what matters.

[Macmanrec]

OMG! I did that too! I will post a pic later today!

[pcguru83]

This thread was my inspiration:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=3535045#post3535045

Bobdude, you still around?

[ctt1wbw]

I think I'm going to paint a huge Zune logo on my wall. :p

Oh, that's pretty cool, too. I would have painted it the rainbow colors, though. But cool, nonetheless.

[Roessnakhan]

It looks like the front of an Apple Store.

[MattZani]

Much rather have it laser cut out of Acrylic, would of been more than the paint, but looked A LOT better, and been movable.

You need to finish it off properly.

[Flore]

Fix a big sheet of paper on your wall over the current logo, project the logo again and this time outline it on the paper. take the paper of the wall, cut the inside of the logo of the paper and fix it on the wall again. Then simply paint the inside.
voila...

Similar to the old thread you posted.
Should fix the edges..

[suMMx]

it's a little much imo, but you should have stenciled it. It could have also been cool if it had a dripping paint effect.

[Acorn]

thats pretty cool. now mode your doorbell so when you press the button you hear the apple startup -----"bong".

[steviem]

When I was about 6 years old, my mum painted a "Super Mario Brothers" mural on my bedroom wall, with Mario in mid jump... Then when I was about 11, in a different house, she painted an England Football badge and the PlayStation logo. So I can appreciate the hard work you went through for this.

You could have painted the Apple logo in the middle of a white ceiling with those grey walls and it would be like you lived inside a huge Mac Mini!

[SchneiderMan]

lol no paint silver tiles on the grey color wall

[designgeek]

That's Awesome! I'd do something like that here but my roommate is just shy of having me committed and I wouldn't want to rock the boat.

[jake.f]

Im sorry but that's just sad, you have the logo of a computer company painted on your wall.

[Macintosh Sauce]

It looks like the front of an Apple Store.

LOL

[aaquib]

That looks awesome!

[gilkisson]

Good job, well done. Glad to see you are not taking fanboi-ism to any extreme or anything....:D

[pengpai]

you're just an absolute genius

[no.1 Apple Fan]

That is VERY VERY nice. ;)

[Antares]

Hardcore! I love it.

You should touch up the edges, though. Give it a smoother curve. You should be able to easily do this freehand with a foam brush.

[niuniu]

Not bad, maybe would have came out better using spray paint. Redo those edges anyway :)

[drewsof07]

Im sorry but that's just sad, you have the logo of a computer company painted on your wall.

At least it can be painted over. Not so much with this person (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=359886&highlight=apple+tatoo) inking the logo to their chest :rolleyes:

OP, looks like the top is slightly larger than the bottom? Did we forget to adjust the image to be non-trapezoid?
It looks good though, you're braver than myself :o

[mickbab]

Im sorry but that's just sad, you have the logo of a computer company painted on your wall.

I'd do it :D

[Ttownbeast]

Last part of my case project will have the Apple logo inside the Superman insignia--I understand your obsession quite well maybe its time for us to start a support group LOL

[Gray-Wolf]

Nice idea, and nicely done Op. Wish I could do something like that, but an apartment, with wall to wall wallpaper :mad:

[dlamin517]

dont expect to get laid in that room :rolleyes:

[Hrududu]

dont expect to get laid in that room :rolleyes:
lol, now come on. There's gotta be some female Apple fanchicks out there.