Friday, October 18, 2013

MobilePark Mural Update

I totally forgot to post these updates, the first week of painting was so exhausting I was glad I had a little room to breathe due to last week's bad weather.
Check out what's been done so far:

Day 01


A quick shopping trip to BeoWallz graffiti shop in Belgrade and a brief visit to a friends studio. Big up to Jest for all the help and support, and Best for the beer and hospitality!


Back to Kikinda, time for some sketching in the dark...

Day 02



Applying basic layers of primer paint and additional sketches...
We had a lot of brainstorming sessions and discussion whether we/I should or shouldn't paint classic graffiti names in addition to the mandatory illustrations. The final decision was no pieces, but I changed my mind on the go since a lot of things have been changed between the planning and execution of this mural.





Finally it was time to empty a few cans! I've spent the whole day on the only scaffolding we could find in the town, and although it wasn't as unstable and dangerous as it seems, it was a pain in the ass to relocate it 666 times during the day. Thanks a lot for everybody who was there and gave a helping hand, without you we wouldn't be able to finish in time!




I continued to work 'til the lights went out at 23h. Packing, relocating the stuff back home and it was 01AM already. Not a comforting feeling given that I needed to finish 'til 12h the next day, or at least to bring it to an acceptable level where no one involved should guess the mural isn't finished...

Day 03


I showed up at 0730h and went back to scaffolding to finish the Pegasus and the temporary logos of sponsors. It was very strange to wake up that early to go painting instead of going to bed after a night session, but hey, every beginning is hard!


The Pegasus, the central element of the mural is 99% finished, the mess we did around the wall was cleaned up and everything was ready to be officially opened to the general public:


This was also the first time I saw what the organizers from Creativia and a small army of volunteers from Youth Office did during the last two days literally behind my back, as I was almost all the time up on the scaffolding painting and minding my own business.
The first mobile park in the country received a warm welcome, except from a handful of haters who think they are smarter than everyone and try to bring down people who are willing to make a difference in this small town. Well, we have bad news, you can keep barking, but we will continue to do the job we love!

Until the next update, thanks for reading and see you soon with the finished wall!

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