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I've got a 40'x8' mural to do with a number of different subjects. I landed the project with a design that included panels, but the committee wants to have the panels removed so the mural all "flows seamlessly" together.
That is my least favourite style of mural and I was wondering if anyone could direct me to some inspirational examples of murals that use this effectively.
[ April 10, 2012, 05:43 PM: Message edited by: Kelly Thorson ]
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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Committees and their love of including many subjects in one mural is one of the reasons I do so few these days.
I've always limited the murals to three subjects at most... then picked one central, preferably large portrait in the middle and used it to separate the other two scenes.
Every (good) mural needs a central focus. You might want to remind the committee of that. I've walked away from more than a few large commissions on account of this very thing.
Good luck with it!
-grampa dan
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One way to approach the issue is to have a common background,say a locally themed landscape and to group the subject matter in the foreground in a manner to lead the eye from topic/theme to topic/theme,.... another way I have done is to have a series of masonry arches and then have the viewer to see different topics in each archway,.... like this,..
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LOL, but they actually are quite nice. They do however, know what they want, were quite explicit on that right from the get go and it isn't the way I would like to do it. In my opinion, that is the hardest kind of mural to pull off. But I'll make some decent coin so I'll work with it. Hopefully I'll figure out a way top make the seamless look attractive. Thanks Sonny and Tim, (the arches won't cut it with these guys.) Anyone else have ideas? I think one of the hardest things is that it is short and wide.
[ April 11, 2012, 01:07 AM: Message edited by: Kelly Thorson ]
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