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I like to think of myself as an artist
Apparently, so do these two folks.
In fact, you both seem to have a pretty exalted opinion of your artistic sensibilities as you two felt confident enough to create your own fake permits for parking, COMPLETELY BY HAND. No digital assist on these.
Deviation 1: "The Pen is Mightier"
The art critic in me was not impressed by your execution, but here's some constructive criticism should you wish to improve.
Next time, when trying to fake a blue permit, try using a color printer, or paper that's already the right shade of blue, and not a white piece of paper, colored-in meticulously, thin line by thin line, by blue ball-point pen.
The 89 cents you spent on that cheap pack of BIC's may have been a CHEAPER option, but it was not the BETTER one.
Perhaps you should step back a bit and try mastering fingerpainting first before you attempt your artistic daring in the more tricky of mediums?
On the bright side, the $115 you're going to have to shell out to get the car back is going to go a long way towards motivating you, as we all know all "true" artists are both angsty and starving.
Deviation 2: White Line Nightmare
Excellent cut out job, considering the real stickers are elliptical, that's a tough shape to get right. Your scissor marks are not obvious until you get really close.
And I like the use of packaging tape to make it stick to the window without being obviously not made of self-sticking material like the genuine window permits.
Your sizing needs a little work, it's about 10% too big. Not bad, I've seen much worse.
But what really needs attention is your lettering job. The real permits are red with white letters, you sourced the correct shade of red, but, to get the white letters, you drew them, by hand, with white-out, using the brush that came with the bottle.......
And, you didn't exactly have a steady hand as you did it........ did you have 20 cups of coffee before trying it? The letters looked awfully jittery, as it were....
Final evaluation: As Chuck Jones once said, everyone has 1,000 bad drawings in them, the secret to becoming good as an animator/artist is to get those 1,000 bad ones out of your system.
You've just taken your first step down a very long path, grasshopper. One day, you may find your skills if you persist.
Hope you have $115,000 in the bank though, 1,000 tows might be hard on your wallet.
Apparently, so do these two folks.
In fact, you both seem to have a pretty exalted opinion of your artistic sensibilities as you two felt confident enough to create your own fake permits for parking, COMPLETELY BY HAND. No digital assist on these.
Deviation 1: "The Pen is Mightier"
The art critic in me was not impressed by your execution, but here's some constructive criticism should you wish to improve.
Next time, when trying to fake a blue permit, try using a color printer, or paper that's already the right shade of blue, and not a white piece of paper, colored-in meticulously, thin line by thin line, by blue ball-point pen.
The 89 cents you spent on that cheap pack of BIC's may have been a CHEAPER option, but it was not the BETTER one.
Perhaps you should step back a bit and try mastering fingerpainting first before you attempt your artistic daring in the more tricky of mediums?
On the bright side, the $115 you're going to have to shell out to get the car back is going to go a long way towards motivating you, as we all know all "true" artists are both angsty and starving.
Deviation 2: White Line Nightmare
Excellent cut out job, considering the real stickers are elliptical, that's a tough shape to get right. Your scissor marks are not obvious until you get really close.
And I like the use of packaging tape to make it stick to the window without being obviously not made of self-sticking material like the genuine window permits.
Your sizing needs a little work, it's about 10% too big. Not bad, I've seen much worse.
But what really needs attention is your lettering job. The real permits are red with white letters, you sourced the correct shade of red, but, to get the white letters, you drew them, by hand, with white-out, using the brush that came with the bottle.......
And, you didn't exactly have a steady hand as you did it........ did you have 20 cups of coffee before trying it? The letters looked awfully jittery, as it were....
Final evaluation: As Chuck Jones once said, everyone has 1,000 bad drawings in them, the secret to becoming good as an animator/artist is to get those 1,000 bad ones out of your system.
You've just taken your first step down a very long path, grasshopper. One day, you may find your skills if you persist.
Hope you have $115,000 in the bank though, 1,000 tows might be hard on your wallet.
Especially the badly scanned ones, or when they cut-out the line with the expiration date and taped the 2-halves together; but you could still see the edges.
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