After the final clear-coats were added, the car is very shiny!
Category Archives: Squidification
Airbrushing Finished
At this point the car still looks dull, because there isn’t a clear-coat on top yet.
- Finishing Touch!
- Roof
- Door
- Hood
- Side Detail
Airbrushing in Progress
Apparently they wrap the car in some sort of paper in order to get the positioning just right, then they tear away the paper as they paint the final artwork.
- The Start
- Wrapped!
- Day 2
- Tentacles in Progress
- Finishing up
After Body & Paint
This looks dull because they deliberately sand it down in preparation for the airbrushed graphic.
But still, it’s a great improvement already!
They call this color “Candy Apple Red”.
Inspirational Squid
….and some octopodes….
- In Santa Barbara
These are various pictures off the web to help give inspiration.
Concept Art
Before
Just to give you an idea of the start of this….
This little red Honda was in pretty bad shape. It needed a complete paint job and some body work as well.