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I was recently challenged to test my retouching and compositing skills so I decided to tackle a project I had been meaning to do for awhile anyway. If you know me, you know about my penchant to turn back the clock and make new things old. Lately, I have grown to appreciate objects and scenes around us everyday, that many ignore and may not be around much longer. Perfect examples are exterior store wall signs and murals. They just don't make them like they used to. Paint on brick, hand made fonts, basic colors and graphics. Here in Madison, a number still adorn older buildings around town, many are faded beyond comprehension, a few are still in working order only to be hidden by obstructions.
Above, is a before and after of a rather well known mural off Williamson Street in Madison, Wisconsin. In the summer, more than a third of this wall is obscured by a maple tree and year round by an ugly as hell trash can. Enter Illustrator, Photoshop, a Wacom tablet, After Effects and hand lettering. Good bye obstructions.
I have cleaned up a few more of these relics and will be posting them in the future. Be sure to swing by my flickr page, as I usually debut my images there first.
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