Luc Sabourin

I wanted to do a demo panel for a goalie equipment repair shop to entice the kids to have their goalie masks custom painted. I needed a subject that would appeal to them and something that they could relate to. Then it hit me: Video games most kids and young adults (and old ones like me) spend countless hours in front of the screen playing vid- eo games. I blended various elements from two famous

games into an design composition for my demo panel. The making of my final reference image could be a tuto- rial in itself. But briefly using Photoshop I started with a “terrain” unit from Star Craft, removed the left “head-up display” (HUD) on the cheek and inserted a transparent re- flection of the classic creature from DOOM. I added some glare to simulate the helmet visor and I was ready to go.

I will be doing this on a 18x16 black ¼ inch thick plexi glass panel. I wet sand the panel with P800 paper and degreased it using Dominion Sure Solv. I then taped the top and bottom edges to be used for lettering later on. Unless you have ac- cess to a large printer, print the entire layout in overlapping sections. Using a light box, overlay the matching portions, cut at the joint and tape them together like a puzzle (Step

1). If you’re careful, this will give you a huge template from which you can pretty much do the whole painting. I start by cutting out the inside of the helmet to work on the face and other elements. Replace the cut out and tape it on the other part of the paper stencil so it acts like a hinge allow- ing it to flip (up or down) the inside cut out (Steps 2 &3). Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32