Mural Update

Remember the sketch I did for a mural Narangkar and I were gonna do at some new climbing gym in downtown Oakland? Refresh your memory with this blog.

Well, we got started in January and have pretty much gotten it all mapped out and ready for some color. It is just Narangkar and I working with ladders upstairs in the weight room at the Great Western Power Company gym. The space already has all the weight and aerobic equipment so people are all grunting and sweating around us while we paint.

Big blank wall.


The mural starts about 3 feet off the floor and is over 10 feet tall.


Here is the end of day one. We got all the poles and most of the "bits" on there.


The end of day two gives us most of our wires lines. Getting all these lines proper while working with just two ladders and a secret line mapping techniques was pretty time consuming. Now it's looking sharp.


I spent another day adding in the last lines, doing a few fixes with white paint, and painting in the black center pillar. Other than some extra paint to fill in the rough spots in the wall texture, we are ready to map our colors and set this thing off.


Here is the original sketch again. We definitely simplified the wires a bit and everything got a bit crammed in the space, but I think things are turning out nicely.
Stay tuned for more updates soon.