Snickers

It's official. We adopted a new kitten. She is about 6 months old and we've had her for about 3 weeks, but it was only a "foster" period at first. She got just about every type of pattern and coloring on her, and by the looks of her fluff tail, fluff paws, and junior chops she is probably gonna puff out soon. I especially like her on orange leg. She never stops running and playing. I know all kittens are frisky but she is, like, vibrating with energy.

We named her Snickers because she has chocolate, caramel, nougat... and she's nuts.

A rare snoozy moment.

more mural

The mural is coming along nicely. Narangkar went on a solo mission two weekends ago and got a lot done, and we both got busy this past Sunday and got even further along. This Sunday we'll be dropping the last of the color, filling in some of black poles, and after any color corrections, we should be all done. Then we'll clear coat and sign that sucker next weekend. After that is belongs to the ages.
We've gotten lots of good feedback so far and the gym offered to let us do the entire wall, but I don't think that will be happening anytime soon. We're pretty stoked to have this artwork up at GWPC. It is a great climbing gym and everyone working there has been very cool. Check back for final photos of the mural next week.


This was the wall after Narangkar painted back on the 17th.


Lookin' good.

Mural Update - Colors

Narangkar and I started in with some colors this past Sunday. I take my own sweet time mixing colors and getting it just right so it is taking a while to get filled, but I think we can all now see how this thing is going to rule when it is finished.

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.