I wanted to get a custom "Fathead" type wall cling of my car but just couldn't afford the cash for it with me being out of work right now. So, I decided to make my own. Yes, it isn't really a fathead and yes it is extremely cheap, but like I said, I'm broke.
Here is the finished product..
Here's how I did it...
Alright.. Steps 1-4 I did in Photoshop but that is not necessary for making your own poster.
Step 1. Took the photo that a friend took of my car and opened it in Photoshop.
This picture...
Step 2. I tinted the glass to make sure that I wasn't visible anymore. I wanted the focus to be on the car not my ugly mug inside.
Step 3. I cut out the car from the picture and touched up the shadow a bit to make it look fine with a white background.
Step 4. Make what ever you want the poster to say. Type that in using Photoshop or some other from of image manipulator.. even MS Paint.
Now the next part is one of the coolest things I've found for free on the internetz..
Step 5. Go to www.blockposters.com . This website allows you to upload any image and it will allow you to "block" it to make it as large as you want it to be. It put's the broken up image in a PDF file and then you just print out the images. Be sure to check out the gallery link at the top of their page for some other really cool stuff others have made with their block posters.
Step 6. My printouts come out like this. Note that Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free! takes into account that not all printers can print to the edge of a page so they leave a border.
Step 7. Depending on what look you're going for you may choose not to take off the edges, but I wanted the picture as seamless as possible. So, I trimmed the edges off and began to line them up. CD is for size reference.
Step 8. You basically mount the images anyway you want. I taped all of mine and then stuck a piece of plexiglass over it.
That's it! :rockon: :beer:
Here is the finished product..
Here's how I did it...
Alright.. Steps 1-4 I did in Photoshop but that is not necessary for making your own poster.
Step 1. Took the photo that a friend took of my car and opened it in Photoshop.
This picture...
Step 2. I tinted the glass to make sure that I wasn't visible anymore. I wanted the focus to be on the car not my ugly mug inside.
Step 3. I cut out the car from the picture and touched up the shadow a bit to make it look fine with a white background.
Step 4. Make what ever you want the poster to say. Type that in using Photoshop or some other from of image manipulator.. even MS Paint.
Now the next part is one of the coolest things I've found for free on the internetz..
Step 5. Go to www.blockposters.com . This website allows you to upload any image and it will allow you to "block" it to make it as large as you want it to be. It put's the broken up image in a PDF file and then you just print out the images. Be sure to check out the gallery link at the top of their page for some other really cool stuff others have made with their block posters.
Step 6. My printouts come out like this. Note that Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free! takes into account that not all printers can print to the edge of a page so they leave a border.
Step 7. Depending on what look you're going for you may choose not to take off the edges, but I wanted the picture as seamless as possible. So, I trimmed the edges off and began to line them up. CD is for size reference.
Step 8. You basically mount the images anyway you want. I taped all of mine and then stuck a piece of plexiglass over it.
That's it! :rockon: :beer:
