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2nd September 2009, 11:14 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Short Stack Monster Poster
Well I couldn't get hold of a decent poster, so I decided to make my own;
Here's a panorama of my family room floor. Just four images stitched together this time, taken with an Olympus FE-170.
Scanned from an A2 Short Stack Sway Sway Baby poster in four pieces, using Canon Deskjet F2235.
Stitched and blended manually giving a final image of 3660px 2800px.
Manually sliced up into over 200 frames.
Printed with Canon Deskjet F2235 using Kodak photo paper.
Laminated with Officeworks A4 laminator.
Stitched with Sellotape.
At 3980mm (13 feet) wide, X 3000mm (10 feet) high, plus the under-hanging signature (yet to be finished), It's tailor made for the front of my house. As you can see, I'm running out of room in my family room floor. At only 3.2 metres wide, it's not quite big enough for the finished product.
A hard copy's always better than a jpeg file.
And the bigger the better.
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2nd September 2009, 08:42 PM #2
Geez, anyone would think you are related or something, after that amount of effort.
Now, where are you going to put it - I don't think you'll have a wall big enough for it!
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2nd September 2009, 11:57 PM #3.
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We did this a couple of years back for a guys birthday party - took bloody ages and he didn't seem that impressed by it.
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3rd September 2009, 01:18 AM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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It's taken a couple of days, with very little sleep, but It's not finished yet. I'll paint the garage black so it blends in with the bottom. I'll make a title "SHORT STACK" for up top on the fascia board. I'll extend the fingers of Andy's left hand so they're complete (I'll have to make something up since they were cut off in the original poster that this is scanned from), and I might even cut out the hand in the centre, and make up an arm to stick it on. It will stick out from the poster giving a 3D effect.
I'll be seeing them at the Mall on Saturday, so perhaps this will convince them all to pay me a visit. Probably the only way I can get Andy to visit me nowadays.
I was planning on taking it down to the main artery at peak hour, and dance around with my Ape for a while, but Andy nixed that idea. I suppose he doesn't want to be known as the son of a crazy old coot. He didn't even want me to put it up on my house. He said that my place would get egged. I couldn't care less if they did though. The more publicity the better. The last few days, I've been a one man promotion team, sticking tons of posters up high on telegraph poles from my extension ladder. I've been slipping them between the glass of bus stop notice boards. You can't get them out without a key. . There's Apestack (my gorilla that I bought at Vinnies op-shop ten years ago, photoshopped into frames taken from Short Stack video clips) stickers popping up all over the place, from here to Manly, and along Manly Corso. The Manly Daily interviewed Andy last night after I stuck a poster on their window, with shots of Andy at Balgowlah North Public School (He went there when he was living with me for a while). They didn't know where it all came from.
Now go out and buy the album.
"Stack Is The New Black"
It's awesome!,
and it's epoxy glued into my cd drive, playing on repeat.
Edit: Notice that stick of timber screwed along the bottom of the garage door . My fold out ladder wasn't big enough, so I propped the tilt-a-door open and screwed the timber on top of the rotten old plywood, to support the ladder. As my old man used to say "There's no such thing as problems. Only solutions"
Edit: I just noticed your comment Bob. That's a bummer he didn't appreciate it much. I had a lot of fun making this one, and it's getting appreciated already. The neighbours had a good laugh, and a dozen yahoos came strolling down the road with grog in their hands (A very quiet street normally), and recognised them straight away. I don't know what my good neighbour 'Dave' from directly across the street will say when he heads off to work. My son's ten foot tall, staring straight at his house.
After posting it publicly on Facebook, I'm getting swamped by friend requests. I won't friend randoms though. I like my peace and quiet. Now why did I put that poster up again.
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3rd September 2009, 10:23 AM #5.
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Good job - how long do you think the inks will last outside?
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3rd September 2009, 10:38 AM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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It's all laminated past the edges of the photo-paper, and the upper layers overlap the ones underneath so it should be able to stand a bit of rain. But it faces almost due west so it gets a bit of arvo sun, and of course UV exposure will crack and peel the lamination, and the ink will fade after a while.
I don't know how long it will last, but hopefully long enough to get me some attention.
I still reckon it would be cool to take it down to the main artery here, and show it off during peak hour traffic.
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3rd September 2009, 02:13 PM #7Novice
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this is amazing!
i wish you were my neighbour sir
greaaaaaat work!
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3rd September 2009, 02:36 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks for that katrinawebb.
Are you any relation to Brady
Hey, there's no Denmark flag there?
I'll have to find one for you guys.
Edit; This Viking one's cool though
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3rd September 2009, 02:42 PM #9Novice
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haha! i wish i was related to bradie
and you spelt his name wrong ha!
great step dad you are
haa
and yes that viking is cool!
haaa but i like this one too
haha
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3rd September 2009, 04:14 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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I'm not his step-dad, and I hardly know him at all.
You're getting me mixed up with the other guy, but I'll have to admit that that's a huge blunder of mine, so thanks for the correction katrina.
BTW, I used to spell Shaun's name wrong as well.
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3rd September 2009, 04:17 PM #11Novice
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haha its okkk
btw, your a such cooooooool dad
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3rd September 2009, 04:22 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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3rd September 2009, 04:24 PM #13Novice
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hahaaaa!
thats a really good photo
are you coming to the december concerts sirrrr?
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3rd September 2009, 06:01 PM #14SENIOR MEMBER
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I'll be doing a national tour with Apestack on my pushbike with rosco riding shotgun.
I'll be driving over to Perth in November, then riding from there down to Margaret River, then on to Denmark, Albany, and back to Perth for the Short Stack concert in December.
Next year I'll be riding from Sydney up to the tip of Cape York. That is if the crocks don't get us whilst we're camping out. I could just take a big knife, and like croc Dundee, I'll turn them into handbags that I can flog at the markets on the way up.
Make some money to finance the trip eh?
BTW, I haven't been knighted yet as far as I know, so you don't have to call me sir.
Take your pick;
pawnhead
prawnhead
John
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3rd September 2009, 06:06 PM #15Novice
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haha i like prawnhead
and your adventure with Apestack and next year sounds quite incredible!
haaa
and why are you going to perth short stack show?
come to sydney or the central coast one
caus those are the ones im going to!
c'mon prawnhead you know you want to
haa
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