del Squid http://www.delsquid.com It's a car, it's a squid Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:55:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Candy Apple Red http://www.delsquid.com/posts/candy-apple-red http://www.delsquid.com/posts/candy-apple-red#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:56:21 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=68 Looks like we’ve gotten a bunch of links and visits recently from car sites who are interested in the paint color Candy Apple Red. They all reference the same picture

so I’m guessing they are all re-posting the same original.

Here’s an example.

Well, any traffic is good traffic (in a web sense, that is) so I’m making this page to help them in the future.

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Indie Squid Kid » Blog Archive » Sightings: the Honda del Squid

The die is cast the jig is up the cat is out of the bag!

]]> http://www.delsquid.com/posts/out-of-the-bag/feed 0 Finished del Squid http://www.delsquid.com/posts/finished-del-squid http://www.delsquid.com/posts/finished-del-squid#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:16:49 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=30 After the final clear-coats were added, the car is very shiny!

Trunk Eye Comparison Roof Rear Detail The Artist Stealthy Side Stealthy Side Squid Side Squid Side ]]> http://www.delsquid.com/posts/finished-del-squid/feed 0 Airbrushing Finished http://www.delsquid.com/posts/airbrushing-finished http://www.delsquid.com/posts/airbrushing-finished#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:55:17 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=24 At this point the car still looks dull, because there isn’t a clear-coat on top yet.

Finishing Touch! Roof Door Hood Side Detail ]]> http://www.delsquid.com/posts/airbrushing-finished/feed 0 Airbrushing in Progress http://www.delsquid.com/posts/airbrushing-in-progress http://www.delsquid.com/posts/airbrushing-in-progress#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:11:54 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=22 Apparently they wrap the car in some sort of paper in order to get the positioning just right, then they tear away the paper as they paint the final artwork.

The Start Wrapping Wrapped! Wrapped! Day 2 Rear Side Hood and Side In Progress Tentacles in Progress Side Finishing up ]]> http://www.delsquid.com/posts/airbrushing-in-progress/feed 0 After Body & Paint http://www.delsquid.com/posts/after-body-paint http://www.delsquid.com/posts/after-body-paint#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:44:25 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=19 This looks dull because they deliberately sand it down in preparation for the airbrushed graphic.
But still, it’s a great improvement already!
They call this color “Candy Apple Red”.

After Paint After Paint ]]> http://www.delsquid.com/posts/after-body-paint/feed 0 Inspirational Squid http://www.delsquid.com/posts/inspirational-squid http://www.delsquid.com/posts/inspirational-squid#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:22:06 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=8 ….and some octopodes….

Squid In Santa Barbara Tentacle Squid Eye Octopus translucent squid Squid Model Squid

These are various pictures off the web to help give inspiration.

]]> http://www.delsquid.com/posts/inspirational-squid/feed 0 Concept Art http://www.delsquid.com/posts/concept-art http://www.delsquid.com/posts/concept-art#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:05:02 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=17 Here is the final concept art for the project.

]]> http://www.delsquid.com/posts/concept-art/feed 0 Before http://www.delsquid.com/posts/before http://www.delsquid.com/posts/before#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:51:27 +0000 architeuthis http://www.delsquid.com/?p=4 Just to give you an idea of the start of this….

Before Before

This little red Honda was in pretty bad shape. It needed a complete paint job and some body work as well.

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