Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie
September 18, 2008 by David Stephenson
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, David Stephenson, Multimedia, Visual arts
When Charlie Kratzer started on the basement art project in his south Lexington home, he was surrounded by walls painted a classic cream. Ten dollars of Magic Marker and Sharpie later, the place was black and cream and drawn all over. FULL STORY
Actually, even if you have no artistic talent, you could cheat using a projector connected to a PC/Laptop (or a overhead projector with a bright bulb and photocopies on acetate sheets… like old grade school kind of stuff).
who cares this is tight
Ya, and Mark’s point appears to be that you could do it pretty easily too. A lot of artwork is done with projectors.
WOW Is right, he got super deal on ebay!.
looks SHARPIE
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I think it’s very cool looking….
Yeah this man likes to show off his possessions more then his art, I like most of it though even though a lot of the shiza is all crooked and stuff. Now he needs to color it all in and then it will be kwel. I give it a 7 out of 11
jealous much?
or just a harsh critic with no taste? color it in? gross. besides you can’t take anyone who says “kewl” seriously. or should I say “KWEL”!? hahahahahaha!!!
burn.
I think a bit of color would actually make it look better.
agree
Mark on February 4th, 2009 5:24 pm
Actually, even if you have no artistic talent, you could cheat using a projector connected to a PC/Laptop (or a overhead projector with a bright bulb and photocopies on acetate sheets… like old grade school kind of stuff).
Wow! That sure is going to take a lot of primer if they paint over that.
Not really. Rubbing alcohol takes it off most things completely, and would make it a lot lighter on the walls. If it was full gloss paint it would take it off completely. Either way, if he uses rubbing alcohol first it should only take 1 coat.
You can’t paint over sharpie. It will always show through.
Besides, anyone who wants to paint over that is an ass…
Way cool!
that is AMAZING…whoever said that is my uncle you are soo lucky and be greatful
$10 for the marker, if he hadn’t spent $49,990 to decorate the rest of his basement he might of been able to afford more than one colour!
Might have, might have, you moron! “might of” means nothing. Learn the language before using it.
COLOR? Guess you wouldn’t know class or art if it slapped you in the face..black and white is class..but I’d bet you haven’t the talent to draw a stick person. This guy did an awesome job.. only wish I had the talent to do something like this.
I just found this blog and I am amazed at it. Some people have all the fun in the world talking about spending $10. What else could we do with it?
Not a lot really.
Thanks for sharing
Jeff from Scotland
lol i see an R2D2 in the corner by the stairs…epic.
damn, i was gonna make a comment on that, and i was seein if anyone else had, and i was also gonna mention that its actuall a trash can
There’s also a Vader mask on the wall. XD This guy is pretty cool. I never would have thought to use something as simple as a Sharpie pen to draw on the walls.
pretty damn neet, i have the talent to draw like that, but I would not have thought to draw on my walls, creative thinking and a lot of time on your hands. good job!
wow, i was amazed. That was one hell of a creative work. I couldn’t have imagined that could be done in so less money. Congrats…..
Someone should come over and mark on my walls
Hey I was wondering what technology you used to shoot that amazing room. Please let me know. Thanks
Ryan,
I stood in the middle of the room with a Canon 5D and 17-35mm f/2.8 lens. I rotated and shot a number of photos that overlapped somewhat. I used Panorama Maker to stitch them together, then used a panorama display module I bought from Flash Loaded. It’s basically Flash that is displaying the stitched photo. Thanks for looking! – David
LOVE it! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
http://www.addressingspaces.com
Just so very talented and just to too cool… Thanks for sharing…
Sensational, wish I had your talent for art, would do the something similiar!
what a genius, amazing
Wow! That’s wicked cool. I’ll buy him $100 worth of Sharpies if he comes to my place. LOL
I love this. The products of creative minds are always the most original and beautiful. The artist’s time was well spent. Just because he didn’t spend his time sitting in an office doesn’t mean his time was wasted; he was nurturing a talent. Too many people today don’t spend enough time exercising creativity. Those who work diligently to create are usually the most productive of us; not worrying that the amount of time invested is too much, but instead trying to make sure enough time is invested.
wow
wow first of all this is just amzing!! i wish i could do this to my walls but im a bad drawer and my mom wont let me lol but also i think the fact that he didnt use a straightedge made it unique and gave it a cool kind of style
This is really cool
Absolutely amazing! Totally inspiring!
it needs sum color but thats awesome.
looks like crap
I think he wanted in black and it’s cool none of you could do it probably five stars 10 out of 10 good job!
Wow great talent.. I wonder how long this took?
I love it because it is unique.. different..
JoAnn Donahue
Thanks for sharing your very creative basement.
No to do it with a pen, pencil or chalk so that it might be changed some day easily.
Imagine actually allowing our children to create their on rooms with markers, crayons, chalk, pencils.
My mother got made when I drew on my bedroom walls. Many years later I was paid to do it as a graphic designer.
Great fun
Fancy a game of pool!
This story would have been more interesting if you told us how many minutes the work consumed. The work is an interesting study in dimension, the work is continuous, yet in some places it adds dimension and in others it takes away. Sometimes Clutter and sometimes not.
The curtains were drawn – in fact everything was drawn
It’s things like this that make me SO GRATEFUL for the existence of email!
Very Cool……………..
wow.
seriously amazing idea.
haha i love it, and am definately doing it to my room.
“Mommy look its a coloring book!!!”
Keep your wife happy =D
Musta got reaaaaal HIGH
i see R2D2
wonder what i could do with crayons?
Did anybody else notice the Computer case he drew on behind the TV? He did a good job of making the picture look flat over it.
Has anyone noticed that this is NOT a basement (recessed lighting, full windows, door to the outside?), as the title implies? It is a ground level living room.
Who cares? It’s still awesome!
Oh, and have you heard of a walk-out basement?
wooooooow!!!
seriously amazing idea.
I love it, and am definitely doing it to my room. cool idea!!
Great talent…but it would have been better if he used a glow in the dark pen.
OMG! Really very good! If i had this capacity to draw, i would propably do the same with my bedroom!
Congratulatiions for the post!
Amazing! who would have thought it can be done! i’m thinking of doing it in my bedroom!
R2D2 TRASH CAN!!! ♀☼◄ÉΦô AWESOME!!!
Хм… А мне вот кажется, минусы значительно превосходят плюсы.
I absolutely love this, love the creativity.
Интересненько, откедова такое чудище вылезло?