FAQ: Shop Truck Door Logo Tutorial

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Let me start by saying I am in no way an expert on this, as most of us who have have never done it. I wanted a faded/weathered/patina'd door logo for my old '69 beater truck, and I wan't willing to pay the prices I was quoted by a professional. Here's what I did:

STEP 1:

I started by finding a the font type and general look of what I wanted by playing around with a pic of my truck on Paint. I don't have photoshop nor know how to use it, but if you do, you're ahead of the game. Here is the basic idea of what I wanted, although I did change the wording.




After I knew what I wanted, I printed the pic and taped it to side of the truck for reference. At that point, I drew the outline of the top line of letters with a pencil. ***NOTE: If you are as ham-fisted as I am, I highly recommend doing the top line of letters first to keep from resting your hand on the bottom line of letters and smudging the pencil marks or paint. I made this mistake on my first test door!***





After I had the letters drawn out like I wanted, I painted the outline of them with white, starting from the top to the bottom for the same reason mentioned above. After I got the outline, I painted the inside of the letters.







After I let the white dry fairly well, I came back on painted the black shadowing. I just this free hand with small brush, outlining and coming back and filling it in afterwards like the white part.





***I highly recomend letter the top line totally dry in case you happen to touch it doing the bottom line!***

After it dryed, I came back and did the bottom in the same way as I did the top line.