I painted my wardrobe in a Kuromi x Vans pink checkerboard inspired artwork for my gf (which dumped me 2 days later lol)
Hey,
I'm not really in the community of Hello Kitty or Kuromi in general, but wanted to share this sweet idea I had for my gf where I painted her allocated side of my wardrobe in a pink checkerboard like you'd see on Vans products and Kuromi heads for cute selfies. I think it turned out great and it was loads of fun doing it for someone you love even though she dumped me 2 days later.
How I did it:
I used a pencil and made markers intervalling at 4cm around the whole door and made a grid using painters tape in 3mm width and making sure it was sticking securely to the door by going over each line with my thumbnail (that shit took like 1,5h and without a workbench it was hell for my back lol)
Mixing red and white acryl paint (had no other, probably better choices out there) I made the pink and carefully and with no apparent artistic skills painted all squares, making sure not to go over the line (corners were a bitch, took around 2,5h)
Removed painters tape (sooo satisfying)
I'm not good at freehanding drawings nevermind painting while standing so I made a stencil of Kuromis head using cardboard, carefully scissoring away parts so I could also get the white mask/face (?) part perfectly. I then painted the parts while gaming so the segments could dry (took around 1,5h).
It was a fun project with a bittersweet ending that lasted around 8 to 9h with breaks! c: