One of my close close friends at work got a new position and I wanted to make something that he could keep forever so I decided to paint him something that was totally him. He loves chicken, he loves beef, he loves pork and loves being a carnivore. One time I was eating baby spinach and he looked at me and he said, "we humans took thousands and thousands of years to get to the top of the food chain and you choose to eat the spinach?" (he is serious) I told the team at work that I'd paint something for him (typically we give a card and sign it) but this time I wanted to turn it up a notch for his keepsake gift!
He is born in the year of the Rooster, he hates spicy food but loves eating chicken and meat! So I thought it would be nice to make him a painting that represented all of that! I got the entire team and all of his friends at work to sign the back of the canvas, people got real creative with it! One of our friends wrote "happy birthday" in Mandarin or Cantonese because he thought it was his birthday but really it was his going away keepsake gift. A lot of fails and a lot of laughs but in the end we wish our friend the best of luck in his new role!
Sabhi and I got together last weekend and had some fun! It wasn't just all me! Can anyone guess this famous rooster?
The Hooster
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| The Coolest going away gift ever for a dear friend at work! The Hooster |
Step by Step!
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| Sabhi and I having some fun! |
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| That RED though |
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| My buddy absolutely loved the black splatter on the painting he said "it makes it look gangster" |
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| Can't really paint on top as we had to let the black dry |
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| Black, white and a lot of red! |
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| The Hooster is coming alive! |
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| Making it look like the Sriracha logo! |
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| We're done just need some varnish! |
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| After 4 coats of glossy varnish The Hooster is finally ready! |
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| The splattered paint and even the rooster itself had a 3D feel as we purposely layered on the paint! |
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| My buddy absolutely loved his painting! I got all of our friends at work to sign the back! He said he would put it up in his office! Much better than a simple card no? |
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| The funniest comment! One of my buddies thought it was his birthday so he wrote "Happy Birthday" in Mandarin then realized its not for his birthday so he covered it up with a piece of paper saying "flip this on Aug 23rd" |
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| Tadaaaaaaaaaa we present The Hooster! |
Sabhi and I had a lot of fun painting The Hooster! Everyone at work thought it was a great going away gift for our colleague who moved on to a different position. It is much more memorable than just a simple card with everyone's wishes on it, this will definitely be Everlasting.
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