The image is designed
in a powerful Macintosh computer using Adobe Photoshop and
Adobe Illustrator. A painting by Zalucha was scanned and overlaid
onto a template of a bus. Mockups were created for presentation
to the Transit and Parking Authority of Madison.
Upon approval, the painting was scanned
using a large bed scanner at extremely high resolution by
Large Format Digital. The image is transferred onto a heavy
duty vinyl with an adhesive back. Installation specialists
were hired to adhere the images to the buses. Because the
buses were not to be away from their routes, the installation
on all four buses was done in one weekend by "Touch of Perfection,
Scott Perme, owner.
The complete front of the bus
is one large decal. It is stretched across and carefull
trimmed out so that all areas are nicely covered. Because
the entire front is totally covered, no painting was required
on the bus.
Wheel wells, front door windows,
and lights are carefully trimmed out.
Brad and Scott, "Touch of Perfection",
get wrapped up in their work.
The wrap that goes over the windows
is of a special perforated vinyl that allows paople inside
the bus to see out, but those on the outside can't see in.
Madison Metro asked that a minimum of the bus windows be
obscured, so the "perf" was limited to the capitol dome
and surrounding flowers. This also kept the costs down.
Twenty days after the approval of the
Transit and Parking Commission, Peggy Zalucha of Millennium
Murals, (far right), Jeff
Rank, Troy Mancusi, and Marty of
Large
Format Digital (ties) and
Scott Perme of Touch of Perfection (shorts) were present
for the dedication of the buses by Mayor
Sue Baumann.
Millennium
Murals in the News