Out of various reasons, I selected the Futurama Planet Express logo. It is simple enough for a "quick" try, geeky enough to be put on a crate/box and multi-color. Aaand it is available as vector graphic / svg from here:
http://theinfosphere.org/Planet_Express
The svg differs from the logo from the planet express ship in the series (ship is black), but that is an easy change.
The svg was split to 3 parts, printed on DIN A3 250g paper at the copy shop and cut out:
1. big (white) and small (red) ring:
2. black rings:
3. text and rocket:
The inner parts of P, A, P, R were fixed in place by copper wire and glue:
...the cheapest spray paint available at the local hardware store:
...applied layer after layer on cardboard and wood (massive transport trolley thing):
- big white ring
- let it dry!
- small red ring
- let it dry!
- two black rings
- let it dry!
- rocket + text
Lessons learned:
- either use water-proof material (plastic foil) or first paint complete stencil to prevent it from bending due to moisture form paint
- add alignment points to all stacked stencils, else it gets hard to align them (d'oh!)
- normal thick copper wire (1...1.5mm²) works great as support structure
- add bigger border to stencil (easier masking)
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