August 9, 2011 Snake Bus

CaliforniaMama · 08-09-2011, 10:29 AM

Name: snake bus copenhagen zoo.jpg
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I have seen this on several sites and can't figure out the originator, so no credit given to the photographer.

One comment on one of the sites:

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I've googled this pic and only ever found one recurring view, a side-on shot as above. If this is not just a photoshopped pic I'd be surprised...unless I see
a three quarter view or more pics in different locations I'll remain unconvinced.
Such a unique bus would have had people snapping away like mad things and the pics would have been emailed to all and sundry within a heartbeat....
unfortunately this does not appear to be the case.
Lets see some more pics to ease my scepticism

I don't know . . . what do you think?

In any case, I still think it is very creative.

glatt · 08-09-2011, 10:37 AM

I think it's really cool, and I've seen buses painted up with scenes similar to this before, so it's certainly possible. But I think it might not be real because anyone who goes to that much trouble to paint a bus will put the name of the zoo on the side too.

glatt · 08-09-2011, 10:45 AM

I guess it is real...

Diaphone Jim · 08-09-2011, 11:47 AM

It's Copenhagen.
These guys claim it:
http://www.crankycreative.com/sandbo...?Tag=bus+wraps

Gravdigr · 08-09-2011, 02:49 PM

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

I like the shark-jaws-for-doors theme, too.

blueboy56 · 08-09-2011, 05:55 PM

Ah, if it is in Copenhagen, why isn't the message on the side written in Copenhagenish?

wolf · 08-09-2011, 06:00 PM

Local people don't go to the zoo. Tourists go to the zoo.

lupin..the..3rd · 08-09-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

But I think it might not be real because anyone who goes to that much trouble to paint a bus will put the name of the zoo on the side too.

Unless... the name of the zoo is just "zoo". You know, like the Seinfeld diner in NYC, the big neon sign just says "Restaurant".

BigV · 08-09-2011, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Local people don't go to the zoo. Tourists go to the zoo.

Not true.

Aliantha · 08-09-2011, 07:10 PM

'Zoo' might be the name of a night club or something.

BigV · 08-09-2011, 07:15 PM

where you can get your crush on, eh?

someplace you can go with your main squeeze?

ride the snake bus to the club where you can ... um, nevermind.

for the record, my local zoo's website is just zoo.org -- simple

sandypossum · 08-10-2011, 06:26 AM

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But I think it might not be real because anyone who goes to that much trouble to paint a bus will put the name of the zoo on the side too.

I once worked for a year for a big sticky paper/plastic company. During my training one of the things I learned was that printing onto sticky plastic has made this sort of custom job much much much cheaper. Whereas once you had to paint the actual bus, now you download the pics onto a template and have it printed it out on big bits of sticky plastic, which is fitted onto the vehicle like a jigsaw. You can have perforated see-through sections for the windows, so you can cover pretty much the entire bus.

And when you're done with that ad/image, it's relatively easy to remove, ready for the next ad to be stuck on.

You can see loads of examples by googling "bus wrap" or "vehicle wrap" for images.

CaliforniaMama · 08-10-2011, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I guess it is real...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

It's Copenhagen.
These guys claim it:
http://www.crankycreative.com/sandbo...?Tag=bus+wraps

You guys are awesome researchers! I looked and didn't find anything.

It is a very ingenious art, these wraps. I love the shark bus!

I was also wondering, if this was "photoshopped" how could someone produce something so detailed that way? It would take a lot of work to put in the crack marks and other details, wouldn't it? Or I am I just being naive?

grynch · 08-10-2011, 08:02 AM

naive I'm afraid.. this whole site is "shopped"

http://www.worth1000.com/galleries/A

grynch · 08-10-2011, 08:03 AM

speaking of cracks ( from worth100. )

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I guess it is real... Attached Images

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Local people don't go to the zoo. Tourists go to the zoo. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-09-2011, 07:10 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	'Zoo' might be the name of a night club or something. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-09-2011, 07:15 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	where you can get your crush on, eh? someplace you can go with your main squeeze? ride the snake bus to the club where you can ... um, nevermind. for the record, my local zoo's website is just zoo.org -- simple __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-09-2011, 10:37 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think it's really cool, and I've seen buses painted up with scenes similar to this before, so it's certainly possible. But I think it might not be real because anyone who goes to that much trouble to paint a bus will put the name of the zoo on the side too.

08-09-2011, 11:47 AM	#4
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	It's Copenhagen. These guys claim it: http://www.crankycreative.com/sandbo...?Tag=bus+wraps

08-09-2011, 05:55 PM	#6
blueboy56 Master Locutor Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 151	Ah, if it is in Copenhagen, why isn't the message on the side written in Copenhagenish?

08-10-2011, 08:02 AM	#14
grynch the big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 390	naive I'm afraid.. this whole site is "shopped" http://www.worth1000.com/galleries/A

08-10-2011, 08:03 AM	#15
grynch the big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 390	speaking of cracks ( from worth100. )

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