It would be a pretty major undertaking, but how about a picture of the room on the other side of the wall?
I vote for a truly random religious-themed message.
Look at the Black Bodybuilding Jesus on a Rainbow in Charleston for inspiration.
“Rejoice! Reverend Moon has risen!!!”
“NAMBLA Headquarters”
How about having a “peninsula” burst out of a man’s pants?
Especially if I changed those daily.
Get one fairly dark saturated color and some white. Start painting at the bottom with the dark color and every board or two add some white, so by the time you reach the top you have a nice gradient paint job. Unusual, fun, and requires no skill whatsoever.
A mural of 3 guys peacefully fishing on the lake in a boat; one in a Bears jersey, one in a Vikings jersey & one in a Green Bay jersey.
Bonus points if underneath it, in quotes, was “I’d like to teach the World to Sing…in Perfect Harmony…!”
Paint job like this.
Or, just put some big bugs on it. Hit a junkyard, get some mufflers, exhaust pipes, and antennas, and build yourself some giant cockroaches. Arrange them scampering playfully over your house.
WOW! How the heck did they DO that?
If you want easy you can paint the house Jackson Pollock style. Just a throw, flick, and splash a bunch of paint on there!
The last time I lived in an apartment, I mentioned to the landlord that the place really could use a paint job. He told me he had no problem with me buying paint and doing the job myself, but he wasn’t gonna do or pay for it.
I bought a dozen jars of hobby paint and some brushes. One Sunday I had my kids (they were 6 and 9) over and we painted. Suns, animals, flowers, words, etc.
You can get chalk board paint, white board paint and magnetic paint. All are expensive, but you could change the message/drawing whenever you get the urge.
If you have never seen the Heidelberg Project, it’s worth stumbling across like we did while driving through Detroit one time.
My suggestion: Che Guevara portrait.
What fun!
There’s an old derelict apartment building in San Francisco at the corner of 6th and Howard Sts. that has various items of old furniture stuck to the side of the building (you can see it on Google Street View). It makes a nice conversation piece.
My other suggestion is this, the lips from Rocky Horror Picture Show. You would probably want to get a huge photo enlargement on canvas (probably only a few hundred dollars!) in order to get the detail.
Roddy
Giant eye, staring back at them.
I had a friend that painted the cover of the Clash’s London Calling across his tiny cottage. He left it a couple of years and then painted over it.
Neat idea, but in my case it would have to be left-to-right or right-to-left, as my siding is more vertical than horizontal.
Hand turkeys! Lots and lots of hand turkeys!!