Virginia Aquarium

On our journey through the Virginia Aquarium, Hue and I got to see a lots of cool animals.

One of Hue's favorite place was where the sea turtles were, especially the sea turtle in the picture on the left. This particular sea turtle enjoyed swimming behind anyone taking a picture. Hue LOVED interacting with it!







Here is one of murals created for a future exhibit at the aquarium. Though the signs didn't state who the future exhibit was for, it was really cool seeing how everything gets built prior to the animals living in it.

The wall mural is an image of a pier. You can see a sea gull and ship in the background. This one looked painted. However a vinyl background would have given more sharper lines and clarity.





Here are some backlit film at work. These backlit display talked about the ocean and marine science.

Backlit film is a clear material that can be printed on. This material can be later mounted on a surface. Backlit film is specially created to bring out the colors if light shined behind it.







Here are some samples of banner material. These were hung up in the front of the aquarium entrance.

They used Economy banner material for these. Though the banners look very much like Premium from far away, it's not until up close can you see the scrim texture.







You can tell in this picture that the banner was heat seamed from the indent on top near the dark shading.












Here you can also see the heat seamed in the middle of the banner.

PLEASE NOTE: From far a way or even a few feet, the heat seamed and/or the Economy material isn't noticeable until up close. That is why for trade shows, Premium material should be suggested for it's smooth texture.