How To Work With the Surface Color
You may remember that we often want to leave out one of the layers of a stencil in order to let the surface show through and to keep our stencil work from looking like a giant post card. In this post we ask the question, ‘How do you work with the surface you have?’ We’ll […]
Stenciling Three Layers is Better Than Five Layers
I love three-tone (light, mid-tone, dark) stencil portraits. They capture light and shadow really well, if the original photograph is good. Most people seem to opt for more layers because the preview looks better. But it’s advisable to tune your upload until the three-layer stencil captures the detail you want, and go with that. This […]
How to Stencil a QR Code
There are all kinds of reasons you might want to stencil a QR code on a surface: Connecting your customers to free Wi-Fi access Transmit your vCard info Scavenger hunts Guiding people in an unfamiliar environment Registration for an event Any place where you want to publicly link to more in-depth information Click here to […]
Stencil Tessellations Cover a Surface
A tessellation is just an arrangement of shapes that cover an entire surface in a repeating pattern without any gaps. The most common example of a tessellation is just repeating squares. You’ve also seen hexagons used to tile a surface, too, I’ll bet. But you don’t have to stop with simple polygons like squares and […]
What Are Registration Marks, And How Do You Use Them With Stencils?
When we talk about registration, we’re not talking about signing up for class. We’re talking about making sure that one stencil layer lines up on top of another stencil layer so that you don’t get muddy stencils. When do I need to use registration marks? There are many stencils that you don’t need to register […]
Making a Wall of Faces
Make a wall of faces for your organization. It’s not as hard as it looks! Start with a blank wall. It’s probably easiest if the surface is white or nearly white. For each person, You will only paint the mid-tone and dark layers for each face. For each face, isolate the person’s face and features […]
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