evil doer

I pasted up a couple the posters I made with spray paint and stencils. I also used the negative cut out of the face to do a couple of stencils on the wall.

Ghostpatrol video

Ghostpatrol vs Fremantle Paris 3
Video sent by ghostpatrol Pretty interesting video of a local Melbourne street artist pasting up a rather large piece.

THE WELL-TRAINED ACTIVIST

Came across this interesting blog about advoacy.
THE WELL-TRAINED ACTIVIST: The Other "Inconvenient Truth"

War

Not much to say about these except they are pretty cool, located off Johnstone Street in Collingwood.

Huge heads

These huge paintings are pretty amazing, they are just on a buliding on gertrude street over smith.

Random stencil art

Here are some new stencil art that I came across during a stroll around Fitzroy on Saturday.

Badges

We are getting a badge machine at work so I made some circles out of scraps of screen-printing experiments I had lying around the studio. Think I will leave the plastic layer off the badges so you can feel the tactile nature of the screen-print.

Alterations

Walked past one of the stencils I did this morning and noticed a very subtle alteration.

Georgie Love

Came across this interesting site, check it out if your like hand made stuff like the squirrel above. Georgie Love

Evil Doer

Here is the final poster a total number of 11 were printed. It was an interesting experiment, using the spray paint was much more expensive that silk screen inks, the red alone used a full can ($12.50). I think also the loss of detail in the bush face makes it a little hard to make out exactly who he is, but I guess that's just the nature of stencils.

I am going to trim them down to size and put them on the streets over the next week or so. I am also going to try and use the stencils with a silk screen to see exactly what the differences will be. Stay tuned.

Sprayed Stencils

These are the stencils I used for the evil doer poster, the red one is so clogged with paint it can't be used anymore. The others are fine, think it is just the detail in the red one that makes it last less than the others.

Stencils lessons

I finished my first real attempt at making a poster from stencils cut out of card. It turned out ok but a few things to note for next time.
1. Paint matters, the dark blue is a crappy can from a hardware shop I found in the studio, it works but there is a huge difference compared to the red and light blue which is from an arts supply store. They spray much better and quicker.

2. Bleed, I should have left bleed at the base of the poster, that way I would have gotten a much nicer finish.

3. Make sure the paint is dry before putting the next stencil on top. The red stencil stuck to the white underneath, which is a shame as it's the most important layer.

Not to worry though I am going to mount this to a board and then affix it to a wall around the corner from the studio.

By hand

Came across these hand painted signs on the way hope after the IR rally on the 28th of June.