Stencil Art

Anyone else do stencil art? I always enjoyed looking at stencils tagged around town. So last year I decided I'd try it. I made a simple skull stencil, and tagged it around my neighborhood. After that I was hooked, and I've been making stencils since then.
All I use is posterboard, an exacto-knife, and spraymount if necessary. Here's a few that I've done. I'll post more of my stuff when I get home from school

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...cil/smoke4.jpg

This one I just finished. I did a stripe of red acrylic paint then stenciled over that.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ncil/doope.jpg

This is one of the first stencils I ever made. I was pretty impressed with how it came out.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...l/gazookie.jpg

It's not finished, but I thought I'd post it anyways.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...zastencil2.jpg

The actual stencil. He'll be holding a knife when finished.

So that is some of my stuff. Anyone ever try this before? It's pretty fun.

Stenciling/graphitti/tagging/street art/etc can be totally awesome.

But going around and defacing other peoples property is totally effing lame.

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Originally Posted by Kidnemo

Stenciling/graphitti/tagging/street art/etc can be totally awesome.

But going around and defacing other peoples property is totally effing lame.

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Yeah I agree with that.

That yakuza one is really, really awesome.

I don't do so many stencils anymore, but I tag+bomb+pasteups+stickers, etc.
one I just did the other day (put up about 10 of them around one part of town)

http://static.flickr.com/93/261284066_3041686288.jpg

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http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...cil/smoke4.jpg

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Thats pretty cool.

Not the same thing, but for some reason, there is someone going around downtown Atlanta and painting 4 foot tall Pacman ghost.

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Originally Posted by Satsuki

That yakuza one is really, really awesome.

I don't do so many stencils anymore, but I tag+bomb+pasteups+stickers, etc.
one I just did the other day (put up about 10 of them around one part of town)

http://static.flickr.com/93/261284066_3041686288.jpg

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That's an awesome sticker/pasteup! There has been some really great artists around town posting their work. I enjoy seeing new stuff up, and I've always wanted to try it. Do you have anymore pics of your stuff? So what do you do, print up a picture and then spraymount it?

And thanks, I think the yakuza one is turning out pretty well.

thankkkkyou.
most of my stuff can be found on my flickr, but I know we're all lazy so I'll post some more here. Also a lot of the stuff is marked so only friends can see it, because its sort of illegal and all that.

http://static.flickr.com/102/255455417_b9c60d128a.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/76/218746683_47847841fa.jpg
(mine is the mild7)

I don't get as many pictures of my stuff as I'd like, but I post what I can. For the CREEP picture, I made xeroxes of a drawing, because I can make like a million copies for free at my school. I take this stuff and boom, pasted up. I am going to get spray adhesive though, because it works a littttttle faster.

anyway, I love street art and it's pretty much my only hobby right now. Cheap, fun, and illegal.

Must...get...Paul Reubens stencils...

Satsuki, you're my hero. Vagina oner, lol. You've done some sweet work. What fucking sucks is that, where I'm at, you can't just walk in and grab priority mail stickers anymore. You have to ask for them, which they'll only give you 1 or 2.

haha actually the Vagina Oner isn't mine, but i go to school with the person.

annndddd you're in luck- go here and place an order for up to 500 stickers- the post office sends you them for free. You don't have to sign for them or anything, just register an account (free.) I've heard that if you start to order too many they get suspicious, but nothing has happened to me. so yeah, get some, make art, post it :D

Sats who are your influences these days? The "creep" picture reminds me a lot of Kouta Hirano, Jamie Hewlett, and Knightwasp over at FanArt Central.

I can't place the other stuff.

ha! I gotta give you credit IP, you're quick when it comes to art. Knightswasp and I go way back, his "ratbat" stuff more or less was inspired by me. Well, the name, anyway. We bounced stuff back and forth for a long time. Hirano and Hewlett are also definately influences...lots of salaryman comics, guro art, junko mizuno (lettering)...the list goes on.

That is some awesome stencil work...
I hate to encourage the de-railing of this thread but..Sats, i have been trying to get into the graffeti business (stickers and such) but before i registar on that site, they dont ship to canada do they?
It all seems pretty american....

PS- This thread is great, i love it... all of it

Okay, I dont know for sure about the canada thing- but you can try the labels at DHL.com, I think they ship worldwide. So, yeah it's under "Order supplies"..but I think you still have to register.

here's a tip, dont know if it works for sure or not, but if you make up a bullshit company name, like "Chemist Clothing, LTD." or something, they are less suspicious about sending 500 stickers out. I've heard whack stories about people getting phone calls and stuff.

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haha actually the Vagina Oner isn't mine, but i go to school with the person.

annndddd you're in luck- go here and place an order for up to 500 stickers- the post office sends you them for free. You don't have to sign for them or anything, just register an account (free.) I've heard that if you start to order too many they get suspicious, but nothing has happened to me. so yeah, get some, make art, post it :D

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Haha, awesome! That is the best thing ever, and it's free. Thanks for the link, I'll definately post some stuff soon.

Thats pretty sweet.. what do the DHL labels look like though?
and have you ordered 500 labels? or is this just something one of you friends did, cause i dont wanna do it and get like.. arrested or something haha

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Originally Posted by Chemist

Thats pretty sweet.. what do the DHL labels look like though?
and have you ordered 500 labels? or is this just something one of you friends did, cause i dont wanna do it and get like.. arrested or something haha

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Don't be a sissy, noone has the time to bust someone with 500 shipping labels. I just ordered 500 labels. It's free and easy. Do it!

the labels are a decent size and blank except for their logo...I'm trying to find a pic through google but I'm not finding it.

I haven't ordered any DHLs yet because I'm still going through my 1000 USPS labels D: It's not something that is going to get you busted, I swear. When you guys get some designs down, we can trade~

1000 stickers! You could make a mural with that many. Either way, you're set for awhile :)
I think trading labels is a great idea! Do you currently trade with anyone? These labels couldn't get here soon enough.

ha ha ha, well, I did a test order with a few hundred of different sizes, then ordered some more of the ones I like. I go through a lot, when I'm not so busy.

and I trade with anyone who will trade with me, basically. Just sent off a bunch to a guy in Jerusalem.

Yess.. awesome..
Sats, you're such and inspiration!
I will do just that.. 500 labels, cool designs, i will photograph them before and after i put them up.. and you guys can see and pick what you want and we can trade..

We're about to go international here ;) art spanning the continent hahaha


EDIT: I am trying to make an account on DHL.com, and it asks for an account number? I dont have one, and when i make one it says its invalid.. what did everyone else put there?

Chemist, where you been baby? :(

Awww, looks like someone missed me? ;)

I back now baby, everything is gonna be alright.

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Chemist, where you been baby? :(

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talking shit about you on lj

you must be confusing my lj with yours buttplant ;)
I have other things to talk about on LJ then TNL and the good folk that inhabit it..
We're all friends, and sticker pals now ! Get in on this yo!

And help me get that stuff from DHL.com haha

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you must be confusing my lj with your buttplant ;)

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I just pictured a rose bush with butts on it.

thank you

wow..all day attempting to acquire stickers.. Satsuki/Tench, can one of you just send them to me through the regular post?

Oooh I wants to make some stickaz. Nice stuff, Sats.

And great stencil art, Tench. First one's amazing.

hmmm....okay......as far as DHL, I don't know why it's doing that. I just signed up for an account and ordered some stuff just to try it out, and it asked for an account number but didnt have an asterisk next to it, so I just left it blank and it went through.

and Chemist- did you try going to canadapost.ca and looking for shipping labels there? I don't have a canadian address so its useless for me to register. ..but I think it's going to be somewhere under "shop" or "business tools" or something. If that doesn't work I'll send you some when my labels get here~

Okay, i finally got the DHL thing to work, i got 1 roll of a bunch of different types of stickers cause i dont know what they look like at all.. so i tried a bunch just to see....
I'll let you guys know what they look like, and which ones i got when i get them..and DONT get in trouble haha ;)

cool cool.....I'm glad it finally worked for you. I got some of the 10:30 ones because I hear those are good for small tags (just write over the lettering.) hopefully we'll get our stuff soon...ha ha ha, I love getting stuff in the mail.

So, what is the basic process in making these stickers? Are you using markers? Or are you actually using stencils for the smaller stuff? Are you using any sort of lacquer or overcoat to protect them from rain?

pffttt.. honestly i am just gonna draw something cool (maybe with a message on it) with some sharpies and slap it up.. That should last a bit.. its gonna be winter up here in Canada hahah (it snowed this morning..eewww) sooo i will aim for indoors..
Bathrooms at clubs, school, bars, bus stops.. the Cafe at my Uni.. places like that so they wont be exposed and helpless.. Maybe some street signs..

Satsuki: Yea, i had no idea what any looked like and the Canadian ones came in rolls, i saw the american ones said like 1000pcs, or 10 mine said 1 roll.. so i got 1 roll of the signiture required, no signiture required, 9am delivery, and dangerous materials delivery.. I think.. i guess it will be a suprise when they come!

P.S - I am excited, i have been drawing up ideas, and so far they all been like, big things, that involve a couple specially placed stickers to create the whole picture haha, i love this!

Good Luck Team, Project Mayhem begins!

depending on the sticker, I'll just outline in in pencil and sharpie over it, markers,whatever...just make sure it's waterproof if going up outside...also, protip: Spray your sticker with hairspray and it will ride a little longer from the elements....

I got my DHLs today- but it was kind of a wonky order because I ordered 50 of the corporate labels and and 40 of the 10:30 delivery, and I got like 500 corporate labels and no 10:30...lol. The Corporate labels are GOLDMINES...like, these huge awesome blank stickers that are just brilliant for anything. So I'm glad I ended up getting so many....

but oh man, let me know how the dangerous materials delivery one works...ha ha ha...I didn't even notice those or I wouldve got some...

thats way way cool that you are devising up ideas Chem...I keep a sketchbook of ideas for stickers and bigger pieces, wildstyle and stuff...

Yea, i looked at teh american order sheet, and the canadian order sheet and they have almost totaly different things on them....So i got 1 roll of a bunch of stuff.. I should get them soon *cross fingers*

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depending on the sticker, I'll just outline in in pencil and sharpie over it, markers,whatever...just make sure it's waterproof if going up outside...also, protip: Spray your sticker with hairspray and it will ride a little longer from the elements....

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...or, you can blow all your money on fucking fixitive that does the same thing.

Sounds like someone had a bad experiance with fixative! tsk tsk its a shame..

on a worse note : DHL just emailed me, apparently i need to forward them my account number they never assigned to me because the website is shit. I basically told them to make a new for me and use it, then forward ME a copy of it for later...
Sticker hunting in canada blows, and i have like 20 sticker plans already drawn up awaiting these fucking things.. grrrrrrrr

I ordered corporate label and dangerious materials stickers from DHL last Friday. They sent me 1000 corporate labels and no dangerious materials stickers. Oh well, I still got them right away, and you're right Satsuki they're pretty sweet. Still waiting on the priority mail stickers, and I ordered those awhile ago. Now I need to draw some stuff :devil:

LOL....DHL is a fucked company...ahh they never sent me my 10:30s....oh well.

chemist...I'm so sorry! That's shit. I hope they work out :/ Go ahead and PM me your address though, and if worse comes to worse I'll just send you a variety of stickers.

Get yourself some custom vinyl stickers made for, like, $20 bucks from This guy

I've ordered from him in the past, and I'm happy with his work.

Okay, well i got my stickers today in the mail.. It was a huge waste of, well, everything.. I ordered: USA destination, International, Dangerous material, No signiture required, and Desktop Laser..
All of them had NO blanks space to allow for any drawing at all.. The Desktop labels however where a 8.5x11 sheet of paper split down the middle, into to completely blank stickers.. I reccomend them.

The rest are useless, for the most part..
I think i will order more soon, so i can try out some other types and find out exactly what are the best..

hahaha Josh I am cheap. But thanks for the link, one day I'll make some vinyls.

the ones with print arent useless....hahha ;) what you have to do is take them and spraypaint over the print, just roll them out and spray. Then when that dries mark away! or make stencils to put over them...or just tag over them and stick them up anyway. be creative~

The Desktops are GREAT! Let's see the work on them you've done! :D

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Thats pretty cool.

Not the same thing, but for some reason, there is someone going around downtown Atlanta and painting 4 foot tall Pacman ghost.

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You talking about This ghost? If so thats Totem2, thats his side project mr. fangs which I enjoy finding when I ride around ATL.

I have several sticker designs also, working on some stencils. I've just been busy doing other stuff and work to finish em.

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hahaha Josh I am cheap.

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$20 = 250 stickers wtf.

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hahaha Josh I am cheap. But thanks for the link, one day I'll make some vinyls.

the ones with print arent useless....hahha ;) what you have to do is take them and spraypaint over the print, just roll them out and spray. Then when that dries mark away! or make stencils to put over them...or just tag over them and stick them up anyway. be creative~

The Desktops are GREAT! Let's see the work on them you've done! :D

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They are GREAT, not as sticky as the other ones though :(

I have drawn up some designs and what not, they arent anything wholey original though. They are mostly things i have seen places and loved, so i drew them, and tweaked it a bit with fatter lines and stuff...
I currently dont own a camera, my gf took a pic of the first sticker i made while at her house today (the stickers arrived, so she picked something cute and i drew it on a sticker for testing ^-^ ) So she has the pick..

By the by.. i believe we should start a new sticker thread soon.. this is getting pretty big!

Yeah. 46 posts is fucking huge.

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You talking about This ghost? If so thats Totem2, thats his side project mr. fangs which I enjoy finding when I ride around ATL.

I have several sticker designs also, working on some stencils. I've just been busy doing other stuff and work to finish em.

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yeah, that guy.

I want to hear more.

EDIT: read his interview. Thats pretty cool

I'm pretty sure these are in atlanta. Maybe around the part of town near GT.

I love art.

But everytime I come into this thread it makes me think of people defacing property and it pisses me off.

I guess if you don't own anything of value (like a nice car/home/etc), or have never had any of your property messed with (which you busted your ass to earn and buy yourself) you wouldn't understand.

/old man

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this shirt is dope as heck

Here is totem's main site Totem2 and shows of his main stuff which is pretty mind blowing. He's a member of TATS crew which are world famous muralists on the graff scene.


Here are some random stickers I've made. I got some at concert venues, walmart, and on stuff I own.

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I love art.

But everytime I come into this thread it makes me think of people defacing property and it pisses me off.

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i can understand that, because I've had people walk by and chunk rocks through the windows of old trucks that my dad is storing things in.

But a lot of places on that site look like no one really cares about them.

Totem/mr fangs does most of his art in run down/none used areas. He does get commissioned to do work on some places where he'll do a mural on the project area. Next time i'm in the area I'll take pics if they are still there. If you do see stuff in public its public domain type stuff like electrical boxes, signs, mail boxes, billboards.

Even public domain stuff, tax payers still end up paying for because the city needs to pay people to clean up the stuff that people stick up/paint/tag etc.

I have zero problem if its commisioned art, in art shows, etc., fo'sho.

Yeah i hear what you're saying with the property defacing so far i dont intend on destroying anything pretty for my art...

I wont get anymore onto this touchy topic :D

I don't consider putting ghost or stickers like sats on telaphone poles and bathrooms to be defacing anything.

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I don't consider putting ghost or stickers like sats on telaphone poles and bathrooms to be defacing anything.

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I totally agree.

One would look totally cool on the hood of your car.

A nice 6by9 USPS sticker with a thick coat of spray on adhesive to make sure the rain doesn't mess it up.

I see the public domain stuff the same as when it comes voting time. Everywhere you look there are banners, billboards, stickers, signs for all these people EVERYWHERE. Tax dollars goto pay for some of that stuff and people have to clean that mess also.

There are some basic rules for ethical steet art/graffiti artists about what is cool and not cool to paint on.

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I totally agree.

One would look totally cool on the hood of your car.

A nice 6by9 USPS sticker with a thick coat of spray on adhesive to make sure the rain doesn't mess it up.

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ha ha ha...

no

not on the hood of my car

well..I tag, I bomb- yeah. I make a point not to deface straight up suburbia, I don't paint trees or fences, elementary schools or churces/religious places. Most "Personal Property..." Places where there are a lot of younger kids...personally i couldn't live with myself knowing if i tagged a school or something with something like my name. I wouldn't tag cars, either, for that matter. City property? yeah, I'm going to.
I enjoy looking at tags and stickers. I'm doing it for my own personal benefit. I could defend art here at length but I'm not going to. You don't like graffiti, or street art, cool. But you can't stop people from doing it. There's always going to be some mofo out there with a sharpie drawing on shit.

Josh- seriously, I am a cheap fucking Jew. The worst kind, really.

Sats - Your post makes me happy:D

But their are 'tagging rules' you're supposed to follow, but theres always kids out there that just spray shit on on everything cause they have been playing to many crappy video games and think its cool..

I also enjoi looking at tags, and i love when i come across a cute little sticker at the bus stop, that stuff makes my day!
I wanna be a day maker... As long as i like what i draw, and it stays on bus stops and bathroom (and places like that) its all good, no harm done..

Its only stickers.. if someone hates it that much they can always rip it down.. it wont leave much of a mess like paint.. no worries mate;)


I can't wait for the end of midterms so i can start making more!

here's a scan of some stuff I sent out for trades...+reviving thread+

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4707/14boltbq3.jpg

what is the story behind the new nickname? it reminds me of cigs and poker

Nice Sats! I'll trade some stickers with ya if you'd like.

Here is one a did yesterday. I used two of those DHL stickers. Love those stickers! Now I just need to stick it somewhere.

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...1&d=1163034111

Here's another one. The quality is all crappy because my camera sucks.

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...1&d=1163034529

IP- It's a long story, but mostly it's a Japanese cigarette.

Tenchimo- those are AWESOME!!!!!!! That big one is stellar, you have got to keep putting up awesome designs like that. I'd be happy to do a trade with you!

This video is amazing.

wowowowowowowowow. Do you know what crew (if any?) this is? that's just amazing.

I know, that video is nuts huh? I have no idea what crew that is. All I know is that they're Japanese.