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Step 3Stencil- printing and cutting.
PRINT
I fed my printer with grimy printed-on-one-side-already paper (I always do this but CAUTION: danger of jamming printer if the paper is too grubby/crinkled/ancient). I printed out a total of 7 stencils, separating them by colour, but I also shared some pages with smaller colour patches.
CUT
Grab your exacto blades/scalpel/stanley knife, and preferably with a cutting board, to keep your blade sharp and work surfaces intact, slice away.
No need to be unnecessarily neat, this is a pretty rustic piece of low art.
THE OUTLINE
Now the 'outline' layer is the trickiest, and one should exercise the most uttermost care when cutting this stencil. Before you start, pencil in stencil 'joints'. These help your stencil stability and are placed most likely where lines meet and keep your lines fairly straight and rigid, rather than any curved ones.
I AM ARTIST, HEAR ME ROAR
Use your specially acquired artistic license to denote what lines should be completely abolished, or altered to suit your stencil whim.
TIPS
You'll notice on the skin layer, there's two joints connecting the 'eye holes', which I later filled in with a brush. Also, I had to enlarge the 'eye sparkle holes' to make things work. Of course, there's no foreseeing what troubles you may encounter ahead!
I fed my printer with grimy printed-on-one-side-already paper (I always do this but CAUTION: danger of jamming printer if the paper is too grubby/crinkled/ancient). I printed out a total of 7 stencils, separating them by colour, but I also shared some pages with smaller colour patches.
CUT
Grab your exacto blades/scalpel/stanley knife, and preferably with a cutting board, to keep your blade sharp and work surfaces intact, slice away.
No need to be unnecessarily neat, this is a pretty rustic piece of low art.
THE OUTLINE
Now the 'outline' layer is the trickiest, and one should exercise the most uttermost care when cutting this stencil. Before you start, pencil in stencil 'joints'. These help your stencil stability and are placed most likely where lines meet and keep your lines fairly straight and rigid, rather than any curved ones.
I AM ARTIST, HEAR ME ROAR
Use your specially acquired artistic license to denote what lines should be completely abolished, or altered to suit your stencil whim.
TIPS
You'll notice on the skin layer, there's two joints connecting the 'eye holes', which I later filled in with a brush. Also, I had to enlarge the 'eye sparkle holes' to make things work. Of course, there's no foreseeing what troubles you may encounter ahead!
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