trippingrollercoaste In reply to Toolbazar [2011-04-05 14:37:31 +0000 UTC]

10 seconds. burp.

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to nationalphotographic [2011-03-28 11:35:34 +0000 UTC]

keep doing good works....i'll be there with you at the top one day.

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nationalphotographic In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2011-03-28 18:54:27 +0000 UTC]

wow thanks for this impressive message
you will be better

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to euroxtc [2011-03-10 17:29:16 +0000 UTC]

who said we were friends?

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to akaBadMedia [2011-02-22 00:31:13 +0000 UTC]

that's all i do.
i must only work a maximum of 20 hours a week teaching in Taiwan or I go crazy and i stop doing art.

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akaBadMedia In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2011-02-26 19:23:40 +0000 UTC]

indeedy, why work when you can spend your more valued time creating. i bought a boat to live on to do away with bills and rent. the idea is more time for art and music. take it easy man!

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to akaBadMedia [2011-03-06 07:11:19 +0000 UTC]

yes. my money to time to living cost ratio is too good to leave Taiwan for a few more years. can't beat a small 3 bedroom house with a yard 10 minutes from downtown for 300 bucks a month. no roommates.

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akaBadMedia In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2011-03-06 08:31:28 +0000 UTC]

sounds like you could do with an artist in resistance for a few weeks...

and awesome youve heard of lao, the tao te ching is such a legend of a book, amazing how he thought. and before the time of jesus. if only people could of used that as a foundation for society in the western world and not the Abrahamic religions that seem to have got everyone hating.

take it easy man.

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to akaBadMedia [2011-03-06 09:23:32 +0000 UTC]

it's a good philosophy. one of my favourite books of all time. read it 1000 times and you will get something new out of it.

lao tzu in chinese means teacher. Lao means old and in chinese but it is often used with reverence to old wisdom in addition just to a quality of being not new. It is what all my kids here in Taiwan would call me if we spoke chinese in class...the young ones often say it on accident instead of saying teacher haha.

in practice, taoism is much different and there tends to always be gods invented from folk religion. Spirits run rampant and one must always ward them away with red stickers with chinese writings on the right, left and above entrances to houses, temples, and businesses. You also need to give offerings of food and drinks to appease the spirits on certain days and for opening businesses etc etc...

i prefer the vague purity of the book. but it's certainly interesting.

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to iamfrz [2011-01-17 11:46:23 +0000 UTC]

no problem. I hope you enjoy checking out some of my work.

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iamfrz In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2011-01-17 19:58:15 +0000 UTC]

you are in my devwatch list

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to sRolee [2010-08-09 11:22:18 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome sir. check out my work.

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sRolee In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-08-09 13:54:48 +0000 UTC]

okay

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-07-30 00:05:00 +0000 UTC]

i start with an image-a concept really. I spend a lot of time finding my images to pull stencils from. I use photoshop to cut out the image and change the shadows and lighting. From here I can do a number of things before I get a stencil. For simple, one layer stencils, I usually use a threshold. Sometimes you can clean up messy lines on the threshold by using cutout filter. There are a number of ways to do get your final product. You have to make sure you make all your bridges: this is what makes a stencil a stencil.

From here you need to transpose this image onto your cutting surface. There are a number of ways to do this. Tracing directly from your monitor-projector screens-etc. Be creative-and if you think of something new, tell me about it.

cut time. swivel blade exacto knife.

check out youtube. lots of help there brother.
peace.

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-07-30 00:31:39 +0000 UTC]

so would say that photoshop is the best software for creating stencils? dont know how to use it thu but im sure i can pick it up... what kind of cutting surface do u use? and well i dont know if its a new way of transposing the image but what i do is get a crayon scrible the back side of the paper pressing really hard so goes on thick then i staple the paper to my cutting surface usally mead file folders(u can read the mead logo on some of my stencils)then just trace with a pen... i do almost everything by hand thats why im trying to see what most people use... thanx and lates

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-07-31 01:53:22 +0000 UTC]

photoshop works really well.

if you wanna do them all by hand then I assume youve got some mad real life drawing skills. Otherwise photoshop is the way to go. youtube creating stencils. Tons of videos to go through. I use a very thick paper. Not quite mead folders. I find that very thick paper works best because you can get very clean lines since it isnt so hard to cut through. Sturdy enough but not too thin.

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-07-31 11:34:30 +0000 UTC]

well my skills aint the best but i hold my own... very thick paper? how does that stand up to multiple uses? i think folder are perfect cuz they last and there easy to cut if u cut on top of glass i use a big picture frame to cut works really well try it... makes clean cuts and easy to make curves

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-08-04 14:52:50 +0000 UTC]

i used to use folder plastic. the curves for me aren't as good. don't be too overly concerned with how well it will hold up. If you plan it right, a spray in a public place is the only spray you need to make. Very thick paper is a good 2 or 3 sprays. I also use it for screenprinting and ive printed upwards of 15 prints (and counting) on shirts with paper.

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-08-09 10:48:05 +0000 UTC]

what do u mean folder plastic? like i said before u should try cutting on top of glass its great for curves... how it holds up is not somuch a concern but an area that for me has room for improvement cuz i feel like once u cut some thing out u shouldnt have to ever do it again cuz they never have the same feel to them...u know?

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-08-09 11:21:07 +0000 UTC]

man i've been doing this for a while now. I've used all sorts of different methods to cut my stencils out. I find the best method is to use very thick paper (something like watercolor paper) and an indestructible matt as my cutting surface.
I find that glass dulls my blades too quickly and that my curves are less controllable than with paper.

You shouldn't be so concerned with whether or not you have to cut something more than once. Don't romanticize the act too much.

Are you doing these on the streets? Are you just spraying on canvas or paper? How big do you want to go? You wont ever get famous making something A3 or A4 sized. I've been doing this for a while bro, I'm just trying to let you know what a few years of experience has taught me. Everyone has their own way of doing the same thing, but i think that maybe you should check out what the most famous stencil artists in the world use.

trust me. When you spend a month or so picking out a spot to spray, (something with a huge amount of traffic during the day but very little at night) you want your painting to be HUGE but you want to get it done very quickly. Since this is such a big and important piece, maybe you want to cut out of plastic. (I have one rolled up right next to me right now and it took me about 2 hours to cut) OR maybe you arent so concerned with the amount times you can spray a cutting and you spend 30 minutes or less on the paper cutting.

Unless you are doing very small 9x12 or 18x12 stencils-then paper is the best way to go.
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notice-the paper holds up just fine.

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-08-12 15:11:40 +0000 UTC]

yea ur right about that glass wares the blades down bad... whats an indestructable mat? romanticise cutting? no way its the part im least excited about... at times ill comeup with stuff but never cut it... i spray paper, clothes, but never sprayed canvas... looking forward to it thu whats a3 a4 sizes? i work with all sizes as needed... fame for me isnt a driving force i just get off on the quick and simple duplication of images... i like how a stencil after awhile becomes like ur logo...soyea i want something permanent... that rolled up plastic ur talking about is it a tarp? what kinda plastic? hey thanx for everything u have been a big help

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-08-17 12:49:32 +0000 UTC]

look up "green cutting mat" in google.

I live in Taiwan, so often times products I buy are hard to find or I have to find by inspection. I can't really ask for things in Chinese because A) I dont even know what it's called in English B) my chinese is piss-poor.

One of these green cutting mats I bought had a logo that said "Indestructible mat"...so that's what i was referring to.

I understand that Stencils become a logo over time. I still use mine on my business card (even though stencils arent my main focus in my art right now). But if you arent willing to get faster and better at cutting-then you will simply always make the same sized stencils. You shouldn't worry about cutting it. You should learn to enjoy it. Versatility goes a long way.

TRUST ME- go make a stencil on a piece of paper 3 foot by 3 foot. Cut it-Spray it. it will blow your mind.

If you limit your materials to plastic-you limit your size-and honestly the dramatic ability to blow people's minds. Bigger really is better bro. ESPECIALLY when you move your stuff to the streets.

banksy aint doing a3 or a4 sized stencils.

cheers.

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-08-23 15:28:41 +0000 UTC]

green cutting mats? i found a clear one with rulers on it... works very good... i have never used plastic for stencils before but i just took a banner from a gasstaion im gonna try to cut into it... is that what u meant by rolled up plastic? well ur right about getting faster and better the more i cut the better i get so permenant stencils will probly make me weaker instead of stronger... so ill keep cutting like i have been... taiwan huh? what are u doing out there? and whats the focus of ur art right now?

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-08-24 06:35:07 +0000 UTC]

Nah man, I've found an art store here that has rolls of plastic. For a while I wanted to make my stencils strong and permanent so that I could use them over and over again. So i cut a few out of this plastic but then realized the downfall of trying to make everything permanent. When it only takes me 20 mins to cut a stencil-i shouldn't worry about having permanent stencils because i can do them at any size i want once the design is solid.

I'm living the good life in Taiwan. I left the states after I graduated from University and have been living here for two years now. I teach english to little kids 4 or 5 hours a day and do whatever I want from there.

My main focus of art right now has been painting sort of surreal psychedelicish abstracts. You can check my gallery. Not everything I have is posted.
Also i just got back from a month long trip back home and then had to move as soon as I got back to Taiwan. my studio will be set up in about a weeks time. Hopefully then I'll get back into the groove.
The ultimate goal is to combine all skills you have into something unique and awesome. I'm headed that direction...

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-08-24 10:13:57 +0000 UTC]

yea ur so right i dont need permenant stencils its only gonna slow my progression but its still something i wanna do for the more complex stuff... wow sounds like a sweet deal out there... hows the graff scene? and i really like the direction ur headed...

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-08-25 09:35:53 +0000 UTC]

the graff scene is interesting here. If you get caught the fines arent too big. I live in city of about half a million an hour south of Taipei. Taipei has a lot of ppl working on graff but there really arent many ppl doing stuff in my city. I kind of stopped to focus on other things and because i got too paranoid to do any more work in my city. Don't wanna shit too close to the house if you know what I mean.

I just cut 3 new free hand stencils. Once you get your stencils solid with through digital work then you can start to experiment. your brain starts to be able to organize the negative space. This is the first time ive really worked in freehand and they are coming out really well. much more abstract but that's a good thing.

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-08-25 23:54:01 +0000 UTC]

yea i know exactly what u mean...freehand from start to finish? thats cool thats basicaly how i do mines i just recently started to go digital still trying to pick up photoshop its more complex than i expected but thats a good thing cuz i can use it for abunch of other stuff... u gonna upload ur new stencils?

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to tekieone [2010-09-02 17:11:26 +0000 UTC]

yes sir. Freehand from start to finish. No predrawing with pencil-straight knife to paper. I've got about 8 tshirts i'm about to make from these. (2of the stencils i'm not overwhelmingly happy about)
10 total in about a week now...

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tekieone In reply to trippingrollercoaste [2010-09-05 20:32:48 +0000 UTC]

sounds cool... shoot 1 of them shirts...lol maybe ill try that 1 day no predrawing on stencils... sounds like a good challenge

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trippingrollercoaste In reply to zampedroni [2010-06-11 01:20:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you. cheers.

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