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Stencil Inspiration

PauloGabriel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:36 +0000

What's up, everyone? Well, this week I made a presentation in college about stencil. I've been a sucker for this kind of graffiti for some time now, and made 5 cuts until now, and plan to do more. Have you ever made a stencil? If you haven't here's a little push. ;)

Making a stencil is really easy. You can find dozens of videos over youtube showing you the whole process. I've selected 3 of them. Check them out.

Now, if you want any ideas on what to make a stencil of, I tell you: pop culture! That's my take for sure. Mostly I make stencil of classic movies, or iconical elements, like the Heroes eclipse. Check out a few images you could make a stencil of (I know you'll get difficulty getting a contrast out of these, but still, these would make awesome stencils):

I hope all these videos and images make you stencil!! You'll really get into it! Cheers! ;)

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Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil, born in 1984. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.

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Inspiration: PaperMonster

PauloGabriel — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:02:57 +0000

When we talk about urban life, one of the things that probably come to mind is sweet street art. Stencil, graffiti, stickers and all that comes between. And PaperMonster creates awesome pieces for your visual delight.

PaperMonster's anticipated solo show titled "Main Course" for DirtyPilot.com recently opened and contains over twenty stencil art including pieces on canvas, wood, plexi, and rare original stencils mounted on wood blocks. Each of PaperMonster's pieces bring together beautiful and complex stories told within the collage of paper and stencils. Be sure to catch the show clicking here.

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Banksy tours America

Francisco — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:10:29 +0000

Banksy is in the news again this week. First because he tried to donate a piece of art to the Labour Party in the UK and second because he is currently taking a tour across America spreading his politically-toned outdoor urban art.

Banksy tried donating a piece of art to the Labour Party in the UK but unfortunately due to his anonymous identity they couldn't accept it. Read more about it here.

Here is the piece that was donated:

Banksy is traveling across America right now placing pieces of his graffiti art in cities that have experienced certain problems recently (and in history). On his website you can view his progress. So far he's been to New Orleans and Alabama. Can't wait to see where he goes next.

Here are a select few from New Orleans and the last one is from Alabama:

partial source: Wooster Collective

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I'm a Graphic Designer in New York City (Brooklyn!). NY is a hub for design and my posts will try to focus on, but will not be limited to, design related things happening in NY, such as museum exhibits, architecture, events, local artist interviews, galleries, etc. I'm very much into technology and art and how they intersect to make multimedia art installations. Hope you enjoy my posts!
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Amazing Gutter Art

PauloGabriel — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:43:03 +0000

Most of us would never think that a gutter could be a piece of art. Here in Brazil, some people are using these parts of urban scenery to bring a little bit of color to the commomly grey sidewalks. They are Anderson Augusto and Leonardo Delafuente from 6emeia.

The 6emeia project was created and developed by the artists Anderson Augusto, also known as SÃO, and Leonardo Delafuente, also known as Delafuente. The duo live in the Barra Funda neighborhood of São Paulo where they began the project with the purpose of changing and transforming daily life.

The duo's objective is to modify the means within which we all live, proposing a new way to view things by reflecting upon themes generated through creative and unusual works. Such modifications are made by painting storm drains, light posts, manhole covers and any other object which makes up the urban scenario.

And it's fantastic that they don't just paint anything, random faces and all, but they even make some pieces inspired by classic paintings and movies. And of course, they're like ninjas... they adapt to any gutter situation. Hope you all enjoy these! Cheers. ;)

For more information and images visit their website at http://www.6emeia.com/

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Streetart Inspiration Part 2: Blek Le Rat

aloa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:41:10 +0000

After Part 1 there has to come a second one. Here is the continuation of our Streetart-series. And this time I'm going to present Blek Le Rat from France.

Please visit his website BlekLeRat.Free.Fr

For those who care: I hurt myself at skating and now i cant use my left hand.
I wrote this article using only the right one.

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Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker & musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on aloa@abduzeedo.com or follow my Twitter and Facebook page

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Streetart Inspiration Part 1: Banksy

aloa — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:21:00 +0000

Banksy is an awesome street-artists from Bristol* (England) and probably the most loved/hated. Im in love with his artworks since i bought his book "wall and piece". Check out the great stencil art he does all over the world.

* Thanks to Abduzeedo-user "Simon" for recognizing the mistake.

CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) are the surveillance systems that often are seen in London. And now recognize that Banksy painted this pictures right next to one of these cameras.

Check out his portfolio http://banksy.co.uk/