to do a gel transfer you use acrylic gel medium to strip text and pictures from magazines and newspaper. you coat the magazine with several layers of heavy or extra heavy gel.it becomes a film and it strips the ink off of the paper. you wet the paper and then scrub it off. you now have a film that has the text/pictures from whatever you are copying. you can apply it to a canvas or whatever surface using the same gel medium as an adhesive. another way to do it if you dont mind the picture being backwards is just to apply matte medium to canvas or panel and then put your image or text down on top of it. allow it to dry and coat the paper with water and scrub away with a sponge.
View attachment 588101 Posted this in the blackbook cover forum but it is a stencil so ill posted it in here as well
likin the peacher joints, thosr tight. umm why we talkin bout gell transfers, this isnt the "how to copy and reproduce other peoples shit" thread is it. cut something
^^ sorry bout the shitty quality i took these on my phone. this was before i got my cam. the framed on is a self portrait i did for an art show.
heres some stencils i did recently im not sure what to use as the vetruvian man's head... any suggestions? i also did the birds on the sheet metal beforehand and the fence builder came after
I dunno if this belongs in toy thread, but I've been stenciling for a couple months. Feel free to shit on if it's not good. Super nervous. >.< Crits please? idk
@bigupsbforyall, I use adhesives. You don't need anything really sticky, cheaper 3M is good. Give you nice crisp lines and will hold up a stencil for awhile. Thinner cardboard and invest in a good xacto knife.
You should check this artist, Kevin Mcdermott. We had an exhibition with him a few months ago... really impressive stencil skills (all done by hand) http://artisnotabouttheartist.blogspot.com