r/stencils

In tribute of my cat Okilani who passed at the age of 18 this May.

Yeah, I’m a lefty. Come for me. I’m also an artist. So honest critiques of form and function are welcomed!

Just a goof anagram of a friend's band that's playing today

In our small town the old and exposed doors of unused switchboards are a common sight, especially on older buildings in the town center. Ignored by most people and slowly decaying beneath layers of dust and dirt, they have become the focus of my effort to give them a new life. Not everything in my job is always clean and precise, nonetheless those are just of joy of creation.

alternative to bridging single layer: divide complex shapes over two stencils that you cut and paint separately. I know this has been done before but we automated it. the whole story at https://youtu.be/5Id9bAMIvx8

anybody using this to cut by hand? could save your eyesight

Owner; lived here for years and getting really tired of feeling like I still live in a college apartment that I'm going to move out of every spring. Slowly working my way through my unit trying to pull it together, and I'm stumped for what to do with the bathroom because of the colors and limited wall space. (I will not be undertaking replacing the vanity, tiles, or mirror, I sadly don't have that kind of time right now).

First two photos are the view of the bathroom from the bathtub using all lights and then just my mirror lights (warm dim bulbrite 3000K - 1800K 500 lumens). Everything feels too peachy/yellow, so I want to spruce up the walls. The third photo is the view from my kitchen; door is almost always open because of cats needing access to litter box.

• I really like the idea of going dark and doing a really large floral wall mural, examples from Graham & Brown attached, but a) this is a daily use bathroom, and I'm worried about any wall murals causing mold or peeling; b) every wall has a giant cut-out either for the doors or for the mirror, which is an exceptional waste of $$ to buy a wall mural and then throw out half of it (bc it's not a repeating pattern like standard wall paper). The few designs I did like don't come in vinyl (hence the mold/peeling issue).
• I really don't like the repeat pattern of wallpaper. It triggers something primal in my soul that I can't put my finger on. Also, again, worried about mold and peeling.
• I thought about painting a dark color and then trying to stencil my own floral artwork, but I know I'm not going to get the shading and lighting right because I'm not an artist. And I don't want a flat 1-D or 2-D stencil, I would use a multi-layered stencil to get more vibrant colors and definition, but if I purchase a bunch of random stencils (examples from AlteNew) and put them together, I don't think it'll be right in terms of where colors are lighter/darker, if that makes sense. I can't find any large stencils that fit the bill, any stencils I find are a single layer (which makes it fall flat for what I'm looking for) or intended to be a repeat pattern.

So that leaves me with zero inspiration after a month of trying different things, and even if I just do a flat wall, I'm still stuck on wall color for paint. What complements the cherry red vanity, the ick yellow-ish granite countertop, the peach-y ish tile, AND, the navy blue towels? (I just bought those towels and they are divine and I'm not giving them up lol).

Oh shoot - out of order, I also took a picture of the tiny tiles in the shower, and a close-up of the vanity and counter, for color matching.

Any help/inspiration would be so greatly appreciated!!!!

I did finish the hands

16"x20" canvas, I hand drew/cut 14 layers of stencils, and used primarily spraypaint, with some paint pens for the finer details!

Another one based on Mechwarrior 5. Tried a couple of new thinga with this one. This mech isn't in the base Mechwarrior 5 game, but is actually a from this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarrior5mercenaries/mods/920