I'm an artiste

[Ben]

Made this for a close friend for Christmas...

[FIJIGolf23]

That's pretty sweet.

[shortgame85]

Made this for a close friend for Christmas...

I can't tell from the picture what medium you used. Is it a silksceen? A print of some kind? In any event, it is very nice. Thanks for sharring it with everyone.

[The Rambler]

Very cool Ben!

[Ben]

Thanks. Its stencils painted with spraypaint.

[TourSpoon]

Thanks. Its stencils painted with spraypaint.

Sweet.

How did you get the idea to do it? You could sell them on Ebay and make some money to supplement the paycheck.

[Ben]

Sweet.

I got into stenciling a couple years ago. Got me back into spraypaint without doing it illegally. Don't really stencil too often these days. But, it's a hit as a gift. Its a pain on the fingers with all that detailed cutting.

Here's a page devoted to it that I used to frequent... and a few of the stencils I posted. I've had friends tell me I should sell my stuff, but, eh. I don't do it for that.

[g-funk13]

I got into stenciling a couple years ago. Got me back into spraypaint without doing it illegally. Don't really stencil too often these days. But, it's a hit as a gift. Its a pain on the fingers with all that detailed cutting.

How long would a project like that take you? It's a beautiful piece.

[Ben]

Cutting, a few hours.

Painting takes a while as I've found you need to wait for the stuff to dry completely before adding the layers of stencils. Otherwise you'll take paint off while removing stencils. On this one I did each color, including the background, at least 5 hours apart from each other.

[Jeepthrills]

That is very cool. It looks like your touch is not limited to just the course.

[Ben]

That's what the girls say too. *wink wink*