stencil work and pop art work, using pixie lott !!

 i was given a task to create a stencil, i wanted to link it to my summer album project and i have also began to create a theme of female artist, and songs that make me think of summer, which is why i have chosen to use pixie lott to create this stencil, i also wanted to pick a image that would reflect the summer album, and to me i think this image would fit perfectly because it represents pixies personality and also with the dress has a sense of summer with a twist and thats why i chose to use this image.

before i could turn the image into a stencil i needed to create a black and white image by using photoshop, i also had to play around with the scale of black and white this was to make sure when cutting the image there would be enough black to make sure the image would still make sense when putting it onto paper.  

i think that this worked really well and also as the original image was mostly made of the colours black and white i think that helped to create a clear scale image ready to cut. 

i think if i was to do the image again i would add more detail onto the hair as that was quite hard to cut out and clearly show that it is hair. 

this was the result of the stencil once i had cut the black out of my black and white image, this was done by making sure that all the black had gone completely from the image, but i also at times had to create bridges for example the eyes, there was a black part right in the middle of a white area and so i had to join the black up to stop the cut out of the eye from becoming just a empty whole. once it had all been completely cut out, i turned the image over to the side where there were no lines and then used a little bit of prix stick to hold the stencil in place on the plain paper, then using a sponge and paint i covered over the whole area with paint until all the gaps had been covered in paint, then i carefully pulled off the stencil and this was the result i was left with. 

i did the same thing with the sponge two times once with orange paint and the second time with pink paint, just to see the different effects of the colour. i think that it worked really well with both colours and both times the image has come out clear and you can see what the image is, which was the aim of the experiment.

i think that the cut out worked really well and i love the use of bright colours, as the colours also represent summer and the fun times of summer, i think these would be good colours to use for the album, the pink is the one that stands out the most to me. i also think that cut out of the blacked worked well and the image that was left on the page came left a really good and clear stencil.

i think if i was to do this again, i would use a clearer image as i had to create a few bridges to make sure that i didn't just have empty wholes where there should be detail. i also think that next time i would use a bigger image as that would make it easier to cut out and make a clearer image when making the stencil. 

to further my stencil work i could experiment with different colours on the same stencil to gain a different effect, i would also try mixing materials such as paint and ink to see the outcome of it. but overall i think that it was successful and turned out a clear image that looks good with bright colours that catch the eye, i also think that this would be really good to use for my album cover when creating it. 

this was my pop art experiment. i did this by using the same image of pixie lott that i used to create the stencil, although this was the result of adding the black and white image on photoshop and then adding new layers and adding colour first to make pixie lott have colour and then adding the background to create the typical pop art design, with the circles, this was all done on photoshop and by using the distort tool, with different shapes and the pattern has been changes by making the shapes smaller or bigger, to either make them stand out more or become more of a block colour. 

i think that it worked really well and i think that after playing around with the shapes and colours i have managed to create a successful pop art print. i think that this would also be good for my summer album because the shapes and also the design of pop art, has a fun message with it and to me thats what summer is all about and i think that my image portrays this really well. 

if i was to do this again, i would add more colour onto the image and also play around with the different shapes to create a different effect with the final image. if i was to further my work i would see how different images look and how different colours work with the pop art.