Another review of work earlier on this year.
This piece was another layered spraypaint image which had been inspired by the works of Snik. I was going to make this piece about the angel who let the sun scorch people and set them alight. I had taken an image of a girl, photoshopped the image and merged it with a pattern of a flame. This final image which was created is seen here as the first picture. I had turned the image into black and white, getting three different shades which I was going to use to attempt and recreate this image as a stencilled spray print. This was an experiment to try and test what could or couldnt be done with the skills I currently posses with spraying layers.
So I cut the three layers out, and sprayed them. I couldnt find paper at the time so decided to spray it onto a piece of acrylic, something which I have learnt not to use again, in the future I will stick to wood or canvas, materials where to paint will stay on better and not scratch off so easily.
By the end of spraying, I was left with the final outcome of what is seen here as the second picture. I was not impressed with what was created, and was dissapointed in how it turned out. there was no detail at all that I can see in the picture, with only a rough outline being visable so it can still be seen what I was trying to create. I think in the future I will stick to layers which arent so much block patches of colour, but more finer lines that will give finer detail.
Yet again I have had the problem of aligning eachlayer perfectly, with gaps where no paint had touched, and gaps where it had overlapped. This is something which I must learn to correct in the future otherwise I will never be happy with the outcome. so out of this i have learnt:
Dont spray onto acrylic as it will scratch off with the paint I am using.
Thinner lines, more detail can be achieved that way – less block colours.
Start with a better image, in hindsight I could have seen that there wasnt much detail in the figure and that it would come out as wavey patches.
Next time, more planning is needed before creating a print, I shoudn’t just hope itll all turn out alright in the end!
