Finished

The finished image of the girl with weapons on a building wall to get the setting right, as Banksy would do, I tried to make my image fit to the building wall but i didn't want to get the same white color in my image as was on the wall because then the girl would almost disappear, and also in Banksy's artwork he almost always has different colors to diffirentiate between wall and image.

I have acquired an appreciation for Banksy and his art during this assignment and found researching his work to be quite enjoyable.

Final Stencil Design

I have now finished the stencil design, the weapons need to be distinguishable from the body of the girl and not mix too much so the viewer won't be confused or can't see parts of the picture, to this effect i have added a green hue to the bazooka and missiles, this is something Banksy does as well but if it is for the same reason as me i do not know.

Stencil

I have experimented with different adjustments in photoshop to get the best stencil effect, below you can see a comparison between the color version and the later stencil made from the color version, i did do some changes to the stencil version to both clean it up and to make it as visible and understandable as possible.

                    I changed the eyes to a more stylized version to really make the viewer understand that this girl is as happy as can be with all these weapons, also adding and removing shadow where necessary so it look better and more like the Banksy style.                                                     

Coloring

I am now in the process of coloring the drawing of the girl so i can stencil it easier afterwards, i will use the same approach with the weapons, i tried to place the shadows as naturally as possible when coloring it.

Tests Tests Tests

Now to get the stencil look i could either try to do this through the different adjustment options in photoshop or i can try to actually draw the girl and weapons in the stenciled style directly.

 I believe it will be easier for me to get a natural look to the stenciled shadows if i actually color the drawing in photoshop then use adjustments to get the stencil look.

Banksy

The stencil method that Banksy uses are actually rather detailed, there arent any broken edges, Very harsh lines between black and white, to get this effect i have experimented a little with threshold effect in photoshop, this effect alone gives you a stencil look but leaves some to be desired when it comes to the white to black transition, looks more like a spraycan effect, now this would be good but not for banksy good.

Sketches

I have made some sketches of my idea, trying to make the girl look young and playful, and what type of weapons the girl should have and how they should be strapped on her.

In addition whether i should have something extra in the picture besides the girl, like a gum machine.

 

This was the very first one i did, a girl holding a bazooka with two rifles across her back and a revolver at her hip, also i played with the idea of having a gumball machine in there. due to the stencil method alot of information is removed in the picture so i need to be careful so that hands and other details are still visible and more importantly still distinguishable in the final image, so this might be too many weapons to keep track of.

             Here is another sketch, i tried to make her seem younger looking with wavy hair and a dress and also a little more realistic in terms of body proportions, i decided to draw the weapons seperate from the drawing of the girl because then i can decide later how it should be placed on her and i will also then have the freedom of changing my mind. I decided on "only" having the big guns on her, the rifles and bazooka as well as some bazooka missiles.