My animated friend, Christa, took a series of pictures (of herself) on a macbook, creating something very similiar to this. She did it Michael Jackson style...and it was very cool. Here's one of them:
While I was at Borders, I was searching through the art section trying to find inspiration...I came across Graffiti Paris http://www.amazon.com/Graffiti-Paris-Fabienne-Grevy/dp/0810970899/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242953056&sr=1-1I liked it so much that I bought it!
I never really thought about Stencil Graffiti...but it is a very unique form of urban art.
Here's a list of different types of GRAFFITI: http://deesblog.vox.com/library/post/what-are-the-different-types-of-graffiti-1.html
I found the "Peeling Babies" (as I like to call them) in Seattle, WA while I was walking around town with my friend Claire. When I saw the red heads and their eye-patches I thought back to the baby graffiti.
A classmate of mine based her photography project on this quote:
Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.
I love that graffiti focuses on the most obscure things...
FRIDA ANYONE?
Hahaha
Really a fan of this girl
Andy Warhol stencil graffiti on paper, sold at http://www.etsy.com/
(above) This is one of Banksy's many graffiti pieces.
Wanna know more? http://pintalo.sipuedes.net/2007/09/
http://weburbanist.com/2008/09/07/banksy-art-and-graffiti-the-ultimate-guide/
