In Digital Imaging I, we created stencils with a background color, and one color paint. This year, we are creating stencils with a background color, plus 2 colors of paint. You may want to look at the work of Logan Hicks (see image below) for inspiration, at http://www.workhorsevisuals.com/flash/index.html.
Process:
Begin with one of your own photographs. Copy the background layer, use the channel mixer to convert it to monochrome (gray scale). Adjust the levels so that the layer is pure black and white (no gray tones).
Turn that layer invisible. Make a new copy of the original background layer. Repeat the same process, but this time adjust the levels differently, so that it either has more black or more white than the previous layer.
Reorder your layers in the layer palette if necessary so that the original background layer is on the bottom. The layer with the most amount of black is in the middle, and the layer with the least amount of black is on top.
On the middle layer, readjust the levels so that the black is adjusted to a medium gray. You should see one solid shade of gray, and one solid shade of white on this layer now (no other shades).
On the top layer, set the blending mode to “darken.” This should give you white and gray from the middle layer, and the black shadows will be visible on top of that from the top layer.
Adjust each layer in photoshop to smooth edges where needed, and ensure that either the white or the solid color will be a continuous single piece of paper after cutting.
I will want to check your work before printing. After getting the design approved, make only the middle layer visible, print that. Then make only the top layer visible, and lighten it to save my ink, and print that.
You are ready to cut the design out, and then spray paint.
Assigned April 28, Due May 13.
