The How-To: Tarantino Stencil

Two of my favorite things would have to be: Tarantino movies and making stencils. I feel as if Tarantino is modern day's Hitchcock, an innovator, a bit of a weird one, with an ability to tell a good story, visually and verbally. So I decided to create a stencil parodying Hitchcock. It's based off of this image:

VIDEO NOTES:

-So on my first try (which is what I recorded in the video) I didn't like the way the stencil came out. So it looks different from the final image in the video because I toyed with it and re-did it over and over again. Which goes to show you, practice makes perfect!
-Use a fresh, sharp X-acto knife to cut your stencil.
-In the video my image is a picture of Tarantino that I edited via Photoshop to make the lines I wanted to stencil more clear. I then inverted it to reduce black (to save ink).

So heres the How-To! Enjoy!



The How-To: Tarantino Stencil from Laura Chau on Vimeo.



xx, LC

Introduction

Personality is important to the artist. Life experiences change morals and affect behavior and therefore change the way the artist looks at the world and conversely the canvas. In a successful piece of artwork is one that is technically perfect. A GREAT piece of artwork focuses more on the individual than the style, and evokes feelings in the viewer.

For a long time I believed I was in introvert and as a result I acted as such. Here's the first installation in a series about introverts, based on the book Quiet by Susan Cain.



xx, LC

Change Your Perspective

Art has the tendency to be innovative, but one thing I've noticed is that the rendering of perspective takes full decades and movements for new techniques to emerge. From 2D rendering on cave walls, to one point perspective in ancient Egyptian art, to two and three point perspective in renaissance art. Fast forward to today where we have things like 3D movies and picture books. However, these mediums require glasses for the image to be effective. But how can we solve the problem of 3D on a flat canvas? The video below is an interesting take on 3D rendering on a flat canvas.



xx, LC

Phnom Penh at a Glance

Take a look at this video taken by Andy Blalock. It features a time lapsed look at the city of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia (my motherland!). Phnom Penh is the most densely populated city in Cambodia. Out of a population of 14 million, 2.2 million people live in this city, making it the largest city in Cambodia. This is not a large feat considering much of the Cambodian landscape consists of countryside and villages. Being the epicenter of all that happens in Cambodia, Blalock effectively captures the hustle and bustle of this lively city. If you pay attention, you can spot some French colonial buildings still standing.





xx, LC

Romance in the 21st Century...

.. is non existent.

Above is clip from Ken Burns' documentary, "The Civil War." It is a letter from Sullivan Ballou, a confederate soldier, to his wife, days before his certain impeding doom. His letter is so eloquent and intimate, reflecting upon his life and his situation with such intellect and insight.

The modern man doesn't write letters like this, at least none that I have met. Is it because our of shoddy school system and decline of English language? Or has the women's liberation movement empowered us so much that it's hard for a man to get too close to be able to kindle this type of romance? I have no answers for you concerning that but I do know one thing:

They sure don't make them like that anymore.

xx, LC