I absolutely love your instructional videos. I used to cut my stencils by hand, which would take hours. I just placed my order on a Cricut Explore Air 2 cutting machine and I'm really looking forward to familiarizing myself with the features.
Thats awesome! Thats the same machine I'm using and its lasted a few years even with all the crazy projects I make on it. You'll be unstoppable now pumping out art with a Cricut as your secret weapon. Glad your enjoying the videos and I'm about to start on another stencil one soon!
This is by far the most in depth video for avid learners I've seen. You've covered all the bases. I'm thoroughly impressed with the level of detail and explanation. I love the timestamps and tools links in the description as well. I only had small follow up questions. Like how long do you wait in between sprays and what are those weights you use. I've liked and subscribed and look forward to binging the rest of your content!
Excellent tutorial. As a side, G'MIC is also available for Photoshop.... Once you have exported your layers, it it *should* be possible to import them into Inkscape and convert them to vectors so they can be resized easily.....
Very interesting, I didn't know Gmic could be used with photoshop. And importing them into inkscape could be an interesting workflow. I'll have to try this out. Thanks!
Question for you... Just signed up for your membership, I love your tutorials and was curious about how to get this spiderman stencil file to practice printing and painting while I work on making my own stencils. Thx in advance 🙏🏽
Awesome thanks for joining up! All of the stencil files are located on the google drive. If you look at the community posts I put up a link a while ago. If you can't find it shoot me an email and I will send you a link to the google drive with all the files on it.
Looks good. But i think i would have left the spider webs on his suit white for more contrast. Also thank you for doing this video. It will be a big help.
Thats a great suggestion and you could easily add it to the white layer on top! I think yours will end up way better than mine. Glad to hear the video was helpful and have fun with your stencils!
Great tutorial mate. Might sound silly but between Gimp and Inkscape which would be better for multi layered stenciling? Does one offer more detailed stenciling over the other. I’ve noticed people using PS and gimp, what advantages would that have over using Inkscape which is vector based. Trying to decide between the two for my next project. Thanks
Of the two free tools (gimp vs inkscape) which do you prefer? I'm going to have to spend time to learn either or both but I'm in a time crunch for Christmas.
great video. Would you consider doing a video on how to design art work onto a motorcycle crash helmet. So from a plain black helmet to all custom images and colours. I would like to learn this so I can paint my crash helmet. Pull off the design to make stencils to paint. Thanks Hope you can do this.
Thanks Cliff, glad you enjoyed the video and that is a great suggestion you've made. I very rarely get the opportunity to paint helmets but the next time I do it would be great to make a video on it. Using stencils on a helmet would be a bit tricky though due to the curved surface but showing the process to create a unique design is something that I would really like to do more of on the channel. I'll definitely put this down on my list of videos to make and hopefully it won't take me too long to get around to making it.
Great Tutorial! Just started my cricut journey, one question I got the green and the a bit less sticky blue mat, when I apply the Cardboard (same as yours) it is really hard to get of without destroying everything. And advise here? Thx in advance :)
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! I use the green matts too and you are right they are pretty sticky. I use 220gsm card which is a bit thicker and helps but you really have to just go slow using cards or spatulas to help. The worst is when you start doing high-detail stencils and some of the details start to tear!!
@@WickedPaint thank you for your quick reply! I figured out if you take an old tshirt and tap with it on the mat so that lint will stick on it, the more you do it the less the mat will stick, it still perfectly holds the cardboard in place, but will also allow to take it off smoothly. :)
used a workaround, I just installed McGimp - its only version 2.10.22 and I have 2.10.30 for gimp but at least it has g'mic so I can try out this tut. if there is anything in 10.30 that I need to use that is not in 10.22 I can always save the file then open in 10.30 to do that.
hello and thank you for this beautiful tutorial. I follow everything but when I pass them on the DS program although the dimensions are the same and the position too, everything comes out of the scheme, dove am I wrong?
this video is really awesome and usefull, i was waiting for it from a lot, thank you very much to for attaching the final file in the discription, i hope you continue to make more videos like this , my question : to make stencils on paper like 200 or 300gramm to use it diffrent times on work, the cricut mashine you use is good enought or you advice me another model ? and thanks again, waiting for the next video and don't forget to live the file in the discription 😉
Glad to hear you liked the video. The Cricut Explore Air 2 machine I used in the video is very good at cutting 220gsm paper and you can use the stencils many times.
Love your tutorials. These inspired me to buy a Cricut Express. I created a 5 layer stencil from a portrait but I have way too much "noise" and it was going to take hours to print out one US Letter size layer. Can you do a video like this one (Spiderman) but with more detail like you did with David Bowie but in GIMP rather than PS? Thank you and keep up the great work.
Hi Brian, So glad to hear your enjoying these tutorials and even got your own machine! The process in PS and GIMP is very similar and if you want more detail in GIMP the simply adjust the 'Edge Simplicity' and 'Edge Fidelity' when your using the cutout filter in GIMP. The trick would be to adjust it so you can get the major details without too much noise. You can also use the blur filter before the Cutout filter to reduce the amount of noise you get.
Great video! I searched more about this machine, apparently there is a monthly subscription that you must buy if you want to upload more then 10 files. is this true? Thank you!
Thanks, glad you liked the video! I've never heard about that subscription for this machine maybe it's new? The machine itself is great but the cloud software and the fact you have to connect to the internet just to use it is really annoying.
I'm feeling quite confident that this tutorial is THE one that going to help me, but I'm lost 4 minutes in. I'm following you but I'm getting a "floating selection" image which is giving me issues right from the get go.
Hi Harry, thanks for trying out the tutorial video and sorry your having issues. I tried re-creating a 'floating selection' on my machine but could not do it. GIMP can be a bit tricky with the selection wand though so maybe if you get a better understanding of the tools in GIMP then try this video out again that may help? Sorry I couldn't be more helpful with your issue but its one of those things thats hard to do without seeing whats on your screen.
Really enjoyed this tutorial, I followed along with a different image but when I came to the cutting process my key marks don’t line up on each layer even though I’m sizing each cut the same, do you have any idea why? Thanks.
Great job! Thanks for this tutorial. So when I select my numbers of layers (7), the "colors to layers" tab at 6:50 does not display the number of layers I have requested weather it be 7 or 9 on my screen it only shows less than 6 layers? Is there something I missed along the way? How do I fix this? I've hit the reset button and nothing. Thanks!
Thanks, glad it helpful and that your trying it out. With colours to layers it will sometimes combine layers if the colours are similar or the area is too small. To fix that set your color tolerance to 0.1 and your minimal area to 0.1. Hopefully that will fix it for you.
Very helpful video mate and much appreciated 👍One small criticism would be that you didn't show your finished work off long enough at the end of the video. Cheers✌️
Cheers mate! Glad to hear the video was helpful and thanks for pointing that out. That last clip could have run out much longer, making and editing videos is not a strength of mine but its good challenge learning these new skills.
If you have some images that you'd like to paint on then its worth a try. You'll definitely end up with something unique and one of a kind.When painting on metal you definitely want some primer down first but make sure its compatible with the paint you'll be using over the top of it.
Thanks! I'm using 2.10.30 which is the latest version and after installing the Gmic it loaded automatically. Maybe try restarting your machine if it doesn't load up automatically.
There is a Gmic plugin available for Mac if you look at the website but it looks like it's not an official one and may be a bit unstable. I would be happy to test it but unfortunately I don't have access to a Mac. Sorry.
Yes the background was transparent but I moved it to a new file because I wanted to make sure it would be the right size so I created a new document at A3 size which is my artwork size. Then I select the image from original file then copy and paste it into the new one.
@@korey4944 Check the layers area and if one has background then delete that otherwise if it is part of the image then use the magic wand to select the background and delete that.
Can I get a step by step print out on how to do this ? This guy talks little to fast for me to keep up I can’t get past the part when he says click on the move option need help
Dear sir, it's been weeks since your last youtube upload. I would like to subscribe to your channel, but only if you can do custom art, with candy Pearl paints, ON ANYTHING AUTOMOTIVE! A motorcycle tank, fender, a car hood, truck tailgate, etc etc etc. In behalf of all of your subscribers, THANK YOU VERY MUCH 👍👍
Thank you for leaving comment, I try to make a video every month and almost finished with this months video. It can be difficult with other work and a family to support but I really enjoy painting and sharing my secret tips with my subscribers. Thank you for giving me a challenge of painting something automotive, I have not done that in many years but it would be nice to try that again!
Sorry I ended up cutting it out because the video was getting too long. All I did though was go though each layer with the eraser and make the bridges a little bit thicker so they wouldn't be lost. Feel free to download my file from in the description and see exactly what I did.
Thanks for sharing all this knowledge. This is great.
I absolutely love your instructional videos. I used to cut my stencils by hand, which would take hours. I just placed my order on a Cricut Explore Air 2 cutting machine and I'm really looking forward to familiarizing myself with the features.
Thats awesome! Thats the same machine I'm using and its lasted a few years even with all the crazy projects I make on it. You'll be unstoppable now pumping out art with a Cricut as your secret weapon. Glad your enjoying the videos and I'm about to start on another stencil one soon!
This is by far the most in depth video for avid learners I've seen. You've covered all the bases. I'm thoroughly impressed with the level of detail and explanation. I love the timestamps and tools links in the description as well. I only had small follow up questions. Like how long do you wait in between sprays and what are those weights you use. I've liked and subscribed and look forward to binging the rest of your content!
Excellent tutorial. As a side, G'MIC is also available for Photoshop....
Once you have exported your layers, it it *should* be possible to import them into Inkscape and convert them to vectors so they can be resized easily.....
Very interesting, I didn't know Gmic could be used with photoshop. And importing them into inkscape could be an interesting workflow. I'll have to try this out. Thanks!
@@WickedPaint No Worries. G'MIC also works with Krita too. I will have a go at importing it into Inkscape etc....
Thx for video, u'r great but can u update info on how 2 do this from after advanced imaging click, seems like things have changed. Appreciate it.
EXXXXXXXCELLLENNNNT TEACHER TYVM
If you can do one of your portraits for example, on any automotive surface, THAT WOULD BE SUPER DUPER COOL! Once again, thank you! 👍👍
This is awesome...much needed..Will be trying this .. thank you
You’re welcome 😊 Hope it helps you create some awesome artwork!!
Thank you for all of your detailed explanations - I appreciate it!
My pleasure. Hope it helps you create some awesome paintings!
Question for you... Just signed up for your membership, I love your tutorials and was curious about how to get this spiderman stencil file to practice printing and painting while I work on making my own stencils. Thx in advance 🙏🏽
Awesome thanks for joining up! All of the stencil files are located on the google drive. If you look at the community posts I put up a link a while ago. If you can't find it shoot me an email and I will send you a link to the google drive with all the files on it.
@@WickedPaint can't thank you enough for all your help!! Look forward to seeing more of your content and tutorials
Looks good. But i think i would have left the spider webs on his suit white for more contrast. Also thank you for doing this video. It will be a big help.
Thats a great suggestion and you could easily add it to the white layer on top! I think yours will end up way better than mine.
Glad to hear the video was helpful and have fun with your stencils!
Great tutorial mate. Might sound silly but between Gimp and Inkscape which would be better for multi layered stenciling? Does one offer more detailed stenciling over the other. I’ve noticed people using PS and gimp, what advantages would that have over using Inkscape which is vector based. Trying to decide between the two for my next project. Thanks
Of the two free tools (gimp vs inkscape) which do you prefer? I'm going to have to spend time to learn either or both but I'm in a time crunch for Christmas.
great video.
Would you consider doing a video on how to design art work onto a motorcycle crash helmet. So from a plain black helmet to all custom images and colours. I would like to learn this so I can paint my crash helmet. Pull off the design to make stencils to paint.
Thanks Hope you can do this.
Thanks Cliff, glad you enjoyed the video and that is a great suggestion you've made. I very rarely get the opportunity to paint helmets but the next time I do it would be great to make a video on it. Using stencils on a helmet would be a bit tricky though due to the curved surface but showing the process to create a unique design is something that I would really like to do more of on the channel.
I'll definitely put this down on my list of videos to make and hopefully it won't take me too long to get around to making it.
I really wish there were a way of creating bridges automatically.
I liked this a lot
very clever
Great Tutorial! Just started my cricut journey, one question I got the green and the a bit less sticky blue mat, when I apply the Cardboard (same as yours) it is really hard to get of without destroying everything. And advise here?
Thx in advance :)
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! I use the green matts too and you are right they are pretty sticky. I use 220gsm card which is a bit thicker and helps but you really have to just go slow using cards or spatulas to help. The worst is when you start doing high-detail stencils and some of the details start to tear!!
@@WickedPaint thank you for your quick reply! I figured out if you take an old tshirt and tap with it on the mat so that lint will stick on it, the more you do it the less the mat will stick, it still perfectly holds the cardboard in place, but will also allow to take it off smoothly. :)
Thank you
good tut, hardest part is going to be getting g'mic installed as I use a mac and they don't support mac sadly
used a workaround, I just installed McGimp - its only version 2.10.22 and I have 2.10.30 for gimp but at least it has g'mic so I can try out this tut.
if there is anything in 10.30 that I need to use that is not in 10.22 I can always save the file then open in 10.30 to do that.
Nice! I have heard there was a work around for Mac users so glad you found it and hope you can get it working!
hello and thank you for this beautiful tutorial.
I follow everything but when I pass them on the DS program although the dimensions are the same and the position too, everything comes out of the scheme,
dove am I wrong?
this video is really awesome and usefull, i was waiting for it from a lot, thank you very much to for attaching the final file in the discription, i hope you continue to make more videos like this ,
my question : to make stencils on paper like 200 or 300gramm to use it diffrent times on work, the cricut mashine you use is good enought or you advice me another model ? and thanks again, waiting for the next video and don't forget to live the file in the discription 😉
Glad to hear you liked the video. The Cricut Explore Air 2 machine I used in the video is very good at cutting 220gsm paper and you can use the stencils many times.
@@WickedPaint can you tell me what is tha maximum size of paper can we use in the cricut explore Air 2?
Because I need to make stencils in 35×50 cm
Love your tutorials. These inspired me to buy a Cricut Express. I created a 5 layer stencil from a portrait but I have way too much "noise" and it was going to take hours to print out one US Letter size layer. Can you do a video like this one (Spiderman) but with more detail like you did with David Bowie but in GIMP rather than PS? Thank you and keep up the great work.
Hi Brian, So glad to hear your enjoying these tutorials and even got your own machine! The process in PS and GIMP is very similar and if you want more detail in GIMP the simply adjust the 'Edge Simplicity' and 'Edge Fidelity' when your using the cutout filter in GIMP. The trick would be to adjust it so you can get the major details without too much noise. You can also use the blur filter before the Cutout filter to reduce the amount of noise you get.
Great video! I searched more about this machine, apparently there is a monthly subscription that you must buy if you want to upload more then 10 files. is this true? Thank you!
Thanks, glad you liked the video! I've never heard about that subscription for this machine maybe it's new?
The machine itself is great but the cloud software and the fact you have to connect to the internet just to use it is really annoying.
I'm feeling quite confident that this tutorial is THE one that going to help me, but I'm lost 4 minutes in. I'm following you but I'm getting
a "floating selection" image which is giving me issues right from the get go.
Hi Harry, thanks for trying out the tutorial video and sorry your having issues. I tried re-creating a 'floating selection' on my machine but could not do it. GIMP can be a bit tricky with the selection wand though so maybe if you get a better understanding of the tools in GIMP then try this video out again that may help? Sorry I couldn't be more helpful with your issue but its one of those things thats hard to do without seeing whats on your screen.
Thx bro
Really enjoyed this tutorial, I followed along with a different image but when I came to the cutting process my key marks don’t line up on each layer even though I’m sizing each cut the same, do you have any idea why? Thanks.
Great job! Thanks for this tutorial. So when I select my numbers of layers (7), the "colors to layers" tab at 6:50 does not display the number of layers I have requested weather it be 7 or 9 on my screen it only shows less than 6 layers? Is there something I missed along the way? How do I fix this? I've hit the reset button and nothing. Thanks!
Thanks, glad it helpful and that your trying it out. With colours to layers it will sometimes combine layers if the colours are similar or the area is too small. To fix that set your color tolerance to 0.1 and your minimal area to 0.1. Hopefully that will fix it for you.
great job! could you make goku ultra instinct
Thanks! Thats a great idea, definitely adding that to my list of things to paint in the future!
Very helpful video mate and much appreciated 👍One small criticism would be that you didn't show your finished work off long enough at the end of the video.
Cheers✌️
Cheers mate! Glad to hear the video was helpful and thanks for pointing that out. That last clip could have run out much longer, making and editing videos is not a strength of mine but its good challenge learning these new skills.
Do you think Stencil art would work well to do some custon steelbook for my games? (painting on metal would need a primer right ?)
If you have some images that you'd like to paint on then its worth a try. You'll definitely end up with something unique and one of a kind.When painting on metal you definitely want some primer down first but make sure its compatible with the paint you'll be using over the top of it.
nice work! What´s your gimp version? i have problems with the gmic, doesnt work!
Thanks! I'm using 2.10.30 which is the latest version and after installing the Gmic it loaded automatically. Maybe try restarting your machine if it doesn't load up automatically.
Hi do you sell the stencils? If so can you get a hold of me I'm interested in the Spiderman and a Batman for my kids room.
It’s not letting me down load the plugin. ?
Have you got the latest Creative Cloud App installed as that is usually the issue.
What cricut are you using?
I am using a Cricut explore air 2 which I bought a few years ago second hand. It still works really well even after all of the stencils I have cut.
Hi, could you tell me how to re create this but on a Mac as I cannot get a download of G'Mic for Mac :(
There is a Gmic plugin available for Mac if you look at the website but it looks like it's not an official one and may be a bit unstable. I would be happy to test it but unfortunately I don't have access to a Mac. Sorry.
@@WickedPaint Thanks so much for your help! It worked!
What is your cricut name
The machine I am using now is a Explore Air 2 and it works well but I would really like to upgrade to a Silhouette Pro 4 so I can cut larger stencils.
wish youd touch base on fine detail like to bowie
Your back ground was already transparent. So how to get only the spider man to move to new transparent background???
Yes the background was transparent but I moved it to a new file because I wanted to make sure it would be the right size so I created a new document at A3 size which is my artwork size. Then I select the image from original file then copy and paste it into the new one.
@@WickedPaint I tried that it still left the original back ground which was white. How to I make background transparent on original pic???
@@korey4944 Check the layers area and if one has background then delete that otherwise if it is part of the image then use the magic wand to select the background and delete that.
@@WickedPaint OK I'll try that.
Can I get a step by step print out on how to do this ? This guy talks little to fast for me to keep up I can’t get past the part when he says click on the move option need help
Dear sir, it's been weeks since your last youtube upload. I would like to subscribe to your channel, but only if you can do custom art, with candy Pearl paints, ON ANYTHING AUTOMOTIVE! A motorcycle tank, fender, a car hood, truck tailgate, etc etc etc. In behalf of all of your subscribers, THANK YOU VERY MUCH 👍👍
Thank you for leaving comment, I try to make a video every month and almost finished with this months video. It can be difficult with other work and a family to support but I really enjoy painting and sharing my secret tips with my subscribers.
Thank you for giving me a challenge of painting something automotive, I have not done that in many years but it would be nice to try that again!
@@WickedPaint 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Wish you had shown the last process for getting all the detail, makes the rest of the tutorial almost worthless without it.
Sorry I ended up cutting it out because the video was getting too long. All I did though was go though each layer with the eraser and make the bridges a little bit thicker so they wouldn't be lost.
Feel free to download my file from in the description and see exactly what I did.
Thanks a lot for this. You may be interested in Promo'SM!!
Thanks but I'm not interested.