The lights go out
the city awakens

It stirs and moves
The life blood within never stops

The noise is incessant
it is so hard to sleep

with so much evil within
is it any wonder it is afraid?

Alive it rises
Searching for a escape


Overture: [link]
Movement: [link]
Static: [link]
Fear: [link]
Exit: [link]


As stated in the descriptions for each piece:

"All of these were created this past weekend using stencils.
These stencils are a product of another project I am working on. Some people know about it, but I'd rather keep it somewhat secret until it's done."

I would like to take this time now to explain myself, this series, and recent events.

These were all created on a whim really. Most of the art I have been creating has been of such nature. It is strange, but I certainly cannot argue. So suddenly, everything changed for me. Life as I knew it, is gone. I see the world through new eyes, and touch it with new hands. With these eyes I see inspiration and beauty in every little thing. With these hands I interact with this world and create. Put simply; I am inspired, and I am happy.

I won't lie and say I will be happy all the time from now on. But this frame of mind certainly is a switch.

I am not one for abstract art. In fact, I downright don't like it. Take all of these with a grain of salt (or maybe a salt lick). By that I mean, you can see what you will; even nothing. These are all open to interpretation. For the most part, I just thought they might look cool. Never did I imagine that the whole project would take on any specific meaning for me.

Now, onto the series. They were created out of order, and with no specific intent. The poem as told throughout (and above) was written as I posted them here. However, the concept was reliezed years ago. I started writing a story a long time ago with the first line as follows:
"The city which never sleeps.
Nightmares plague the city, is it any wonder is cannot find rest?"
Upon looking at "overture" I realized that it was time to use the concept again.


Overture
This was actually the final one I created. After playing with the several stencils I had, I was waiting to use two in particular. They had a similar shape, that reminded me of buildings. After working with "Movement", I had seen that I liked the red and while overlapping. The funny thing is that when I painted the red, I was so happy with it that I didn't paint the white on it until sleeping on the thought.
I am happy to say that this piece has been claimed by someone whom it inspired. I am happy to give it away. If something I created can inspire, as I was inspired to create; then I am doing my job right.
This was created on a piece of plain, good old fashioned cardboard.

Movement
There is a border around the main image itself. This was somewhat planned, but I did not intend on keeping it. If you look closely actually, you can see the place where the stencil was taped down, and how it tore slightly when removing it. I kinda fell in love with the border, so I never cut it off. Something about how rough it is I guess. Without the cutting, this piece is the largest in the set (11x15).
In relation to the poem, it looks to me like tail lights on cars as they move.
This was created on a single 11x15 piece of watercolor paper.

Static
This is actually the first one in the set which was created. This was one of three "tests" I did before getting more into the stencils. The bubbling effect is plastic tape which allowed the spray paint to pool and dry, instead of sticking instantly. I cannot say I was clever enough to know this before hand, it was a total accident. I had intended to use the tape to make the stencil easier to remove. I could not have foreseen how well this would work.
This was created on two covers from cereal boxes glues and taped together, then spray painted.

Fear
Funny story... This is actually the polar inverse of the image I had in my head. This was supposed to be the one I was working toward. When I first decided to do some stencil work; the idea was supposed to come together as this piece. My idea was to have an all black backdrop with the almost neon green stencil, and maybe some red. Upon going to the store, I come to find that there exists no neon green spray paint (in my world anyway). As luck would have it, in the same aisle there was neon green duct tape...
This was created on a single piece of cardboard, wrapped in duct tape, and painted.
This has suffered significant damage from travel, and the photo take of it for the Deviation has a nasty glare on it. I'll see what I can do.

Exit
This was a total accident. This was the stencil I used in most of the series. After finishing "movement", I put it to the side. I had grown somewhat attached to it, so I decided to save it. I went to place it in my journal, but realized the stencil itself would not appear unless I had something behind it. I grabbed a blue colored pencil and slapped the stencil on the page. It looked good. It reminded me of a door. And made a fitting end to the project and to the series.


I hope you (if you're still reading this dreg) have enjoyed the series. I hope that it will inspire you, as I was inspired to create, and I wish you all the best of luck in your endeavors.


~*~UPDATE~*~

Has been inspired, and created based on this series. I cannot express my joy with words. Check this out, it is fantastic.

[link]