Making Art During Quarantine - Spray Paint and Stencil Art

[@BrittneyAnderson3-gun]

That is freaking dope!!!

[@andrinabroussard1972]

You are the bomb diggity!!!! Love it!! Soooooo many ideas running through my mind!!!!!!!!

[@dakotanielsen9073]

Thank you so much! I'm glad I'm able to help inspire =D

[@Cutitout.]

Love it 😍

[@dakotanielsen9073]

Thanks!

[@instituteofrevolutionartis4095]

You gave me.an awesome idea thank you for your video the best I've seen.

[@superjam8553]

Could you do a tutorial of how you make the stencils please? Awesome work 👍🏼

[@dakotanielsen9073]

Man. A lot of people ask me this. I'm worried that my process is so wonky that I will loose people while trying to explain it. But I would really like to do this for everyone, and because It would be a great challenge for me. Would love to know if there is anything specific you would like to see / learn in the video when I make it!

[@superjam8553]

@@dakotanielsen9073 Thanks for the reply 👍🏼. I personally wouldn’t mind seeing how you do the whole process. From choosing an image all the way to the canvas. If you broke it down into a series of videos rather than one long one you’d be fine 👌🏼.

[@kristianhelgesen4455]

Cool dude👍😃💕

[@bradhouston4734]

That was sick! I think you acted the video too. Very enjoyable to watch

[@dakotanielsen9073]

Thanks Brad!

[@sukoonsy]

amazinggg!!

[@terryhall5507]

Subscribed, liked, of course, and shared. Love you kid.

[@adrienneanderson-smith2257]

Great to see what I have been trying to explain for YEARS! & in your wild, witty way 😃🤪🎨

[@DakotaDean]

Adrienne Anderson-Smith thanks Adrian!

[@adrienneanderson-smith2257]

@@DakotaDean do you have to insist on the masculine spelling of my name? :) Keep plowing! (My mum drooled over your studio & canvas collection.)

[@dontstopmax4844]

I dig your studio, so much room and light set up seems to be perfect!

[@DakotaDean]

Thanks man! Yeah the space set up is definitely awesome. However, I've always thought the lighting down there is absolutely terrible! Very had to shoot in there without being super intentional. I'm gonna try to do a bit to improve that between my now and the next video I shoot though.

[@dontstopmax4844]

Do a studio tour sometime too!

[@DakotaDean]

@@dontstopmax4844 I think that would be cool and fun, yeah! I was discussing with a friend, and wasn't sure if viewers would be interested in that sort of thing yet. I think I'm gonna do a bit of work on the shop space getting it a little more film friendly, and might add that to one of the Vlogs in the near future. We'll see!

[@dougoverly]

Absolutely love it Dakota. Your tunes also?

[@dakotanielsen9073]

Thanks man! A few of them are dumb little beats I made years ago. But not all of them. I used to play around with Reason and LogicPro a lot.

[@trevorstevens868]

Wow, I had no idea you cut all your stencils by hand! :O Figured you had a plotter. That's amazing!

[@DakotaDean]

Trevor Stevens thanks man! No, I’m OG. Cutting stencils is the most therapeutic part of the process for me :D

[@trevorstevens868]

@@DakotaDean I can totally relate! Weeding vinyl with some music going is my zen time.

[@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE]

@@DakotaDean do you have any videos showing your colour pallete's? I'm a total noob but I like the colours your using and want to replicate.

[@nonOfficialDEA]

Siiiiiick jams over the video

[@DakotaDean]

Quary Audio Engineering is to thank!

[@heatherthomsen8668]

Just stumbled upon you, amazing work! Like ur style.. great video.. Subscribed 🤘🏽

[@ImmortalGrey]

Hey Dakota. Awesome video, love the process walkthrough! What are the chances you'd make a video that talks us through your process for creating stencils in Photoshop? I know there's a lot of other reference material out there, but interested in the stencil 101 creation from your perspective.

[@DakotaDean]

Thanks Rob! It's coming one day for sure. I've been trying to figure out how to do that in a way that would be easy, make sense, and be entertaining for everyone who watches. Biggest obstacle right now is screen recording while I work. The program I use takes up A TREMENDOUS amount of storage space to live record my screen. And I'm not quite sure how to get around that yet.

[@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE]

There is something about the colours that is very attractive. Do you have any pallete videos? I'm a total noob.

[@dakotanielsen9073]

I do not have any specific videos about pallets, but I can tell you that I use the Montan Gold colors. They have a great system for determining shades / saturations!

[@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE]

OK thank you for the reply. I'll check them out.

[@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE]

@@dakotanielsen9073 are you moxing pva with the acrylic medium at the start?

[@marcelinorosas6868]

Awesome :)

[@DakotaDean]

Thanks Marcelino!

[@NathanAlbertassi]

Just amazing your job!

[@DakotaDean]

Thanks Nathan! I appreciate it very mcuh

[@dontstopmax4844]

Oh boy she is a cutie! Well done!

[@DakotaDean]

Thanks man. Hope you're doing well. You gonna be at the next pancakes in July?

[@dontstopmax4844]

Oh no, I moved closer to the Mexican border, no pancakes event down here for some reason

[@DakotaDean]

@@dontstopmax4844 Didn't realize you skipped town! The only one I know of down south is in San Antonio

[@Jdeadevil]

Only reason I haven't done this yet is because I don't like the thought of having to go into the garden and poisoning the entire street with spray can fumes, lol.

[@DakotaDean]

Yeah man, I feel you! Durring the summer time, I will go find a nice place away from everyone in the middle of the park, and work on stuff there!

[@carsoncalderwood772]

Well done! Both the art and the video. What software do you edit the video with? The hair pops so perfectly in this piece BTW.

[@DakotaDean]

Thanks Carson! I used Adobe Premier Pro. Which is a mega powerhouse of a program, but not very intuitive / user friendly. There has been a huge curve to learn it for me.

[@z.z.1205]

Thx for the video. What programm do you use to create the stencils?

[@dakotanielsen9073]

You're Welcome! The short answer: Adobe illustrator. The longer answer: I work a lot back and forth between photoshop and illustrator to make my stencil templates. I usually make my reference / template images in photoshop, then import that image into illustrator to trace / draw it out into the illustration that turns into the stencils. I'll make a video showing this process soon!

[@z.z.1205]

Thx alot

[@Quinnbrand2016]

Do you sell these

[@dakotanielsen9073]

Yes I do! You can visit my website, which is linked above in the description of the video!

[@Razgrizmerc]

Any subreddits that you're able to post this kinda video to?

[@DakotaDean]

I don't know. To be honest, I don't think I even have a reddit account. I've never really used it. Aren't you not allowed to self promote on redit?

[@Razgrizmerc]

@@DakotaDean it depends on what subreddits you go to each one has their own rules.

[@DakotaDean]

@@Razgrizmerc Sounds like I'll need to do some research here...

[@MrKhanqueror]

Hey man what caps do you use for stencil work and why?

[@dakotanielsen9073]

Hey man! Great question. I've got a link below for the caps I specifically use for stencils. I use the Montana Flat Jet Cap Mediums for stencils. I've tried a lot, and this one feels / works the best for stencils. 2 big reasons why these work best for me. 1st is because of what I've always called blowback. A big obstacle to making stencils look neat is the paint blowing up under the stencil (and I use paper stencils, which can be floppy), which makes lines and details look fuzzy. The lower pressure, airy caps that come standard on the cans will blow slow and soft, and results in a lot of blow back. These ones have a very even and constant pressure that almost helps keep the stencil in place. 2nd reason is just that these tips are designed to give a wide and even coat. So the paint lays VERY evenly, and usually with just one quick pass. A lot of the other caps (especially the fat caps and calligraphy caps) have an uneven distribution of paint, wether its on the outside or inside of the spray circle (if describing it as "spray circle" makes sense. Basically If you just point the can at a surface and spray without moving, it will make a circle shape. The paint will be thicker in the middle or around the outside of that circle with standard and calligraphy caps. This is not what we want. We want even. The Flat Jet caps are designed for applying varnish, which needs to be applied very steadily and evenly. This works perfect for stencil work. Hope that helps! www.montana-cans.com/en/accessories/nozzles/montana-special-caps/montana-flat-jet-cap-medium

[@MrKhanqueror]

@@dakotanielsen9073 thank you very much. If you are interested I do some work myself. Would love some feedback Instagram is 4StringDesigns

[@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE]

You should sell stencils.