Multilayer Stencil Design in Photoshop - Stacked Thresholds Tutorial (cutanddestroy)

[@SaraSandovalArt]

Love seeing the different ways other make stencils

[@Youcantkillm3]

thank you very much for this tutorial :)

[@AnthonyAspero]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@randlemcmurphy]

Thank you very much, buddy

[@majkimajk81]

thanks!

[@allytwiguna]

Thanks for sharing.. ;-)

[@AnthonyAspero]

Thanks for watching!

[@kpkieran11]

Hey dude thanks a lot for the video. I'm new to stencils (done my first last weekend it's a single layer bob marley on rasta background :D) Newish to photo shop.. My next project is a comic of the joker. It seems really complicated with bridging etc and I'm kinda stuck. I'd like it to be 3-4 layers. Just wondering if you could help me out, hit me a line if you can. Found your facebook page as well. Bit of a fan. Cheers man

[@kpkieran11]

Anthony Aspero here is the image www.comicvine.com/forums/battles-7/the-joker-vs-kingpin-1650673/ . I have deleted background, created 4 layers, and done every thing in this video. The only thing I can't get my head around is all the bridging and islands

[@AnthonyAspero]

Yeah Awesome man, thank you for watching! Always happy to help out, shoot me an email if you have any questions anthony (at) cutanddestroy.com

[@jwalzer]

Great video - do you print out each individual layer? What if I wanted to apply the stencils to a larger canvas, say 8x10, or higher? How would I scale up each layer to accommodate a high image size? Thx

[@AnthonyAspero]

Thanks for watching! I save each individual layer as a psd and have them printed large-format at fedex office. You could theoretically scale them to whatever size you want, but they only print 36" wide, so you would have to tile them.

[@jwalzer]

Thx again for the info

[@carlosklunk3]

how do you deal with the islands?

[@AnthonyAspero]

+Carlos Klunk Thanks for watching! I deal with islands as I cut. With practice you kinda get an eye for what you can and cannot do. Alternatively, you could create all your bridges in PS after you make your original design. I used to do this, but I found it is not really worth the extra time.

[@carlosklunk3]

+Anthony Aspero (cutanddestroy) thanks. right now I'm trying out making separate layers for each set of islands.

[@sebastiandelamaza8440]

i think it´s easier using posterize effect and then separating the layers, that´s the way i do it, check my videos. The good thing about your method it´s that you can make each layer the way you want.

[@AnthonyAspero]

+Sebastián De La Maza Thanks for watching! It is definitely easier to use posterize, I'm just not a fan of the results it produces. This is just a different way; the more options the better :)