I am desperate to carve an E33 pumpkin this year, but I can't find any drawings, like, at all, that could print and turn into a pumpkin stencil :( I would LOVE to do the Clea and François figurine, it would be so cute 😭 Does anyone have pumpkin stencil leads, or is artistically blessed enough to make a simple lineart?

So I’ve recently started to work with somewhat random stencils. Single word, whole “live,laugh,love” phrases, geometric pattern, and Pop Art. I just isolate the words and shapes I need and build off that.
I have access to equipment and software to make my own but the point of the current series I’m working on is to piecemeal it together.
Appreciate any input from anyone here. Thanks

Creation of Adam Halftone stencil.
Made with Gimp, Halftonemaker.com, and a laser cutter.
(File will be available for download soon.)

i painted this in 2015.
I believe this is a 5 layer stencil.
Street sign is about 36x36
I used Montana Black Label.

For some context, in Baldur's Gate 3 you have the chance to befriend an Intellect Devourer, named Us, who then uses its psychic abilities to have outsiders see it as a normal house cat.

Unfortunately, with the colder weather slowing approaching I'll lose the ability to spray paint in my garage, and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get any more in this year. I'm pretty excited with everything I've managed to get in this year and am looking forward to picking up right where I left off come spring.

Hey everyone! I'm trying to figure out how to convert a regular photo into this vertical line halftone vector style for plotter cutting stencils (used for plaster/paint). I don't have Photoshop, Illustrator, or CorelDRAW, so I'm mainly using Inkscape and looking for a free tool, extension, or generator that can do this easily. If you know a specific Inkscape workflow, a free standalone program, or even a specific filter name in Photoshop/Illustrator that achieves this (so I at least know what algorithm to look for), I’d really appreciate the help!

4 layer stencil, spray painted on a custom made USPS
228 label.

Inspired by: ‘Perseus with the Head of Medusa’ by Benvenuto Cellini (1545–1554)

Mine though has a snake from Medusas biting Perseus after the fact of him hoisting her head.

Symbolizing the feeling of stoicism after a failed relationship, but no matter how stoic one can feel, you got damaged also in the process.

Much love my friends, make something today. ✌🏻

Wondering what the best materials are to use for stencil work either while sponging or submerging…

this was a prototype of a baked titanium Damascus that I tried using a vinyl stencil I got from Amazon.

I had a lot of trouble with the edges and uneven surfaces, delaminating, and coming undone. Especially when I tried to submerge it…

What can be stencil cut and also holds while underwater?
Is there ones I can find online?

Hey, all!

I have always thought that woodcut prints are the perfect art form to translate into stencils. Frans Masereel was one artist who caught my eye, and it bothered me that his work was in the public domain but not readily available. So I gathered 73 of his books and scanned 1,800 of his woodcuts. I also cleaned them up with color rebalancing, making sure these are almost purely black and white images (many of the pages had yellowed, so pure scans would be difficult to work with). Basically, I did everything to make it so that translating these images to stencils would be as easy as possible.

And everything is in the public domain in the US. You can incorporate these into your own art and creativity as much as you like without worrying about the IP. And it's newly-entered public domain stuff. The six most recent books' artwork in the collection are from 1930 -- public domain as of 2026 in the United States, so it's very fresh public-domain material!

If I saw one of these stencils done up in a downtown area on an abandoned, grimy building, I would absolutely smile. Please, take these woodcuts and use them for anything you can.

I recommend the PDF for browsing, and then the original images (some of them are 20,000 pixels by 28,000 pixels, extremely high res) when you want them for a project.

Youtube Video Format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZYh5PQfQ8

Archive.org PDF (789mb): https://archive.org/details/frans-masereel-career-1918-1930_pdf

Archive.org Web: https://archive.org/details/frans-masereel-career-1918-1930_art

Archive.org File/Folder Browser (easier for browsing individual images): https://archive.org/download/frans-masereel-career-1918-1930_art

Please enjoy!

Made this half tone stencil from one of the last ever photos my daughter took.

Rest in peace kid. Miss you every day.