Eagle on background

This reminds me, when I was in Vegas for spring break, they had a place selling bald eagles for $8,000 a piece. Is that even legal? It was a shop run by some Native Americans... I don't know, but it seemed pretty sketchy to me!

Anyways, here is another update on the Eagle piece:

New artwork!

This past week, I was in Vegas for spring break, (which also happened to fall on my birthday!!), so as you can imagine, I didn't do a thing except... well... I can't tell you because "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." :)

Anyways, this is what I've been working on lately. I'd say it is my most complex one yet, because this one consists of five layers, as opposed to two or three like my others. I just couldn't avoid it with this one. If I did it in fewer layers and it would be impossible to stencil.

I would also say that this one is about 98% complete, depending on what kind of comments I get during the critique.

Other than that, I think I have three that I'm ready to take off-screen and finally get my hands dirty!

Give me liberty, or give me death?

I really don't want that to be my theme, but it looks like it will be for this series. I suppose  for the next few pieces I do, I'll try to stay away from that. I don't like death being a theme in my pieces; to me it seems cliche. Again, that's just me.

I re-worked the 'Reaper' piece, it had too much red in it... now I think the two go pretty well together...

 

Art is power...

Something new

When I did the 'Renegade Liberty'piece, the phrase "Give  me liberty, or give me death" came to mind... and it gave me an idea... Here is what I came up with:

I'm not sure if I want to keep "Give  me liberty, or give me death" as a basis for a theme, though... It seems cliche to me... Oh well, I think it looks cool. And it sort of goes with my 'Renegade Liberty'piece too.. However,  I'm not sure if I want to add a face. A skull, as the grim reaper normally is seen with, could be a bit difficult to cut out details with my x-acto knife on that small scale... Skulls are also... cliche (in my opinion). Maybe I can do something to suggest a face there though. Remember this is still a work in progress.

Art is power...

Small Tweaks

Just changed the black bottom part... I'm still contemplating how/if I want to add text somewhere...

Update

Some updates on Lady Liberty...
I want to add some text somewhere, most likely in the black area at the bottom... "ART IS POWER"
I also thought about going somewhere with the term, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
I'm also playing with the idea of changing the background a little bit...
Hmm....

Update on artwork

Here is where I'm at... I'm almost done with this one. I could probably put 45 more minutes into it and I'll have something I think I could take off screen. It's Lady Liberty in all her glory...

Some changes I want to make include:
Adding more detail to her clothing (However, it will already be a pain in the butt to cut out as it is)
In the bottom black area, I want to add the words "ART IS POWER"
I want to add my peace-sign logo onto her book and satchel...

After those changes, I think this one could be ready to be stenciled.
Comments/suggestions?