Stencil Archive News

Some New Ones from Colombia

Submitted by russell on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 08:03

CO Bogota Empty Boy children ph Kellan — Empty Boy in Bogota (ph by Kellan)

While we continue to test the waters, Amanda, Kellan, and Lauren took some nice stencil photos in…

The Stencil Photo Uploads Begin in Chile

Submitted by russell on Wed, 01/31/2024 - 07:58

CL Valparaiso 01 ph Amanda — Fun one in Valparaiso (ph by Amanda)

Here we go! So much to learn about the newest version of Stencil Archive, and we are taking it sloooow. To start off the New Era, we will…

Just Updated the Submit FAQ

Submitted by russell on Thu, 10/26/2023 - 06:00

Been a while since we have looked over our Submit page, complete with fun FAQs to get you all hyped up to submit photos to us. Some of the details needed to be updated for sure, and here are a few:

We are now posting photos that are about 8-9 inches (20-23 cm) at widest side.
72 or 96 PPI preferred density.
Changed language to make it more obvious that we'll take any size image and reformat it if needed. However, .png files least preferred format.
Who burns CDs anymore? :P It's all about the cloud.
Fixed some grammar and formatting, etc.

While social media sites pull all the great images in larger heaps than we'd ever imagine, we got curious about how their Terms of Use are worded with regards to the images on their site. Instagram is the current go-to for uploading stencil art photos. We even have our own small…

Under Construction, Pics on Queue

Submitted by russell on Tue, 10/24/2023 - 15:13

Been a while since we've updated the ole' Stencil Archive. Don't worry, we have been hard at work on the back-end structures with an exciting, much needed upgrade on the image albums (aka the Archive) side of this site. We are getting closer to going live, muuuuuch closer......

We're still accepting contributions, and we're still snapping and collecting pics, but new uploads will get started once the new Drupal Archive albums get set up, worked out, tweaked, and made to look beautiful for your…

Late Sep Artist Uploads

Submitted by russell on Sun, 09/24/2023 - 18:48

Misstencil's Bruce Lee piece in Chinatown, SF

Heading into Fall with some featured artists...

Thanks to Jaime Rojo at Brooklyn Street Art for some of these.

>NEW< Rad Originals

Stefan Winterle

Strok (just one)

John Fekner (just one)

Misstencil (just one)

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New Uploads - A Bit of This...

Submitted by russell on Sat, 09/09/2023 - 11:14

...and a bit of that!

Thanks to: Dylan Pitman; Josiah; Lynn Ray; Jeremy Novy; Brooklyn Street Art; @Louniki_; @radicalgraffiti; @regoef; @mensch_huis; trifluoracetic-acid; FICKxDINGERZ

Spinning: Foo Fighters, The Chieftans; 85 Maiden, 85 Dead

>NEW< Connecticut

>NEW< Savior el Mundo (NYC)

>NEW< Gary Taxali (CA)

Edmonton CA…

Revamped the Burning Man Archive

Submitted by russell on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 08:18

BRC 2013 — Violence, humor, and unsafe conditions always on display at Burning Man (2013).

Stencil Archive's Burning Man - Black Rock City archive has been cleaned up and updated!

I don't head out to Black Rock City anymore, but I do enjoy following the fun every year. I know that Jeremy Novy and fnnch go out there to make art and have fun, and I…