I'm sure you've probably seen those cool "graffiti" style images with the perfect clean lines when you're walking around town. They are called stencils and they actually aren't that hard to make. First things first we'll start with the materials list. -x-acto varying sizes but mainly a smaller blade for precise cuts -an image either you have created or found on the internet but the file needs to be located on your computer. If you haven't scanned your image yet do it now, otherwise open the image in photoshop. Go ahead I'll wait... Ok now you've got the image pulled up. Depending on what version you have the menus might be a little different but typically you will go to filters/artistic/cutout. When the cutout dialog box pops up you're going to want to lower the number of levels to about two to make it only two tones. (you'd select three if you were to make more than one color but for now we'll just work with one color). Once that's done, go ahead and print out the "cutout" image. Lay the image over your acetate or construction paper and try to find a surface that is ok to gently score (cardboard works well for this). Tape your image down and cut out any of the black areas. This will take time especially if your image is more complex so don't be frustrated. The end result is highly worth it. www.terraformtees.com