Marketing Communications Professional by day, Stencil Artist, Stand up comedian, Creative Writer on the weekends and Superhero by night, we managed to sit down with the very talented and very funny Tariq ‘Rick’ Sharif and have a giggle. Tell us about your interest in Stencil art, how did it come about? I have always been known for being a creative type of person, so one day I was going through the process of printing a poster of Spiderman. The colours weren’t sharp enough, they looked good on the computer screen but the quality of the colours could never be duplicated on print, I tried all the printing presses in the kingdom but either they couldn’t match the sharpness or it was too expensive. So while a stationery store, I saw some amazing colored paper, then a light bulb went off …… so the clerk called the maintenance guy and fixed the light bulb, but then I had a great idea; why not construct the entire image with the colors available. So with a little practice with the blades and p...
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