Who are Banksy Balloon Girl and How Did Banksy Make a Poster of It?

 

You've seen a Banksy Balloon Girl poster in a friend's house or on an art print, shop window, café door or even on a windsurfing board, what do you think? The image of a little girl with her arms folded over her head looks a little bit eerie doesn't it? The image of a little girl holding up a balloon that looks like a dodecahedron or a spherical dodecahedron - the same image, but in a different scale, as though the balloon is just a tad smaller.

What does this have to do with art prints and framed art work?

It actually doesn't, however, just have anything to do with the quality of the image, although this would be an interesting outcome of the process, it also has something to do with the way this art work came about and how it was marketed in the first place. The image of a Banksy Girl is an image that has become a cult worldwide. It has been reproduced on mugs, lampshades, shirts, wristbands, mugs, hats, bags, mementos and posters, on clothing and accessories, on jeweler, on notebooks, on watches and on pretty much every single thing you can think of. And it's not just in Britain either, a Banksy balloon girl can be found in Canada, Australia, America, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Italy and even Indonesia. It goes without saying that the image of the Banksy Girl is now synonymous with street art, graffiti and urban wastage.

What sort of mediums did Banksy use to create his art?

Well he used pencil, he used watercolors and he even once managed to create a three-dimensional image using leaflet paper! So if you've ever wondered what sort of mediums he used to create his Banksy balloon girl stencil, you're not alone. A lot of people are curious about how Banksy created his image and where he got it from. The truth is that the true creator of the Banksy Balloon Girl is very simply, someone called 'Banksy'. But no one really knows who he is or where he came from.

The Banksy image that you are looking at today is actually a series of stencils that have been created over the past few years by someone called Peter Segal. He is Banksy's friend and an artist who is based in Los Angeles. However, he is also well known as an online artist and as an entrepreneur who sell stencils and other art products on eBay. This all makes him an artist and has led to the image of Banksy being something of a celebrity among art lovers and a sort of icon amongst those who are into graffiti and street arts.

But for us, we just want To Know Where Did Banksy Get His Stencils?

One theory is that the Banksy Balloon Girl poster was actually stenciled by him - it is a very simple process actually. Stencils are just drawings and are applied with stencils. You can create your own stencils using graphics software too, which is one of the reasons why stencils are so popular with graffiti artists.

You will find many images of the Banksy Girl on the internet too. Some of the pictures are public domain and others you will have to pay for but either way the image will be of high quality and usually of a high value. There are many talented and hardworking people who create these images and sometimes their hard work can translate into gold. And you can take advantage of that gold with Banksy tees images.