When an artist impressed Salman with a stencil graffiti poster of 'Tubelight'

These are paper printouts of sticking or the decoupage technique that lends the background more detailHarun Roberts aka Rob from POGO channels show MAD Music Art Dance is best known for introducing Indian viewers to the realm of DIY long before social media and forums like Pinterest came into being The 35yearolds latest feat is a 4 ft by 4 ft stencil graffiti poster that he has made for the justreleased Salman Khanstarrer Tubelight The superstar we are told loved the artwork so much he took it homeHex nuts or paper weights are placed on the paper while painting to prevent the surface from shifting This is followed by filling in the outline with yellow and blue spray paint One can only move on to the next layer after the previous layer is completedWhile stencil graffiti is a wellknown street art technique made popular by anonymous street artist and global phenomenon Banksy India is still new to the skillStencil graffiti is one of my favourite things to do With stencils you can replicate your art easily on any surface You place the stencils one at a time spray paint over it and then remove the stencil Its a fast process which is why street artists prefer it since at most places where graffiti art on walls is not allowed they need to finish their art work quickly and leave explains Roberts who created the poster in a day He has in the past made a stencil graffiti poster for Suicide Squad and one for the popular Netflix series Narcos using salt More recently a piece of shadow artwork that Roberts made for Shah Rukh Khan on his birthday got him trending on social mediaI used old film reels stuck on sticks made to look like lollipops I arranged them in such a manner that when their shadow would fall on the wall it would form a portrait of SRK During the release of the recent film on Sachin Tendulkar I made a portrait of the legend using cricket gear suspended from the ceiling I like to pick up occasions and work around them says Roberts who now runs his own channel on YouTube called Mad Stuff with RobTo make it look more realistic the graffiti is divided into five latyers right from base colours and contours Roberts also uses a golden marker for the finishing touches The poster was made in a dayFor the Tubelight poster he used six layers of stencils for the base outlines contours colouring and so on I stuck them on a sunboard which is usually used in kiosks Its easy to manoeuver these I picked various elements from the film and worked them in The first look was already out so I stuck to that The song Radio from the film had just released so I incorporated the radio into one of the layers When I finally presented the poster to Salman he liked it The good thing about him is that being an artist himself he understands the technicalities He was quite impressed with the detailing that has gone into the poster Roberts says adding I wish I could sit down with him and discuss art but Salman Khan is a busy manThe artist admits to not being a big Bollywood buff But I do admire the three Khans mostly because I grew up watching their movies He does share a past connection with Salman though In my college my friends would commission me to make sketches of Salman which they would in turn present their girlfriends who were Salman Khan fansHarun RobertsIve made numerous portraits of him But this is the first time that a portrait of Salman made by me reached him and not his fan Roberts says that he did share this anecdote with the actor and they shared a hearty laugh over it