What's the HYPED Advantage?

So by now you’ve probably heard a little bit of hype about HYPED Edutainment.

Maybe you’ve haven’t. Maybe you’ve seen some of our murals around but didn’t know who did them?
If that’s that case then please allow a brief introduction.
So perhaps you’ve got a new group of students this year and some of them are die hard graffiti fanatics driving you and their parents crazy already?

What if you could harness all that creativity and raw talent and put it to good use? Sounds like a challenge? At HYPED Edutainment we love that very challenge!
It’s what we do nearly every day and when we’re not trying to help students connect with their school curriculum through art, we’re helping council and community connect in a creative too.
HYPED Edutainment is all about helping bring the best out in students whilst delivering a responsible message. It’s about helping them to engage in an activity in a responsible and constructive way and we want to make your life a little bit easier too.
At the end of the day we’re about results.
Some the results we speak of are tangible, some of them are less but just as important. You see if we can help just one student get a higher grade, complete a successful art project or feel committed and happy to arrive at school every day then that’s just as important for us as the quality of the art they produce as individuals or as a group.
So you could say the other thing we’re about is positive engagement.
Whether it’s a group workshop painting in pairs to create a large scale mural with a focus on team building, or a one on one mentoring program working on canvas enhancing self esteem, HYPED Edutainment is here to deliver quality, results driven programs that are tailored to you and your students needs that we hope are engaging, educational and entertaining. We call it edutainment.
So that’s why we’re called HYPED Edutainment.
Because we’re Here for Youth Prosperity Education and Development.

We care about the future, we care about art and we hope to meet a whole new range of students in 2010. If there’s a student or project that you think would gain some extra value by working with us, then please feel free to contact us today for our 2010 innovative services guide.

So that's the HYPED Advantage: we care, we're passionate and we act with integrity to help young people be their best!

How to create a Piece Part 2

Base Fill: So after doing the line up and finishing the 3D, we move onto the base fill. With this part of the piece the options are limitless. Some artists try to cram as much crazy into their fills as possible, whilst other keep them very simple. There are as many reasons as there are styles as to how you would do your fill. Essentially, the fill is done to create or 'fill in' the letters and usually a contrasting colour to the other elements is used. In this case greens and browns are used to bounce of the pinks in the 3D. A series of fades are done to blend the colours in a rough way to each other. As you can see the fill starts giving some body to the overall piece and it becomes more visible.



Detail Fill & Background: From here we can add extra detail elements to the fill, they could be fine lines, dots, bubbles, stars and almost anything else you can think of. Again this is a time for considerations, too much detail can ruin the overall visibility of the piece. There is often a big temptation to cram as much into the piece as possible, this is usually not a good thing.

After the details in the fill is complete, you can move onto the background, this allows for keeping a very sharp edge around the overall lettering and helps to make the outline easier and better to do. In this case complimentary colours to the 3D are used which is a nice tie in and offers some balance. As you can see the 3 yellow crowns are also filled and outlined, while a black bottom bubble is finished.

How to create a Piece Part 3

The Outline: So after working on our line up, fill and background, we come to the final part, the outline. It's the outline that defines the letters and brings the whole piece together, so it's pretty important to get right!

There are many ways of doing the out line, from fine lines with can control, to cutting back or just using a one stroke outline with a slightly fatter nozzle on the can. Each technique has it's own merit and skill involved (which goes beyond this post). Essentially, you want to pick a colour that will give good contrast and bring the whole piece together. The outline goes around the letters & the 3D.


After the outline, you can put a key-line around it (blue) and add some highlights & sparkles to give it some bounce (white shiners). Once that's done, you can add any other messages or shout outs and your finished!


Sign it off & don't forget to take a photo.

This process of creating a quality piece of Aerosol Art is what HYPED Edutainment does to help young people at Schools, Community Groups and with Councils all over Australia. If you think you might gain some extra knowledge or skill by participating in one of our workshops or if you know someone that might, then please drop us an email.

It's all about positive engagement, breaking down stereotypes and being creative. It could be a one on mentoring program, a group workshop & exhibition or a large scale public mural project, HYPED Edutainment is here to help bring about meaningful outcomes for young and emerging artists and connecting with the community in a positive may.

'it stARTS with me' Aerosol Art Workshops

'it stARTS with me'

'it stARTS with me is an innovative aerosol art program developed in conjunction with local high schools. The theme of the program is to seek and explore issues of respect for the participants' and their surroundings. It provides skills development, capacity building and opportunities for young people to participate in a program that has positive outcomes. The students gain a greater understanding of aerosol art as a legitimate art form, as opposed to the context of graffiti vandalism.

This successful Workshop & Exhibition program conducted by HYPED Edutainment for The City of Port Adelaide Enfield, with year 11 and 12 students from Enfield High School and Gepps Cross Girls High School produced some great art and challenged the notion that aerosol art is a negative activity. Many of the students had never used a spraycan as an art medium before and yet with the skilled and passionate tuition form HYPED they were able to deliver on their vision with quality art and big smiles being the end result.

Many of the pieces ended up being purchased at the Exhibition, which was a great result for all involved.

See all the art works here

Interested in doing a workshop? Get in touch with us at:

hyped@internode.on.net or join our mailing list in the side bar.

MAKING THE MOST OF NOW!

Sometimes the image is blurred but you can still make out what it is.

Each person's potential is like that too. It takes time to create skills and focus and that's exactly what HYPED is all about. Focus on art, focus on being positive and focus on making a lasting contribution to the community.

So with the year well and truly underway, perhaps you find yourself amongst a new group of aspiring artists, students or die hard graffiti fanatics in your district driving you and their parents crazy already? Well, what if you could harness all that creativity and raw talent and put it to good use?

Sounds like a challenge? At HYPED Edutainment we love that very challenge!

It’s what we do nearly every day and when we’re not trying to help students connect with their school curriculum through art, we’re helping council and community groups connect in a creative way too.

HYPED Edutainment is all about helping bring the best out in aspiring artists & students whilst delivering a responsible message. It’s about helping them to engage in an activity in a responsible and constructive way and we want to make your life a little bit easier too. In short, we’re here to add value to the community.

So make the most of the moment and help keep today's youth on the creative path to success.

If you think that we might be able to help some you know drop us an email at: hypedinfo@internode.on.net and we'll get right back at you as quickly as possible to see what we can do next!

Let's keep the focus on getting results, the creative way.....

HYPED MURALS - Leading the way....

MARION MURAL

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A tremendous amount of time, effort and planning went into this project over the space of many years. It was very ambitious and there were a lot of doubters, despite all of the obstacles the mural was successfully completed on time, under budget and still stands today 5 years later intact.

HYPED Edutainment is a progressive project management organisation offering tailored programs and solutions targeting youth and community causes, education and entertainment within the arts. This project is an excellent example of what can be achieved between private enterprise, local Government and community.

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The completed mural project also acts as a colorful welcome to interstate & local rail passengers to the city of Adelaide & the Wayville precinct, especially around ‘Show’ time with over half a million visitors each year, many utilising the new Showground Central Rail Station. The overall expected yearly audience is estimated at approximately one and a half million people.

This mural has gained the enviable status of being known as a landmark tourist attraction and an arts icon for Adelaide, South Australia and the precinct of Unley.

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This 3-stage project is part of a bigger push to revitalize the transit corridor from Keswick to Goodwood Stations, incorporating landscaping, new temporary train station and pedestrian/cycle way, and custom positioned lighting servicing the community and patrons of the Royal Adelaide Show. Additional security measures were also put in place to protect the station and mural from any potential vandalism.

The cycle way was completely upgraded and bitumenised in 2006.