Step 2: Cut out the shape from the photo that will be used as your silhouette. You can use a full body or just a side profile of a face. The choice is yours! Make sure to cut carefully and precisely.

2nd generation silhouette artist Chris Casey is going across the Midwest to cut silhouette portraits of people and pets within minutes.

Glued on each page was the cut-out portion of the hollow silhouette he presented to his customers (they received four). The hollow, white silhouettes for clients were mounted on a black surface.