Three women in profile with long straight hair below a black sky filled with white paisley and flowers
Plate I · Paisley NightNo. 070

No. 070, in eight platesBlack and White Silhouettes

A gallery of faces packed tight as a choir, every earring, braid and paisley curl picked out in black ink.

The title promises silhouettes, but these plates are the opposite of empty outlines. Each is a dense ink drawing in pure black and white, the kind of obsessive pattern-work you find in a colouring book for grown-ups: hair rendered strand by strand, shawls filled with paisley and florets, earrings and headbands strung with tiny beads. Grey only appears where lines crowd together. What unites the eight works is the crowd itself, women's faces overlapping in every direction until the frame is full.

Some plates are all profiles. In one, women with pinned-up curls and drop earrings face left and right in a tight lattice; in another, three figures with long straight hair stand in a row beneath a black sky of paisley and blossom. Others turn to face you, a wall of long dark hair, almond eyes and embroidered necklines. Patterned headscarves and veils fill one plate from top to bottom like a vast gathering, and the last mixes jewelled headbands, spiral ornaments and a face drawn in solid black among the white ones.

With pattern running edge to edge, the clock will always sit over detail. Plates with a heavier black ground near the top, such as Paisley Night, give white numerals the best contrast; on the lighter, mostly white plates, a bold dark clock is easier to read. On the Home Screen the fine pattern behaves like a textile, so icons sit happily on top. In dark mode the white areas can glare, so this set shines with a light appearance.

For lovers of henna patterns, zentangle doodles and intricate monochrome art. Pinned Curls and Flowing Strands are free to download in full resolution, and the other six are premium.

8 works · 2 free 2 free · 6 premium at 10 credits each, re-download forever · or all with Unlimited. See every plate on a Lock Screen ↓

Not a single empty outline: every face is drawn to the last bead.

Try each one on before you save it.

Tap any plate to hang it on the Lock Screen, then switch to the Home Screen to see it behind your apps. This is the same preview the app gives you, on your own phone, with your own clock.

Now showing Plate I · Paisley Night
  1. Plate IPaisley NightPremium
  2. Plate IIJewelled BandsPremium
  3. Plate IIIFaces ForwardPremium
  4. Plate IVPinned CurlsFree
  5. Plate VThe GatheringPremium
  6. Plate VIShawls and EarringsPremium
  7. Plate VIIFlowing StrandsFree
  8. Plate VIIIThe ChoirPremium

How Black and White Silhouettes wears.

Intricate, elegant, crowded, timeless. Dense pen-and-ink pattern illustration, sized for every iPhone up to 2160 × 4800.

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On the Lock Screen

Paisley Night has a black, flowered sky above three profiles, so white numerals stand out cleanly.

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On the Home Screen

Faces Forward works like a printed fabric behind icons, with no single focal point to cover.

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Full resolution, every model

Each plate is delivered at the exact size of your iPhone's screen, up to 2160 × 4800, so nothing is stretched or soft at the edges.

The palette
  • Ink black#000000
  • Paper white#FFFFFF
  • Hatch grey#808080
  • Silver line#C0C0C0
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intricateelegantcrowdedtimeless

Free plates, and the rest.

Open Black and White Silhouettes in pxCream and preview any plate on your Lock Screen first. Prices come from the App Store in your region and are shown in the app before you buy.

Price card · No. 070

Black and White Silhouettes

Lot 1

Two free platesFree

Full resolution, saved straight to Photos.

Lot 2

A single premium plate10 credits

Yours for good: re-download it any time, on this iPhone, at no extra cost.

Lot 3

pxCream UnlimitedMonthly

Every premium plate in Black and White Silhouettes and the rest of the gallery, for as long as you subscribe.

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About Black and White Silhouettes.

Are these actually silhouettes?

Not in the cut-paper sense. They are detailed ink drawings of faces and patterns; the name refers to the many profiles that overlap through the series.

Which plate has the most black in it?

Paisley Night, whose upper third is a black sky of white flowers, and Jewelled Bands, which uses solid black shapes between the faces.

Are they free?

Two are: Pinned Curls and Flowing Strands, in full resolution. The remaining six are premium, 10 credits a plate with re-downloads forever, or every one of them with Unlimited.

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Plate I · No. 070

Black and White Silhouettes

A print from Black and White Silhouettes, unframed, on matte poster paper.

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