the tees

i mentioned awhile ago i was making tee shirts. well. the two that are completed are my audrey tee and the cavashawn one.


the process i went through was to create these tees is a simple one. i created stencils out of images i found on the internet. as i am not planning on selling these items i figured it would be okay for my personal use. to create the stencils i just printed them on normal printer paper, covered the image with a layer of clear packing tape, then cutting out the desired areas with a xacto knife. cutting out the images was the  biggest pain in the butt! my finger got sore from all the stencils i created.


then i used acrylic paints mixed with a textile medium (follow the directions on the textile medium carefully! very important if you want your design to be permanent).


my personal final products are below.

audrey - was not a planned tee at all. i was searching for stencils in google images and i happened upon this great one of audrey hepburn. i then looked up some audrey quotes and found the perfect one. i chose this great peacock blue tee for it. it's one of my favorites now.


the quote on the back in the font "banana" is:
i never saw myself as an icon.


it's right between the shoulder blades.

chandelier inn - this one was planned, and it was a pain in the butt! i loved the lyrics


"love don't you leave me at the chandelier inn i'll be kissing every misses with my white picket grin"


so the idea was to have "chandelier inn" and a chandelier on it. it was the damn chandelier that was the problem! it took days to find, but i am very happy with the end result.


the words were done in the font 1534 fraktur. i did the lettering in a charcoal color, it wasn't quite readable so i outlined it in black. it gave it a little something extra i think.

wearable but not finished
mustache - this was not a planned tee but came about during my realization that cartoon mustaches are amazing. my favorite 'stache? the cartoon handlebar! which is know proudly emblazoned on my chest for all to see in a great warm dark brown on dandelion.


this shirt is not quite finished, it is lacking the saying. i can't seem to decide between free mustache rides or a man without a mustache is a man without a soul.


my apologies on the poorly taken photo. it was taken while inebriated, but it does get the point across, yes?

projects

i've been toying with some ideas floating around in my head. i want to create  logo for something called "monday's child." right now it's nothing but a name that speaks to me.  there are a few t-shirt ideas that if they come to fruition are going to bear that name so i want a logo for it. these of course will be one of a kind items, it will be fun if people think they aren't though. so i'd love for them to be as professional as possible.

i'm going to use lyrics from some of my favorite bands. i have no doubt that they won't mind. though i should prolly check to make sure.

note to self: twitter bands and see if they are okay with my using it on my tee.

should be okay with it as long as i don't mass produce. what i have in mind is too much of a pain in the ass to do so! haha.

this will be my project tomorrow.