T-shirts

All four designs have now been transferred onto plain white t-shirts. I originally wanted to screenprint the designs but it was a little late to learn how to do it and as the image weren't designed specifically with screenprinting in mind they were quite unsuitable for a first-time printer. So i spent days and days creating stencils for every single part, colour and element of every t-shirt then using fabric paint to fill in the stencil before moving it onto the next size up. There is a Large Medium and Small of each design so 12 t-shirts in total. The Jaguar design was the easiest as it is solid shapes and flat colours. The Beetle image was the hardest due to lots of fine details and natural, unrestrained strokes like the wind. The mini image is nice because the pump arms tickle the arm pit and the mini itself wraps around the hip. My favourite is the Mustang t-shirt. The cigarette smoke worked really well drifting up towards the left shoulder and i was impressed at the amount of fine shading i achieved on the glass. I had worried a lot about just how to start and how to create a gentle glass effect rather than simply filling in a stencil but everything worked out fine. I really enjoyed doing them and i've learnt an awful lot about t-shirt design and how to paint on fabric as it is completely different to painting on paper - it moves with the brush so you can't sweep across it but have to dab at it. I have emblazoned my logo on the back of the neck to act as free advertising. I've also written on each top what number it is as they will be a limited edition, 1of3 2of3 etc. When (not if) i design some more t-shirts i will definately have this experience in mind, images should be designed for a t-shirt, not simply taken from paper.