Can Won
Padawan Learner
Hi,
growing up I got pretty fed up with the tshirts that were on offer in the shops. It was a job in itself trying to find a decent one without a logo blazed across the front and I soon realised that I didn't want to be walking around advertising for someone else anyway, particularly when I was having to pay for it!
I used to do graffiti, which was a great creative outlet when I was going through the trials of being a teenager. Well, it dawned on me once I'd slowed down, painting on walls and trains, that there were other options far less troublesome! So I thought I'd try painting on tshirts instead.
A plain tshirt = a blank canvas :)
So I started by cutting stencils and using fabric paint to get the desired effect, but that was slightly restricting, it works well for certain designs, but there were images I liked that were full of varying colours and pretty hard to reproduce so I started to use the iron-on transfers as well.
Quite simply, you find the image you like, print it out on to iron-on transfer paper and iron it on to the tshirt!
If you want to be more creative than that and get a hands on finish, you cut out the design (printed or drawn on self adhesive paper) with a scalpel, stick it down on to the tshirt and paint, wait for it to dry and peel off the paper, place a piece of material over the image and iron for a couple of minutes to seal it onto the tshirt.
Attached are a few samples...
growing up I got pretty fed up with the tshirts that were on offer in the shops. It was a job in itself trying to find a decent one without a logo blazed across the front and I soon realised that I didn't want to be walking around advertising for someone else anyway, particularly when I was having to pay for it!
I used to do graffiti, which was a great creative outlet when I was going through the trials of being a teenager. Well, it dawned on me once I'd slowed down, painting on walls and trains, that there were other options far less troublesome! So I thought I'd try painting on tshirts instead.
A plain tshirt = a blank canvas :)
So I started by cutting stencils and using fabric paint to get the desired effect, but that was slightly restricting, it works well for certain designs, but there were images I liked that were full of varying colours and pretty hard to reproduce so I started to use the iron-on transfers as well.
Quite simply, you find the image you like, print it out on to iron-on transfer paper and iron it on to the tshirt!
If you want to be more creative than that and get a hands on finish, you cut out the design (printed or drawn on self adhesive paper) with a scalpel, stick it down on to the tshirt and paint, wait for it to dry and peel off the paper, place a piece of material over the image and iron for a couple of minutes to seal it onto the tshirt.
Attached are a few samples...
