DIY Thread

[me likes punk]

OH. MY. GOD. I can't even believe you!!

I speak blasphemy in the DIY Thread.

[sam-a-lam]

those are both nice, Kaisers Orchestra is a great abnd too. I was going to make a patch like that once but was struck by laziness.
Although I did make this:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/ratsinthecity/DIY%20Examples/04a37a4c.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/ratsinthecity/DIY%20Examples/101_0008.jpg

patch + jacket were made by me. The only thing I screwed up was the zipper, because when I zip it up people can see all the black on one side so there's a big stripe of black up the front, but it's not bad for a first effort and for how little I followed the directions.

that looks very warm
and the patch is good too

[real_low_mind]

I was suggesting that you do that.

wait....i mean...i DID.... :cool:

update: now it's this weird brown/green color...it's not white, but i bet no one else around here has a jacket this color :p

[ratsinthecity403]

I like them. Where'd you get the directions?


it was at the fabric store - some pattern. the only important part is the pieces you cut out, the rest of the directions are more harm than good in my opinion.

The patch is silkscrened with photo emulsion stuff so thanks to all who said it was good. It better be, I ruined a screen for it.

[Brain Toad]

wait....i mean...i DID.... :cool:

update: now it's this weird brown/green color...it's not white, but i bet no one else around here has a jacket this color :p

You still bought it at Wal Mart....

[Sebek]

I just cut up my New York Dolls shirt to fit on the back of my leather jacket, since there were holes developing on it that were getting annoying to fix up all the time. I was waiting for either that shirt or my Angelic Upstarts one to break down so I could use it, this won.

I'll post pics sometime tommorow/soon if your interested. (It's only safety pinned for now though, I don't feel like trying to sew through leather or glueing it on TBH.)

[real_low_mind]

You still bought it at Wal Mart....
i know. it was my last choice. you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a regular old jacket anywhere.

[Rise Me Up]

i know. it was my last choice. you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a regular old jacket anywhere.

I know this is cliche', but local thrift stores, and general junk-holes, have the best stuff, you just gotta look.

[holy_roller99]

i jsut finished off a subhumans patch, and a studded Bracelet. it is amazing what you can do with an old studed belt, an old dress suit belt and some fishing line.

[POINTLESS5448]

i tried to add some black studs to my suit jacket but the pointy things that hold it in dont go all the way through. i dont know what to do.

[El Punko]

As inspired by our beloved queen of DIY, and thusly bastardized because she could have done a far better job:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/Copyof000_0230.jpg

Thats awesome. Either of you mind if I do the same thing?

Oh, and pointless, do you mean that you cant get them through or the jacket is too thick for them to hold right? If they wont go through, common knowledge is that you could use a dart tip to make the hole. If its too thick....I dont know, but good luck.

[Anarcho Poser]

i tried to add some black studs to my suit jacket but the pointy things that hold it in dont go all the way through. i dont know what to do.
Poke holes first?


Thats awesome. Either of you mind if I do the same thing?
Go f'rit. Incase you're wondering, I used acrylic paint and it seems to be holding up alright.

[mullets suk]

Just wondering wot you guys think about a patch with a combination of the red-black flag and the american flag. It whould have a circled A in the blue part of it. The red whould be in the regular part of the flag. While the black would replace the red on the bottom diagonal.confusing?? wot do you think and how whould i go about making it.

reason i asked was because im thinkin about making a patch of it, and putting it on an army jacket. or something.

edit: On a 2nd note, to stencil words and other things like that could you just tape down the words then spray paint over that.

edit:sorry about the spelling, fixed it all(i think)

[Rise Me Up]

just wondering wot u guys think about a patch with a combination of the red-black flag and the amreican flag. it whould have a circled A in the blue part of it. the red whould be in the rugular part of the flag. while the black whould replace the red on the bottom diagonal.confusing?? wot do u think and how whould i go about making it.

reason i asked was cause im thinkin bout making a patch of it, and puting it on army jacket. or something.

i wood tink dats punx.

[Flagjacket]

just wondering wot u guys think about a patch with a combination of the red-black flag and the amreican flag. it whould have a circled A in the blue part of it. the red whould be in the rugular part of the flag. while the black whould replace the red on the bottom diagonal.confusing?? wot do u think and how whould i go about making it.

reason i asked was cause im thinkin bout making a patch of it, and puting it on army jacket. or something.

edit: on a 2nd note, to stencil words in other things like that could u just tape down the words then spry paint like that
insted of mkaing a patch u shuld get it tatooed on ur forehed

[AIRIC]

yea dats pritty punk.

[Brain Toad]

just wondering wot u guys think about a patch with a combination of the red-black flag and the amreican flag. it whould have a circled A in the blue part of it. the red whould be in the rugular part of the flag. while the black whould replace the red on the bottom diagonal.confusing?? wot do u think and how whould i go about making it.

reason i asked was cause im thinkin bout making a patch of it, and puting it on army jacket. or something.

edit: on a 2nd note, to stencil words in other things like that could u just tape down the words then spry paint like that

I think you should learn to spell. Or be banned.

[mullets suk]

I think you should learn to spell. Or be banned.


Yea sorry about that. I read though it twice, and well im kind of not good at the whole spelling part of the english language. im trying though. sorry ill fix it.

[Liebensaft]

Unless you live in a country in which English is not your native language, or you have an extra chromosome, there's no excuse for having grammar as terrible as some of yours.

edit: lol pwnt

[El Punko]

Go f'rit. Incase you're wondering, I used acrylic paint and it seems to be holding up alright.

Ok, cool. I already cut the stencils, Ill post a picture when Im done, though it probably wont look quite as clean as yours.

[mullets suk]

Unless you live in a country in which English is not your native language, or you have an extra chromosome, there's no excuse for having grammar as terrible some of yours.

yea i deserve that. like i said im really sorry and i fixed most of it. (wot is my way of saying what{cause i mess up that word alot} so dont get mad at me for that).and i do make a concious effort to get my spelling correct.

anyways, can anyone tell me how to make the patch. is it just a white cloth, with red, black,blue stiched in to it. again sorry.

o also you may want to look at your post.

[Liebensaft]

To make a patch, you'd probably want to spray paint it or use fabric paint, unless you have a sewing machine and a lot of free time.

If you were trying to imply that there were grammar or spelling errors in my post, you'd be incorrect.

[mullets suk]

To make a patch, you'd probably want to spray paint it or use fabric paint, unless you have a sewing machine and a lot of free time.

If you were trying to imply that there were grammar or spelling errors in my post, you'd be incorrect.

first off i would like to say thanks for answering my question. that really helps.

also on the english thing "grammar as terrible some of yours." does not make sense.(to me at lest). i fairly sure you should have an "as" between "terrible" and "some".

[Liebensaft]

You're welcome.

And uhh....*neck scratch* Irony at its finest, I suppose.

[AIRIC]

Joe you're a f'ucking idiot.

[DaveToopes]

Umm Joe your post was not grammatically correct.

[Liebensaft]

Which is why it was edited. I hate making stupidass mistakes like that, like missing small words which throw off the whole sentence, especially at such inopportune times, like that one.

[POINTLESS5448]

im going to make a stencil out of:
http://photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/?action=view&current=crackrocksteadyseven7oh.jpg

[ViciousLove]

im going to make a stencil out of:
http://photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/?action=view&current=crackrocksteadyseven7oh.jpg

Oooh. That looks cool.

[POINTLESS5448]

the capital S and R are going to be hard as **** to cut.

[DaveToopes]

Truth.

[El Punko]

Especially if you want them to look good

[POINTLESS5448]

I did the C and the L really good when I made my Leftover Crack stencil so I think i'll be able to pull it off.

[El Punko]

Just finished my "SHOE BOMB"

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/bizzill/stencils/100_1597.jpg

I added the little bomb for kicks

Thanks for the idea, Anarcho poser, whadda you guys think?

[DaveToopes]

Looks good.

[Liebensaft]

Nicely done.

[POINTLESS5448]

what did you use? whiteout?

[Ghostfire3]

Well done.

[El Punko]

Thank you all

No, that was white acrillic paint. I probably wouldnt have hurt to put one more coat though, so Im hoping it doesnt chip away too fast.

[Anarcho Poser]

cool

[Sebek]

Looks really clean, nice.

[asdf]

I like the little bomb.

[El Punko]

Thanks again

I like the little bomb.

Thanks, I was debating whether or not to put it on, because I thought it would look bad, but I think it looks alright.

[asdf]

Just finished my "SHOE BOMB"

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/bizzill/stencils/100_1597.jpg

I added the little bomb for kicks
Shoe bomb. Kicks. I get your puns. ;)

[El Punko]

Haha, I didnt notice that until after I posted, at which time I was like,

"Damn Im clever"

:p

[Daniel!]

Last night I got the sudden urge to attempt to make a stencil. I tried a Mischief Brew one and it didn't turn out to bad at all. I wanted to try putting it onto a shirt so I went to Michaels and they didn't have any normal white fabric paint in a spray can, so I just got a bottle of spray paint. When I sprayed it on an old shirt to see whether it worked, it was really pale and blurry. Is it because I need actual fabric paint, or is there some special trick to get it to work? Also, would it work to just use a small roller and paint it?

[El Punko]

I use a small foam thing on a stick and acyllic paint mixed with fabric medium for my shirts. It seems to work quite well. Also, Ive noticed white on black generally needs more coats than black on white to look good. However, if it was pale and blurry that probably means you need some adhesive to get the stencil to stay down, because it sounds like youre getting underspray. I got some spray adhesive for like 3 bucks at home depot. You just spray a little on the back of the stencil first, but not too much, or your stencil might not be usable afterwards. Give it a shot. good luck.

[Daniel!]

Thanks a lot. I'd also thought of using foam to dab on the paint, but I couldn't find any. I went ahead and used a roller to roll on some old fabric paint I found in my garage, and the shirt turned out pretty good. The stencil was all messed up from trying to use spraypaint, so I just threw it away. I'm going to go make a Specials stencil now and put it on another shirt. I'll post pics of both shirts later tonight.

[El Punko]

Cool, cant wait to see em. If the stencil was really too messed up from using spraypaint you must have used like half a can :p

[Daniel!]

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/913/dscn22174nz.jpg

There are the two finished products. I'm pretty happy with them. It's hard to tell, but the Specials one is black and the Mischief Brew one is blue.

[Ghostfire3]

The Specials logo looks kind of small, but nice work anyway.

[DaveToopes]

Both of those look good.

[POINTLESS5448]

that specials one is hot. my friend tried to make a specials stencil for his deck and its pretty sick. there was alot of underspray when he did it though. if i find the stencil ill take a picture.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

I'm gonna give stencil graf a go this summer, if any of you have tips, or any cool subvertising logos or anything, please let me know.

Also if you have any cool subvertising slogans that I can put onto stickers that'd be cool, I'm heavily into my sticker graf at the moment!

[El Punko]

Sticker graf is a lot of fun :)

As far as stenciling, dont try to cut with anything rather than an exacto knife or similar hobby knife-they are your friends. Pick up a can of spray adheseive for a few bucks, and make sure that when you put up your stencil you spray a bit of it on the back first (not much) This will help prevent nasty underspray. Dont rely on the adhesive to hold your stencil up though, use either your hand or tape. Cutting stencils is fun because it lets you get more personal than regular bombing. Oh, and dont make any Che Guevara stencils...

Oh, I forgot, stencils do not need a heavy coat of paint. If its a one layer stencil, you can be done in a few seconds. It may look like there isnt enough paint, but trust me, there is.

[Shtein]

Check out the jacket I picked up for $12 in South Carolina.

front: http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/7817/dsci01207pt.jpg
back: http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/1359/dsci01214pu.jpg

[POINTLESS5448]

i made a fallen stencil and i made it black with yellow background on my shirt. i got a little triangle of over spray at the bottom. im still pretty pissed about that.

[Rise Me Up]

Dude, how do you screw up the Fallen logo. We have those all over everything here sprayed.

[POINTLESS5448]

i didnt **** up on the logo i just got a little bit of over spray at the bottom. i didnt see that little area was uncoverd.

[Shtein]

What do you think of my jacket!!!

[AIRIC]

I like it but rip the sleeves off.

[fenderfretfreak]

wow. Im not reading through all of this thing, but like..what exactly does any of this crap have to do with guitar or music in general?

[sketchyjoe]

wow. Im not reading through all of this thing, but like..what exactly does any of this crap have to do with guitar or music in general?
Wow, you're a ****ing idiot.

[AIRIC]

This isn't the guitar forum so it has nothing to do with guitar. But a big part of punk rock and it's scene is a lot of people have a strong sense of DIY and like to make and customize their own clothing to fit and advertise their music tastes/scene.

[iam2000pounds]

wow. Im not reading through all of this thing, but like..what exactly does any of this crap have to do with guitar or music in general?

What? :confused:

[El Punko]

wow. Im not reading through all of this thing, but like..what exactly does any of this crap have to do with guitar or music in general?

Diy is cool
Cool people play guitar
Guitars make music

BAM!

[asdf]

DIY Record Distribution/Label, perhaps?

[Mike Rakhabit]

What do you think of my jacket!!!

Nice jacket, where did you get it?

[DaveToopes]

Or you could make one.

[ViciousLove]

What do you think of my jacket!!!

It's cool. Do some stuff to it and show us again. Hehe.
Put patches/pins/studs/whatever you want, and rip the sleeves off if you want.

[POINTLESS5448]

i jsut made a black flag shirt. i ****ed up the b becasue im an idiot with a memory of 3 seconds. theyres a little bit of underspray but not as much as i expected.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0467.jpg

[ViciousLove]

Looks good.

[DaveToopes]

Only really bad part is the bottom of the B got filled in.

[Sebek]

My little brother just went on a (guided) DIY fit and made something like 6 or so abd shirts the other day. I'll post some pics whenever I get around to finding the camera.

I'm so proud :tear:

[me likes punk]

abd?

[Sebek]

band*

[Danger Bird]

abd or apb?

[POINTLESS5448]

Only really bad part is the bottom of the B got filled in.
yeah i wasnt thinking about it until it was too late. i should have just filled in the whole b. whatever.

[DaveToopes]

Oh well, it still looks pretty good.

[Sebek]

abd or apb?


Neither, I just spelt it really, really bad. :p

Here's some pics of the shirts my little bro made. He just traced the logos and put them under the shirt, then traced the stencil with some fabric paint. Not too bad considering this is really the first he's done it, and that he's 12.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/VixennEvenblade/Shirt1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/VixennEvenblade/Shirt2.jpg


And the backpatch of the New York Dolls I "made" (cut out) of an old shirt. Not the best, but it get's the job done for now.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/VixennEvenblade/NYDBack.jpg

[Anarcho Poser]

They aren't too bad, but thet look very much like the work of a 12 year old at home. I like a somewhat DIY look, but I also like it to look a little professional, if you know what I mean.

[DaveToopes]

That New York Dolls patch is really good.

[asdf]

Good to see a 12 year old taking some initiative like that, though. I have a 14 year old friend that got half way through cutting a stencil and forgot about it. Now he wants me to make him shirts because he's too lazy.

And I have to sew patches onto another friend's pants/teach him how to sew. But hey, he's offering to pay me. I likely wont accept the money, because I do things for my friends out of the goodness of my heart.

[DaveToopes]

That's the spirit.

[Sebek]

Too lazy to DIY? Something about that is very wrong. But yeah I know what you mean Anarcho, a like a good balance myself.

I hope you guys realise when I said cut out I mean I literally took my shirt, cut it, and put it on the jacket.

[DaveToopes]

Oh. I didn't realize that's what you meant.

[POINTLESS5448]

its not a bad idea. its pretty much the same thing as a patch. i never would have thought to do that.

[Sebek]

I didn't want to do it at first, but realised it was my favorite shirt anyway and with all the holes developing in it it was better to salvage it while I could.

[Daniel!]

Over the past few days I've been practicing making stencils and I've made a Who t-shirt and a really sloppy V For Vendetta trash can (I loved the stencil but didn't have any blank t-shirts to put it on).

T-shirt and trash can
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/5586/dscn23571ti.jpg

Close up on shirt
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3872/dscn23641ef.jpg

[DaveToopes]

Nice, the lines are really clean and defined on the Who stencil.

[Sebek]

That's pretty cool looking. Glad to see you liked V for Vendetta, that was probably one of the better movies I've seen in awhile.

[Flagjacket]

Speaking of V For Vendetta

www.aforanarchy.com

Interesting site.

[asdf]

I hope you guys realise when I said cut out I mean I literally took my shirt, cut it, and put it on the jacket.
Yeah, I realized that's what you meant. I'm planning on doing that with a critical mass shirt. The shirt is just too huge, so I will never wear it.

[Sebek]

Big shirts =/= win.

[iam2000pounds]

Speaking of V For Vendetta

www.aforanarchy.com

Interesting site.
That's a pretty cool site, although I haven't seen the movie.

[RudeBoyStompin]

I liked the movie. The comic is amazing though. Probably my favorite along with Watchmen.

[POINTLESS5448]

im working on my crs7 stencil right now. when im finished with that im going to make a bad religion one. im starting a diy revolution.

[POINTLESS5448]

done.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture.jpg

i ****ed up on some letters like the middle of one of the es got cut off so i put it where i wanted it and taped over it and then jsut cut away the tape that wasnt taping anything. i thought i was pretty smart. im going to put it on a shirt tomorow.

[D & V]

done.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture.jpg

i ****ed up on some letters like the middle of one of the es got cut off so i put it where i wanted it and taped over it and then jsut cut away the tape that wasnt taping anything. i thought i was pretty smart. im going to put it on a shirt tomorow.
tight, d00d

[iam2000pounds]

done.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture.jpg

i ****ed up on some letters like the middle of one of the es got cut off so i put it where i wanted it and taped over it and then jsut cut away the tape that wasnt taping anything. i thought i was pretty smart. im going to put it on a shirt tomorow.
That looks really good.

[Sebek]

That's a really nice job on the stencil.

[Ghostfire3]

done.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture.jpg

i ****ed up on some letters like the middle of one of the es got cut off so i put it where i wanted it and taped over it and then jsut cut away the tape that wasnt taping anything. i thought i was pretty smart. im going to put it on a shirt tomorow.

Awesome job. :thumb:

[Danger Bird]

I was working on a school project and my exacto knife rolled off my desk and stuck into the jacket of my Subhumans LP :(

[Skape_Goat]

I was working on a school project and my exacto knife rolled off my desk and stuck into the jacket of my Subhumans LP :(

Did it mess up the record?

[POINTLESS5448]

im going to put it on a white-t today. i want to get some spray adhesive or something so it will stick to the shirt. i dont want to **** this up.

[Danger Bird]

Did it mess up the record?
No, the record was on my turntable and the knife only stuck into the front part of the jacket (it's one of those gatefold LPs with the lyrics on the inside). It didn't even make a very significant mark, it just kind of pissed me off because it was brand new.

[Danger Bird]

I think I'll make a Bob Marley stencil, of him smoking a joint on the inside of the Burnin' album. I post the original pic and the stencil I make, if I can get it to turn out. I don't know what I'm going to paint it on, tho.

EDIT: Here's the photo I'm working off of, should be pretty easy, I'll just have to interconnect all the shading on his hair.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/bobmarleywoodjoint.jpg

[Flagjacket]

If it's the piure I'm thinking of, Bob Marley looks terrifying.

[POINTLESS5448]

i ****ed up spraying my crack rock steady stencil on my shirt:angry: :angry: :angry:

[Danger Bird]

That sucks. Better than ****ing up the stencil, though.

[Danger Bird]

Wow. I really messed up the hair.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/marleyjointstencil.jpg

[Liebensaft]

It doesn't look too bad. But yeah, the hair doesn't look as good as it could.

[POINTLESS5448]

yeah. i need to come up with a way to put make the stencil stay down on the shirt so i dont get any underspray. i also have to fina a way to not be a retard and not cover the whole shirt up.

here it is: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture001.jpg

[Rise Me Up]

Dude, don't waste it. I think it looks fine. If you don't want it, send me it.

[Liebensaft]

Aside from that spot under the left armpit area, I'd say it looks pretty damned good for the complexity of that stencil.

[asdf]

Looks good, pointless. I didn't even notice the extra stuff on the side for awhile. If I were you, I'd wear it.

[Liebensaft]

Approval of any DIY project from ASDF is the highest form of flattery.

[Rise Me Up]

I messaged him on soulseek.

[_chairman_] hey
[_chairman_] you
[_chairman_] with the face
[_chairman_] I DEMAND you send me your CRS7 shirt.
[_chairman_] Dammit.

[POINTLESS5448]

haha, i have slsk on a different computer so ill see that later. perhaps ill make another one and ill auction it off to you guys.

[asdf]

Approval of any DIY project from ASDF is the highest form of flattery.
I need go on hiatus from this thread. :(

[Liebensaft]

I need go on hiatus from this thread. :(
Your post frequency will drop so drastically that your post count will actually go backwards.

[Danger Bird]

I cut out my Marley stencil, and I decided **** it, I'll just cut out his whole dread-fro and not try to imitate the shading. I did a test spray on computer paper and it came out damn good. I can't post pics until later, because my mom has the camera and she's at work, and I don't want to get bright green spraypaint on my scanner.

Oh, and Pointless, that shirt looks great, man.

[Rise Me Up]

The thread would die.

[iam2000pounds]

That shirt looks great except for the paint at the side of it.

[asdf]

Your post frequency will drop so drastically that your post count will actually go backwards.
Counting this post, I have 235 posts in this thread. That's insane. I'm going to stop for awhile (espcially since I haven't been doing anything new DIY-wise).

I would just leave the punk forum all together, but I've started to become a punk fan myself.

[Brain Toad]

My patched jacket is starting to fall apart. There is a big hole in the lining, and I can put my hand under it between the outside fabirc and the lining. I should probably sew it up.

I haven't done DIY in so long, I should start. I bought this set of exacto knife blades from the 99 cent store and they are pretty cool.

Once it gets a bit warmer I'm going to spray paint the front of my backpack and stencil something on it.

[Sebek]

yeah. i need to come up with a way to put make the stencil stay down on the shirt so i dont get any underspray. i also have to fina a way to not be a retard and not cover the whole shirt up.

here it is: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture001.jpg


I've always used tape-donuts and it's worked fine for me.

[Ghostfire3]

yeah. i need to come up with a way to put make the stencil stay down on the shirt so i dont get any underspray. i also have to fina a way to not be a retard and not cover the whole shirt up.

here it is: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture001.jpg

Excelent

[Danger Bird]

Any good sites on how to make patches. I know about that new Google site but I was just wondering if you punx knew any particularly reputable ones.

[sam-a-lam]

dead milkmen shirt

front:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/mar26118.jpg

back:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/mar26119.jpg

[iam2000pounds]

dead milkmen shirt

front:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/mar26118.jpg

back:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/mar26119.jpg
Sweet. Did you do it freehand?

[POINTLESS5448]

I've always used tape-donuts and it's worked fine for me.
what are those?

[Danger Bird]

You wrap tape around so it's sticky on two sides.

Here's pics of the test spray of my Marley stencil. There's some underspray, but that's just because I cut the stencil out of computer paper. I'll use some display board once I decide what to paint this on.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC00362.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC00361.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC00360.jpg

[Ghostfire3]

That looks good. Very nice.

[Liebensaft]

dead milkmen shirt

front:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/mar26118.jpg

back:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/mar26119.jpg
Cool idea, but it'd look better if you used stencils and stuff.

[POINTLESS5448]

the marley stencil looks cool even without the hair. you can still tell its him and everything.

[POINTLESS5448]

i just put a 2tone guy on my skateboard. i made the stencil last night and realized that it wouldnt work on a white shirt so i threw it on my deck.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture002.jpg

[Flagjacket]

That would work on a white tee provided you have black paint.

[sam-a-lam]

Sweet. Did you do it freehand?

yeah

i was going to make a stencil...
but then i was being a lazy *** and didn't

[POINTLESS5448]

That would work on a white tee provided you have black paint.
yeah but it wouldnt look as good because then the guy would be black and his glasses would be white and it jsut looks better white on black. im going to get some favrick paint or something to that nature and put it on a black tee.

[sub-bass]

I've made a black flag and operation ivy shirt, I'll post pictures sometime, as well as the old guitar i've drawn on.

[Danger Bird]

I took my test spray to school and nobody could tell it was Marley. They couldn't even tell it was a person. :( Do you think I should get rid of the cheekbone?

Funny story, though, nobody could tell what it was, except this one stoner. He looked right at it and immediately said, "Yeah, it's Bob Marley smoking a jay."

I think I might make a back patch out of it. I just made it because I was bored but I really like it so now I have to think of something to do with it. I'm thinking of spraying it on some black fabric and sewing it to the back of my jacket.

By the way, does anybody know where to get a Minor Threat stencil of Ian MacKaye with his head down like on the album cover? I could have sworn I saw it on stencil punx but I checked again and it's not there.

[Sebek]

what are those?


When you wrap the tape around itself, sticky side out so that it essentially would make a "donut" like shape, but you would want it much thinner so that it could stay closer to the fabric.

[iam2000pounds]

I took my test spray to school and nobody could tell it was Marley. They couldn't even tell it was a person. :( Do you think I should get rid of the cheekbone?

Funny story, though, nobody could tell what it was, except this one stoner. He looked right at it and immediately said, "Yeah, it's Bob Marley smoking a jay."

I think I might make a back patch out of it. I just made it because I was bored but I really like it so now I have to think of something to do with it. I'm thinking of spraying it on some black fabric and sewing it to the back of my jacket.

By the way, does anybody know where to get a Minor Threat stencil of Ian MacKaye with his head down like on the album cover? I could have sworn I saw it on stencil punx but I checked again and it's not there.

http://stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com/stencils/skinhead_sitting.GIF
Is that it?

[Danger Bird]

http://stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com/stencils/skinhead_sitting.GIF
Is that it?
It's not what I was thinking of but I suppose it works well enough. the one I saw had the words on the side.

[POINTLESS5448]

I've made a black flag and operation ivy shirt, I'll post pictures sometime, as well as the old guitar i've drawn on.
im going to make an op ivy shirt. its going to say operation ivy on the front and have the monster guy on the back.

[asdf]

By the way, does anybody know where to get a Minor Threat stencil of Ian MacKaye with his head down like on the album cover? I could have sworn I saw it on stencil punx but I checked again and it's not there.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/minorthreat2.jpg
It's not the best, but is this what you were thinking of?

(I said I wasn't going to post in here anymore, I know :( )

[POINTLESS5448]

i am by far the dumbest person i know. i cut out the wrong part of the red par crossing out the cross. i have to do it again now :upset:

[Danger Bird]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/minorthreat2.jpg
It's not the best, but is this what you were thinking of?

(I said I wasn't going to post in here anymore, I know :( )
Yeah, thanks!

[POINTLESS5448]

just made an adicts shirt, and it is PERFECT. there is absolutely NO underspray and its my greatest diy achievement.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture003.jpg

[Splinter364]

just made an adicts shirt, and it is PERFECT. there is absolutely NO underspray and its my greatest diy achievement.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture003.jpg

very nice :D

what did you use for it?

[DaveToopes]

That Adicts shirt does look good. I like the choice of red paint instead of black.

[Danger Bird]

When stenciling, is it better to leave the stencil on until the paint dries to avoid smudging, or take it off so the paint doesn't soak through? I'm using posterboard by the way.

[POINTLESS5448]

i leave it on until it dries. and i was going to make it black with red background but the red was so perfect i decided not to **** with it.

[Danger Bird]

Yeah, that Adicts shirt looks really great. What kind of paint is that?

By the way, I did a sprayed my Marley stencil onto some posterboard, then cut it out, then used the posterboard stencil to spray it onto an actual shirt. I'll post pics when my mom gets home.

[POINTLESS5448]

i jsut used spray paint.

[Liebensaft]

Looks very nice, good job.

[Danger Bird]

123.

[Ghostfire3]

i just put a 2tone guy on my skateboard. i made the stencil last night and realized that it wouldnt work on a white shirt so i threw it on my deck.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture002.jpg

That looks really good. Where did you get the stencil from?

[El Punko]

You can find it on stencil punx

http://stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com/

Heres the exact link since Im a cool guy

http://stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com/stencils/specials.GIF

[POINTLESS5448]

i got it from google images. i jsut found out about stencil punx today so ive been using google images to get my pictures

[El Punko]

Tis truly a great resource

[me likes punk]

The school was asking people for Battle of the Bands T-shirt designs in one week, and I was like:"Dudes, asdf couldn't even do that **** in a week."

Good story, I know.

[Teeb]

I want to make a t-shirt with this picture on it http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Cheministro.png

[Ghostfire3]

Who is that?

[Teeb]

Ernesto Guevara. On the back, I'd put his quote about "capitalistic octupuses."

[Danger Bird]

For some reason the top milimeter broke off my X-Acto blade, thereby somehow completely ****ing it up.

[iam2000pounds]

just made an adicts shirt, and it is PERFECT. there is absolutely NO underspray and its my greatest diy achievement.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture003.jpg
I made that exact shirt, except white paint on a black shirt.

[Flagjacket]

Ernesto Guevara. On the back, I'd put his quote about "capitalistic octupuses."
You mean Che.

[DaveToopes]

His real name is Ernesto.

While we're on the subject, everyone should watch the Motorcycle Diaries, it's a great movie.

[Teeb]

You mean Che.

"Che" is the Argentine equivalent to "pal" or "mate" or "dude."

Sorry if you already knew that.

[incubass]

Does spray paint wash off clothes or wear off? Cause i would like to use spray paint instead of fabric paint. thx

[Danger Bird]

I might wear a little, but it stays pretty well in my experience. My only advice would be to wash your shirt seperately from others, so that the paint doesn't bleed onto your other garments. Good luck!

[incubass]

Thanks man im gonna try it out.

[Ghostfire3]

Does spray paint wash off clothes or wear off? Cause i would like to use spray paint instead of fabric paint. thx

It should stay on there. But when you do it, make sure you're spraying from a pretty good distance or else it will bleed and look bad. I made that mistake the first time I used spray paint.

[RetiredAt21]

His real name is Ernesto.

While we're on the subject, everyone should watch the Motorcycle Diaries, it's a great movie.

That movie put me to sleep.

[Danger Bird]

Actually, me too. But I was pretty sleepy at the time.

[Flagjacket]

I Fell Asleep During Deliverance.

[incubass]

Can someone explain how to make a stencil from one of the prints off stencil punk. Like do u print it on computer paper then cut it out with an excto(any tips for the thin parts,or small stncils) then like transfer it to cardboard or something. I wan to make one for this http://stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com/stencils/streetlight2.gif.

any help appriciated. thanks!

[Anarcho Poser]

Can someone explain how to make a stencil from one of the prints off stencil punk. Like do u print it on computer paper then cut it out with an excto(any tips for the thin parts,or small stncils) then like transfer it to cardboard or something. I wan to make one for this http://stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com/stencils/streetlight2.gif.

any help appriciated. thanks!
I usually print it onto thick paper and cut it out from that. Transparency paper works well too.

[ratsinthecity403]

yeah, I print it on thick cardstock type paper. If you're going to be making a shirt then use a thick paper and use double sided tape to stick the edges against the fabric to get cean lines.
If you're going to do silkscreening I like a glossy cheap photo paper type because the paint won't soak through.
If you want a vandalism on buildings type of stencil, what I'd do is either the method you mentioned or easier to just put lots of double stick tape down on the printer paper, stick it to cardboard and cut. As far as thin parts, do your best. If you ruin it take some tape and stick it back together and trim off the excess tape.

[incubass]

Ok Thanks guys i was wondering if i was doing it right. Ill try to post pics when im done but it wont be for like a week.

[ratsinthecity403]

good luck, are you making a shirt or what?

[Sebek]

You don't really need thick paper though, I've used standard computer printer paper for all of my stencils and I havn't had any over/underspray or any other complications.

[Danger Bird]

Damn, the boots in that Minor Threat stencil are hard to cut. It took me like 5 tries.

For stencils, I usually cut it out of computer paper, then spraypaint the stencil onto a sheet of posterboard, then cut out the posterboard, then spray it onto my shirt/whatever I'm doing.

[POINTLESS5448]

You don't really need thick paper though, I've used standard computer printer paper for all of my stencils and I havn't had any over/underspray or any other complications.
computer paper is all flimsy and **** and thinker paper doesnt fall apart as easy and lasts longer. i print whatever out and then tape it to a folder and then cut it and then use the folder as the stencil.

[Flagjacket]

I print it out on computer paper, and then staple it to a posterboard and cut it that way.

[DaveToopes]

That's what I do except I use packaging tape to tape it onto posterboard.

[incubass]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/bassman727/PCDV0016.jpg thats the shirt i made i did it fast jsut to see how it would come out i used fabric marker and im probably gonna write skanking time above and below it. comments plz.

[Lukeh]

You used a fabric marker but you didn't join up the lines?! If you did it would look even better than it does. I always thought that was the whole point of them anyway, and why people use them with stencils.
Hmmm why putting it above and below it?

[mullets suk]

i know paper isn't very good for stencils cause the paper can bleed. but will thicker heavier stuff like drawing/art paper prevent this.

[Ghostfire3]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/bassman727/PCDV0016.jpg thats the shirt i made i did it fast jsut to see how it would come out i used fabric marker and im probably gonna write skanking time above and below it. comments plz.

Pretty good. But I agree with the other person, you should connect the lines.

[BCT]

The Misfits bullet album cover

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/misfitsdeck.jpg

i know this one has nothing to do with punk

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/mariostencil.jpg

[skavid]

i know this one has nothing to do with punk

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/mariostencil.jpg
That is absolutely amazing. You have to let me use that stencil.

[iam2000pounds]

The Misfits bullet album cover

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/misfitsdeck.jpg

i know this one has nothing to do with punk

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/mariostencil.jpg
The second one is pretty wicked.

[Rise Me Up]

Yeah, they're both good. I want the mario stencil too.

[ThisUserIsAPipebomb]

Dude, I want the Misfits stencil. I love Bullet.

[POINTLESS5448]

brett post the hatchet man stencil.

p.s. i jsut heard your car start. you need to get that **** fixed.

[sub-bass]

Here's my operation ivy shirt
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/sub-bass/Picture185.jpg

The guitar I painted a bit and my friend did some of the drawings
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/sub-bass/Picture186.jpg

[Anarcho Poser]

Here's my operation ivy shirt
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/sub-bass/Picture185.jpg

The guitar I painted a bit and my friend did some of the drawings
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/sub-bass/Picture186.jpg
those are rad. mad props unto you.

[incubass]

Pretty good. But I agree with the other person, you should connect the lines.

well i just followed the stencil how it was. The lines aren't connected in that but i may add them. And what i meant by above and bleow it was skanking above the pic and time below it thanks for the feedback though!

[POINTLESS5448]

that op ivy shirt is good. what did you use?

[Ghostfire3]

the picture of the guy skanking is on stencil punx. I made a shirt similar to that one.

[incubass]

^ yea thats where i got it from. Do u have any pics of ur shirt?

[sub-bass]

For mine, I just used the stencil from that site like incubass and ghostfire3 said, then just used acrylic paint and a foam brush.

[incubass]

Heres the finished shirt. keep in mind this was just a test shirt to get the hang of it its only my first one. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/bassman727/skashirt001.jpg

[POINTLESS5448]

For mine, I just used the stencil from that site like incubass and ghostfire3 said, then just used acrylic paint and a foam brush.
it kindof looks like you used a sponge. it gives it a cool look.

[iam2000pounds]

it kindof looks like you used a sponge. it gives it a cool look.
When I make my shirts, I use a sponge brush too.

[ratsinthecity403]

i know paper isn't very good for stencils cause the paper can bleed. but will thicker heavier stuff like drawing/art paper prevent this.


I find that photo paper (not really high quality, just low qulaity semi-gloss) prevents paints from soaking through and is easy to cut with an X-acto

Incubass's Op Ivy shirt looks great by the way

[BCT]

i will post the stencils soon but they are on a computer that has no internet connection

[POINTLESS5448]

fix it dumbass. burn them to a cd and put them on your sisters computer.

[DaveToopes]

Aww be nice to your friend mr. pointless5448.

[mullets suk]

i decided on making a "The Nimrods" shirt. with the song "To Lazy For Anarchy". this will be my first shirt, so with materials to buy. does the cloth paint come in spray only. or a type where you can "paint" it on??

[POINTLESS5448]

regular spraypaint works. its like $2 at home depot. no need for special ****.

[POINTLESS5448]

just made an adicts stencil.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/Picture005.jpg

im going to spray it on a shirt tomorrow.

[DaveToopes]

That's the same desk that we have.

Stencil looks good.

[Danger Bird]

I picked up 2 new colours of spraypaint, time for some multi-tone stencils!!!

And here's what I've been doing with my week:

Minor Threat stencil, all cut out with white paper behind it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/0ce26847.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/c216222e.jpg
Old shirt with test sprays on it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/fde517ef.jpg
Marley close-up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/6cb8cdf5.jpg
Subhumans close-up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC01010.jpg
Bad Brains close-up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/9d9b9351.jpg

I'm almost done spraying with the Minor Threat stencil. Now I don't know what to spray these all on! I was thinking of making a jacket. I could either just spray those on there or make patches to put on it.

And does anybody know if it's okay to put spraypainted things in the washing machine?

[clustifux]

you can but you will have to re-spray it if you dont want the faded look.

[Danger Bird]

I guess I'll pick up spray-on fabric paint then.

[Lukeh]

Hmmm well since the last time I posted in here I've made 2 patches for my bag (one Streetlight and a Radiohead bear) and a You Say Party! We Say Die! t-shirt, but the patches are very muddy after a bike ride and the t-shirt is out on the line, so I'll get some pics up by tonight I reckon.

[POINTLESS5448]

That's the same desk that we have.

Stencil looks good.
when we bought my house it was just in the garage. i like it.

led: that subhumans one looks cool with the overspray around it.

[Mannik]

Yeah, that does look cool

[DaveToopes]

Led-Zeppelin: Are you the one that put Bad Brains on your shoes?

[POINTLESS5448]

Yeah, that does look cool
i think its because its rectangular.

[Danger Bird]

when we bought my house it was just in the garage. i like it.

led: that subhumans one looks cool with the overspray around it.
I'm sorry, I suck at teh internetz, is that sarcasm? thanks, if it wasn't.

And yeah, I tried to spray Bad Brains on my shoes, but it didn't come out, so I sharpied in the logo over that big green mess and it looked pretty cool. I've got rasta colours on the toe and laces now as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/IM004826.jpg

[DaveToopes]

I thought it was you but couldn't remember. That looks pretty cool.

[Danger Bird]

Thanks. I can't get that damn minor threat stencil to work though.

[iam2000pounds]

I'm sorry, I suck at teh internetz, is that sarcasm? thanks, if it wasn't.

And yeah, I tried to spray Bad Brains on my shoes, but it didn't come out, so I sharpied in the logo over that big green mess and it looked pretty cool. I've got rasta colours on the toe and laces now as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/IM004826.jpg
I remember those, they're pretty sweet.

[Ghostfire3]

I'm sorry, I suck at teh internetz, is that sarcasm? thanks, if it wasn't.

And yeah, I tried to spray Bad Brains on my shoes, but it didn't come out, so I sharpied in the logo over that big green mess and it looked pretty cool. I've got rasta colours on the toe and laces now as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/IM004826.jpg

Nice kicks yo.

[POINTLESS5448]

I'm sorry, I suck at teh internetz, is that sarcasm? thanks, if it wasn't.

And yeah, I tried to spray Bad Brains on my shoes, but it didn't come out, so I sharpied in the logo over that big green mess and it looked pretty cool. I've got rasta colours on the toe and laces now as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/IM004826.jpg
nah dude im serious i like it. im liking the badbrains on the shoes too. not my first choice of shoe but it came out good as ****.

[guitar, bass, sax]

Those shoes are punxxx

[POINTLESS5448]

sprayed my adicts shirt. came out quite well.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/alexshirt.jpg

[DaveToopes]

Indeed it did.

[Danger Bird]

Yeah, that's nice.

I punxed out my gym shirt with Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans, Marley stencils. I had to turn it inside out. Luckily, though, my teacher's pretty cool. As long as I paint over the pic of Marley smoking a joint I can still wear the shirt, so I'm doing the Operation Ivy stencil on stencilpunx.

[mullets suk]

i know this is dumb so sorry. but,
for the website " http://stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com/ " web site do you cut out the black or the white. or does it not matter. ive been looking at it for a really long time, and cant see how it is supposed to look when on it is on a shirt. and i didn't want to print it out, get all stenciled, and painted then relize i did it backwards.

[Lukeh]

Cut out the black, otherwise it will all go horribly wrong - it's a useful thing to get used to with stencils otherwise as they get bigger you start making more and more mistakes.

[asdf]

I said I wouldn't post in here for awhile, but, I was lying.

I made a minor threat stencil and now a friend of mine is going to pay me to make a back patch for him. Cool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/minorthreatfinished.jpg

[POINTLESS5448]

thats sick. what did you use to put it on the shirt. ive never put anything on a black shirt before.

[asdf]

thats sick. what did you use to put it on the shirt. ive never put anything on a black shirt before.
White fabric paint? I print on black shirts all the time.

[Ghostfire3]

I said I wouldn't post in here for awhile, but, I was lying.

I made a minor threat stencil and now a friend of mine is going to pay me to make a back patch for him. Cool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/minorthreatfinished.jpg

That is really good. Well done.

[Danger Bird]

I made the same stencil (almost) but I need fabric paint to do it, because my spraypaint will not work at all.

Do you use spray-on fabric paint or liquid with a roller?

[DaveToopes]

@asdf: that looks great.

[Liebensaft]

Very nice.

[mullets suk]

when useing fabric paint does it mess it up if you go over it in diffrent colors. like let a blue dry, then paint over that with a red. so are there any ill effects of doing something like that.

[Flagjacket]

Why would you do that?

[mullets suk]

Why would you do that?

i want to make an REM shirt, for the song "Radio Free Europe". To do this i want to have a pic of mainland Europe with a radio tower thing rising out of it. so i was thinking it would be easyer if i painted Europe first then the radio tower over that. thus i would need to paint over already painted area.

thats why im wondering if covering fabric paint with a diffrent color fabric paint will hurt the shirt/image.

[Flagjacket]

Ah. Well, I'm sure if you let it dry then it'd be fine, but don't trust me.

[mullets suk]

crap, so i did the frount of the nimrods shirt like a few min. ago. well i spilt a little black cloth paint on it. to fix this i decided to draw a black line all the way around the bottom of the shirt. i did most of the frount, but it looks like crap.

i was wondering if bleach pens will be able to take out the black line. if not crap.

[Ghostfire3]

That's unfortunate. Pix?

[mullets suk]

k, so heres the shirt. im still not done, and the line on the bottom is what i am trying to get rid of. This is my first DIY shirt ever so, it really suks. ill post pics of the finished shirt, when im completely done and the line is gone.(if worse comes to worse, ill take some white paint and re-color the line.)

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/Nimrodsmess.jpg

i made the stencils myself, so the circled A is very uneven. I also did the stencils on paper so i cant redo the images on a diffrent shirt. :(

on the back (if the line comes out) it will say "THE NIMRODS"