DIY Thread

[Ghostfire3]

so i finally got to spray my strike anywhere shirt today :)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0496.jpg
^front^

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0497.jpg
^back^

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0498.jpg
^close up^

i wanted to put the guy on the side but of course the shirt i chose was stitched together there so there would have been mad underspray if i did. it all came out pretty well. the little logo on the shoulder didnt come out that good. its got some pretty bad underspray. its cool though. im happy with it.

That looks really good. Nice work. :thumb:

[Liebensaft]

whats wrong with employees that know their ****? home depot kicks ***. i love the smell of that place.
The lumber section smells like bananas or something.

[BCT]

i don't know why but all home depots smell the same. i think it is the smell of progress. i don't know why other hardware stores don't smell like that

[Brain Toad]

whats wrong with employees that know their ****? home depot kicks ***. i love the smell of that place.

I wasn't saying it was bad, I'm saying Home Depot has a lack of those people and places like Ace and Yard Birds (a local place) are so much better.

[POINTLESS5448]

nah dude the home depots around here have guys that know everythng.
and the lumber section smells like freshly cut plywood or 2x4s not bananas.

[ratsinthecity403]

I hate when you go in home depot with somone and then say "I'll meet up with you later," only to realize that, no, actually, you won't just 'meet up with them later'. You'll spend a good forty five minutes looking for them wondering if they've already gone outside or are they looking for you right now or are they bored and looking at tiles or...? You can get lost in that place if you aren't careful.

[Weezerfan_returns]

I despise the home depot. All of the employees are idiots, (there are seriously like, 4 of them for the entire store) and it does seem easy to get lost in there. Plus, i'd rather get friendly service from a small buisness.

[Weezerfan_returns]

walmart?
walmart for DIY materials? That's an oxymoron if i've ever seen one.

[POINTLESS5448]

It Was Just A Suggestion! ****.

EDIT: that was supposed to be caps in order to express my yelling but apparently i cant type in caps.

[Weezerfan_returns]

haha it's ok, i just thought it was kind of funny.

[Brain Toad]

i don't know why but all home depots smell the same. i think it is the smell of progress. i don't know why other hardware stores don't smell like that

It's the smell of the mexicans outside. HEY-O!

I despise the home depot. All of the employees are idiots, (there are seriously like, 4 of them for the entire store) and it does seem easy to get lost in there. Plus, i'd rather get friendly service from a small buisness.

Truth. Ace is the next best thing, while they are a franchise, they are allowed to be run like a small local hardware store.

[AIRIC]

We have a small family run hardware store in my dad's town and it's boring. They don't even have a dog in it.

[POINTLESS5448]

i have one down the road from my house in canada and it has a dog. they have sweet bright orange hunting hats there and fireworks.

[Weezerfan_returns]

In Wisconsin, hunting season is like a fashion show. The whole blaze orange thing is really big. hah.


What are you talking about with hardware stores...having dogs?

[sam-a-lam]

shirt paint by mixing the basic "fabric white" stuff that you can get a lot more commonly with any colour acrylic paint of your choice




i use only acrylic and it works just fine
only down side is its stiff for the first few washes

[BCT]

i love how long we have been talking about the smell of hardware stores and weather or not they contain a dog

[good rats]

But all that information is necessary for making decent DIY clothes!

[asdf]

Well, I tried to do my first two layered shirt. It didn't turn out great, because I put way too much paint on the second layer, and the detail was just too small. I Really wish I did a practice first, but... I wasn't thinking. Oh well.

It's also for MSI, a band that everyone in the forums seems to hate.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/msilayer1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/msilayer2.jpg

[Abandon all hope]

Thats great. No sarcasm involed.

[POINTLESS5448]

yeah dude that came out real good. im going to make a 2 layer dk shirt once i cut the stencil.

[iam2000pounds]

Well, I tried to do my first two layered shirt. It didn't turn out great, because I put way too much paint on the second layer, and the detail was just too small. I Really wish I did a practice first, but... I wasn't thinking. Oh well.

It's also for MSI, a band that everyone in the forums seems to hate.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/msilayer1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/msilayer2.jpg
Looks good!

[incubass]

it does look good. what did u use to hold the shirt on that wood so its tight?

[asdf]

it does look good. what did u use to hold the shirt on that wood so its tight?
I just rubberbanded it in the back. Something I only recently started doing, and it's been helpful.

[incubass]

alright cool, thanks man

[Rise Me Up]

alright cool, thanks woman

Fixed.

[Anarcho Poser]

Well, I tried to do my first two layered shirt. It didn't turn out great, because I put way too much paint on the second layer, and the detail was just too small. I Really wish I did a practice first, but... I wasn't thinking. Oh well.

It's also for MSI, a band that everyone in the forums seems to hate.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/msilayer1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/msilayer2.jpg
That didn't turn out too bad at all. I've got a friend that's obsessed with that band, and since he looks punkish (he wears hot topic pants and has blue hair) all the poser kids fell in love with MSI. Just a funny story I thought I'd share.

[mullets suk]

i know these questions are looked down upon, so sorry if you get pissed at me.

anyways, Im buying a military olive drab jacket from the surplus place later on this week. And I want to stencil something on the back of it. The thing is i cant think of any bands that would look real good on the back of a military jacket.

The only two bands that i can think of are CockSparrer and The Clash. Wot do you think of these. Or are there any other bands that you think would look good?

[Anarcho Poser]

I'm not sure what you mean by look good.

[mullets suk]

I'm not sure what you mean by look good.

i most likely worded that wrongly so sorry.

When i say looks "good", i mean that some bands wouldnt look as great on one color/jacket as another band would. such as a Descendents "milo goes to college" pic wouldnt go well with a military style jacket. But a Clash pic may look better. this could be because of wot they wore, or wot there music sounds like.

i dont know if that makes any more sence. Its also all in opinion, and i guess thats more of wot im asking.

Basically "if you had an olive drab military jacket wot band/stencil would you put on the back??"

[asdf]

Please, spell what w.h.a.t.

[AIRIC]

Some dbeat or anarcho band because they're always bitching and complaining about war.

[Rise Me Up]

And peace and equal rights and all that gay stuff.

[AIRIC]

Animal rights are gay.

[Rise Me Up]

Hey there mister. Watch it.

[AIRIC]

World Inferno are gay sry.

[Rise Me Up]

Jack could take Tom Gabel.

[Culture Shock]

Animal rights are gay.

Your rights are 'gay'!!!

[AIRIC]

OH stop it. I'm just kidding.

[Rise Me Up]

Yeah seriously dude. He was j/p. J/P for gods sake.

[Brain Toad]

no u r

[mullets suk]

i would put anti-war thing on the back...but in general im very pro-war. so putting an anti-war message would make me more or less a jackass. I was thinking the Pennywise symbol wouldnt be that bad.

also,i wont make what "wot" anymore.

[<---NoFX--->]

You're pro-war?

On a lighter note, I will hopefully be adding to my jacket this weekend

[mullets suk]

Yes i am Pro-War...not really the iraqi war, but wars, in general, i feel are quite necessary. i dont want to start an argument so lets not. but does anyone have any ideas about my jacket.

also what stuff are you adding??

[<---NoFX--->]

I'm not going to start an arguement either.

Uh a Discharge backpatch and some stenciled stuff that I'm working on right now

[Drop The Baby]

I picked up two sweet Bouncing Souls patches when i saw them a week last sunday. They need to go on my jacket

[Danger Bird]

lol, war is fantastic!

[POINTLESS5448]

lol, war is fantastic!
put that on the back of your military shirt. exactly how it is up there. that would be so funny.

[Danger Bird]

That'd actually be pretty cool.

Hey, is stencil punx still at http://www.stencilpunx.mattrunningnaked.com?

[dropkickstreetpunk2]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/dkstreetpunk/000_0219.jpg

There's the back of my jacket, I've done a bit more work to it since then. My pose is kind of lame.

[POINTLESS5448]

dude take more pictures closer. i cant even see anything on it other than defiance.

[asdf]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/dkstreetpunk/000_0219.jpg

There's the back of my jacket, I've done a bit more work to it since then. My pose is kind of lame.
Wow, for a second I thought you were this guy I see at concerts called seth felony. The jacket is very similar.

[AIRIC]

Defiance blow.

[ThisUserIsAPipebomb]

Jack could take Tom Gabel.
Actually, I AM Tom Gabel.

[D & V]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/dkstreetpunk/000_0219.jpg

There's the back of my jacket, I've done a bit more work to it since then. My pose is kind of lame.
lol username is dropkick streetpunk and his usertitle says anarchy and equality

[Rise Me Up]

lol username is dropkick streetpunk and his usertitle says anarchy and equality

Haha, owned.

[ViciousLove]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d77/dkstreetpunk/000_0219.jpg

There's the back of my jacket, I've done a bit more work to it since then. My pose is kind of lame.

Cool. :)

[Brain Toad]

Defiance blow.

lol tr00

[POINTLESS5448]

does anyone know if spraypaint comes out good on a regular jansport backpack?

[coheneran]

does anyone know if spraypaint comes out good on a regular jansport backpack?

The only way to find out is to try. Spray away amigo. Just make sure your spraycan says "CFCs free" on it.

[Brain Toad]

does anyone know if spraypaint comes out good on a regular jansport backpack?

Do a test spray on the bottom or the part that rests on your back and see what happens. If it looks like crap, then it won't show.

[POINTLESS5448]

im thinking im going to put that guy that i put on the back of my strike anywhere shirt on it right above the small compartment.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Here's a design I finished yesterday
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSC00845.jpg

and here's a kind of bad picture of where it is on the back of the polo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSC00846.jpg

[Sid Ramone]

here's my leather:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g181/homelesshero/DSC01670.jpg
im on the one on the far right

and for the hell of it my patch pants:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g181/homelesshero/funfunfun058.jpg

[asdf]

Here's a design I finished yesterday
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSC00845.jpg

and here's a kind of bad picture of where it is on the back of the polo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSC00846.jpg
Aww. I like it. It seems like something one of my friends would make. Partially because they also like defiance, ohio, but mostly just the way you made it.

[Chicken And Waffuls]

i just signed up for soulseek and i have no idea how to use it. how do i get to share music?

[coheneran]

i just signed up for soulseek and i have no idea how to use it. how do i get to share music?

Take it to the soulseek thread brotha. It's stickied at the top of the forum.

[Danger Bird]

What's the deal with the stencil punx website?

I've got a huge hole in the side of one of my chucks. I'll probably get a DK or Minor Threat or Adicts patch on interpunk and sew it on, or maybe even make the patch myself.

[coheneran]

I bought a stencil book at a zine fair of revolutionary women in the world. It was awesome, but I lost it.

[iam2000pounds]

What's the deal with the stencil punx website?

I've got a huge hole in the side of one of my chucks. I'll probably get a DK or Minor Threat or Adicts patch on interpunk and sew it on, or maybe even make the patch myself.
I have no idea what happened to stencil punx.

[coheneran]

http://radicalgraphics.org/collection/index.php

Then twiddle around with the contrast on photoshop.

[sam-a-lam]

here's my leather:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g181/homelesshero/DSC01670.jpg
im on the one on the far right
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is your friend on the left puking?

[dropkickstreetpunk2]

lol username is dropkick streetpunk and his usertitle says anarchy and equality
Kinda shows how people are close-minded.

[asdf]

I'm pretty excited. There's this big blank white wall in my basement, that my dad just finished for the purpose of me painting on it. It looks so nice now, though, I don't want to just throw any stencils up there. I want it to look really good. I'm going to be spending some time really planning it out.

I'm also going to start working on building that tall bike soon. I have plenty of people who want to help. I've got some of my friends all pumped up about fixing up old schwinns, too. I'm a good influence on them.

[Danger Bird]

Kinda shows how people are close-minded.
*closed-minded

[POINTLESS5448]

asdf: whats that tall bike?

[asdf]

asdf: whats that tall bike?
I meant to say A tall bike.
http://www.dankorn.com/images/H2.jpg

Something like that. I've garbage picked about three partial bikes, but I'm not sure what ones I'm going to use.

[POINTLESS5448]

haha thats so funny. how do you ride it? if you fall youre ****ed.

[ratsinthecity403]

How do you get on/off, too?

[asdf]

haha thats so funny. how do you ride it? if you fall youre ****ed.
I've been kind of wondering about that myself. I think that I'm just going to hope for the best!

But I've got a ton of people who want to help me with this. But the person I need the help most from I haven't asked yet. He's my dad's friend and he welds sculptures. Since I don't know how to weld, and I don't have the equiptment, I need his help.

This is going to be an awesome summer project.

[POINTLESS5448]

How do you get on/off, too?
ladder? trampoline? airlift?
my friend matt made a chopper bike once out of a bmx bike. it was sweet but it had little kids tires on it that always popped.

[asdf]

These are the bikes I'm potentially using. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Bicycles/bananaseatandframe.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Bicycles/junkbike.jpg

Also maybe a Magna mountain bike, if my friend doesn't have to give it to her younger brother.

[POINTLESS5448]

i think that you are starting the most rediculous diy project yet.
i need to find pictures of my friend matts bikes. he made a chopper bike, a lowrider bike, he made a minibike with a weedwacker motor and some steel pipes and ductape. it was sick. ill try to find some pics and post them.

[ratsinthecity403]

I put a milk crate on the back of my bike...thats about as DIY as I get with bike projects. Making bikes tall/choppers seems incredibly hard, fruturating and time consuming.

[asdf]

I've also attached a milk crate to my bike. Doesn't really count, though, because all I did was bungee it to my bike rack.

[POINTLESS5448]

back in the day me and my friend rayc made a potatoe launcher and attached it to a bike. that was fun.

[BCT]

asdf how many bikes tall are you going to make that thing you have 3 in the pics and you were talking about a 4th they are not all going to in it are they?

[coheneran]

back in the day me and my friend rayc made a potatoe launcher and attached it to a bike. that was fun.

We need something like that in Israel for Yom Kippur, that way we can defend ourselves against those orothodox pricks who throw rocks at anyone who isn't fasting. They are so closely-minded.

/Indirect reference

[POINTLESS5448]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[BCT]

We need something like that in Israel for Yom Kippur, that way we can defend ourselves against those orothodox pricks who throw rocks at anyone who isn't fasting. They are so closely-minded.

/Indirect reference

you should ride around with a potato gun eatting a double bacon cheese burger on Yom Kippur and blast any one who says or throws anything

[Danger Bird]

I e-mailed Justin Toxicated, this is what he sent back:

the server's down. my host keeps getting emails from his webhosting provider saying "one more day, one more day" but its been about a week. honestly, i'm not sure when it'll be back up. when its up its up.

[coheneran]

I e-mailed Justin Toxicated, this is what he sent back:

the server's down. my host keeps getting emails from his webhosting provider saying "one more day, one more day" but its been about a week. honestly, i'm not sure when it'll be back up. when its up its up.

You should reply and direct him to http://help.riseup.net/hosting/
They're a radicalist organisation (lots of anarchists I think) who do great stuff on the net, including anonymous email accounts etc..

[POINTLESS5448]

i just made the 2 layers for my dead kennedys stencil

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0499.jpg

brett if you read this i we need to go get spraypaint really bad.

[Danger Bird]

i just made the 2 layers for my dead kennedys stencil

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0499.jpg

brett if you read this i we need to go get spraypaint really bad.
I've used that exact stencil, it looks awesome when it's finished. It's on my PE shirt.

And I gave Justin that link.

[coheneran]

I've used that exact stencil, it looks awesome when it's finished. It's on my PE shirt.

And I gave Justin that link.

Thanks man. That guy is awesome.

[POINTLESS5448]

I've used that exact stencil, it looks awesome when it's finished. It's on my PE shirt.
yeah it is supposed to be sprayed on a black background with white so i think im going to spray it on my new deck and then on a shirt once i figure out how to do that.

[Weezerfan_returns]

I'm making my own invitations for my High School graduation party. I'm such a DIY punk.

[coheneran]

I'm making my own invitations for my High School graduation party. I'm such a DIY punk.

Hardcore punX!

I've started on a stencil of Brian Haw.

http://www.parliament-square.org.uk/img/portraits/index.htm

I'm doing the black and white one in the corner. I'm starting to suspect that there's a certain photographer who goes around taking pictures of people with that authentic, far away "Che" look in their eyes. It's a great pic.

[Weezerfan_returns]

Hardcore punX!
(clears throat) Um, excuse me, I believe the correct phrase is

"Up Tha Punx!".

Please use accordingly.

[AIRIC]

Gay.

[coheneran]

Gay.

No you are. Silly goose.

[Flagjacket]

You should reply and direct him to http://help.riseup.net/hosting/
They're a radicalist organisation (lots of anarchists I think) who do great stuff on the net, including anonymous email accounts etc..
An anarchist website won't move enough units for Anti-Flag.

[mullets suk]

where do you guys get the cloth spray paint...ive been to a few places like Joann’s and Michaels but neither one had cloth sprays. i ended up just getting the brush paint kind and it was really hard. I asked the employees and they looked at me like i was crazy.

also i know the stencil site is down and will be back up soon. but soon may be a while so are there any other sites that you would recommend.

[Brain Toad]

I've seen it both at Michaels and Joann's here, so I don't know why you are having so much trouble. It doesn't look like actual spray paint, it looks like those air cans you buy to clean keybaords.

[Danger Bird]

I bought some liquid fabric paint the other day. Do I just squirt it onto a tray, rub the roller on it, then roll over the stencil?

[asdf]

I bought some liquid fabric paint the other day. Do I just squirt it onto a tray, rub the roller on it, then roll over the stencil?
Yep. that or use a paint brush instead of a roller. Works just the same.

[iam2000pounds]

I bought some liquid fabric paint the other day. Do I just squirt it onto a tray, rub the roller on it, then roll over the stencil?
I use a sponge brush to paint it on.

[Danger Bird]

Did I get the right kind of fabric paint? The kind with the pointy nozzle?

EDIT: Like this:
http://www.thecrazyquilter.com/dyenaflow.htm

[iam2000pounds]

Did I get the right kind of fabric paint? The kind with the pointy nozzle?

EDIT: Like this:
http://www.thecrazyquilter.com/dyenaflow.htm

I use 'Tulip Fabric Paint', but any type probably works well.

[Danger Bird]

But is that the right, like, species of paint? That's not the exact brand I got.

[iam2000pounds]

Yep.

[yourstruly]

Anyone know any ways of bleaching hair without having to buy hair bleach?

[coheneran]

Anyone know any ways of bleaching hair without having to buy hair bleach?

Bleach is terrible for your hair, and for the environment. But the best way is to steal the bleach.

[iam2000pounds]

Stencil Punx is back up, but now it's Stencil Punks.

[coheneran]

Stencil Punx is back up, but now it's Stencil Punks.

Linky...?

[Rise Me Up]

First page Eran.

[Teeb]

http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/

[coheneran]

Awesome! I am making me a riot folk stencil as soon as I have the time.

[Flagjacket]

I gave my Riot Folks tencil to my girlfriend.

[coheneran]

I gave my Riot Folks tencil to my girlfriend.

Awww! That's so SWEET! Did she blow you?

[Danger Bird]

why are fabric paint bottles so tiny? It took a whole bottle just to do that one minor threat stencil.

[Brain Toad]

why are fabric paint bottles so tiny? It took a whole bottle just to do that one minor threat stencil.

I think you can buy bigger bottles.

The new tutorial on Stencil Punks is really interesting with the freezer paper, I may try that out.

[Danger Bird]

Are you supposed to mix them with acrylic paint?

[Brain Toad]

I don't think you are 'supposed' to, but it's a trick of the trade I guess. When I painted the checkers on my jacket, I just used it straight from the bottle.

[Brain Toad]

Inspired by this (http://i7.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/7f/55/08_1_b.JPG)

I decided to do my own Han stencil since I couldn't find an actual stencil (that hadn't been sprayed) to use.

Here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/PunkRockLoser666/hansolostencil.png) is the result

[AIRIC]

Sweet.

[coheneran]

Inspired by this (http://i7.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/7f/55/08_1_b.JPG)

I decided to do my own Han stencil since I couldn't find an actual stencil (that hadn't been sprayed) to use.

Here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/PunkRockLoser666/hansolostencil.png) is the result

Pretty damn cool. Chewbacca would be hard, but sweet. I'm gonna find a good pic of him.

[Brain Toad]

Pretty damn cool. Chewbacca would be hard, but sweet. I'm gonna find a good pic of him.

http://www.grrl.com/starwarsstencils.html has a Chewbacca and some others, but no Han. They used to I think.

[Ghostfire3]

http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/

Yes! That's awesome. I like how he re-did it.

[mullets suk]

Are you supposed to mix them with acrylic paint?


you are supposed to mix the acrylic with the fabric paint. If you read stencilpunks tutorial then he mentions something about it.

i think he said that using acrylic is fine with out mixing. and mixing is just a waste of time.

[Danger Bird]

Thanks.

Could somebody make an eyeball stencil for my "NSA IS WATCHING YOU" shirt?

[iam2000pounds]

http://www.grrl.com/starwarsstencils.html has a Chewbacca and some others, but no Han. They used to I think.

That site's sweet! I'm totally gonna make a trooper shirt.

[coheneran]

Thanks.

Could somebody make an eyeball stencil for my "NSA IS WATCHING YOU" shirt?

I am making one. It'll be hard, but I hope it comes out good. I'm only doing this because I got frustrated with trying to understand histograms, on any other day I would probably say Do-It-Yourself. ;)

[coheneran]

I've made it Led, it has some island that need lookin' at, but I figured you can do that. I have a version on Photoshop and a version on MSPaint. How do I attach?

[Danger Bird]

I don't understand the question.

[coheneran]

Attach a file to my post so youze can download it.

[Super Nintendo]

i wanna make a DIY shorts and a pair of jeans. i prolly just use some bleach on the jeans.

[coheneran]

i wanna make a DIY shorts and a pair of jeans. i prolly just use some bleach on the jeans.

Do you need help, or did you just want acknowledgement?:p

[BCT]

i am finnally going to start the bob barker stencil. that i told one of my friends i was going to do a long time ago . i love the price is right

[Danger Bird]

There are no attachments, you have to use Photoshop.

I'm starting to get used to using a roller, but it's really hard. The paint keeps just going on the stencil, and not making it through the hole to the actual fabric. I guess I just have to press really really hard.

Today my order from interpunk should arrive, which contains a DK patch for my badly-in-need-of-a-patch shoes.

[coheneran]

There are no attachments, you have to use Photoshop.

I'm starting to get used to using a roller, but it's really hard. The paint keeps just going on the stencil, and not making it through the hole to the actual fabric. I guess I just have to press really really hard.

Today my order from interpunk should arrive, which contains a DK patch for my badly-in-need-of-a-patch shoes.

You want me to email it to you? It's not that good, but it's hard to do a single-layered eye stencil. It doesn't really have a noticeable pupil, but you can see it's an eye.

[POINTLESS5448]

im going to make that defiance, ohio stencil they have on stencilpunks with the dead bird on it. i dont know what else to make.

[coheneran]

im going to make that defiance, ohio stencil they have on stencilpunks with the dead bird on it. i dont know what else to make.

Find a picture of someone you hate (preferably someone famous), photoshop it into a stencil, modify it comically/symbolically, print, glue on card, cut, spray. Laugh.

[POINTLESS5448]

:lol: :lol: :lol:
thats sounds pretty intense
ill have brett (bct) do it for me. his mohammad shirt is the best.

[coheneran]

:lol: :lol: :lol:
thats sounds pretty intense
ill have brett (bct) do it for me. his mohammad shirt is the best.

How DIY punx of you. Lay-Z-Boy.

[Golan]

Whats the number one method for spraying on a flat surface? Like...materials and that stuff.

[POINTLESS5448]

How DIY punx of you. Lay-Z-Boy.
yeah yeah yeah
if i were to do it, it would suck, and bretts crazy good at doing layered stencils of people and whatnot.

[coheneran]

Whats the number one method for spraying on a flat surface? Like...materials and that stuff.

Usually, I find that applying pressure to the top of the nozzle and aiming it at said surface gets the job done. start up from about a foot away, and then bring it in closer until it's at the right distance to spray evenly and clearly.

yeah yeah yeah
if i were to do it, it would suck, and bretts crazy good at doing layered stencils of people and whatnot.

Practice makes perfect dude. Maybe I will try a multi-layered stencil once I finish my current project.

[good rats]

Whats the number one method for spraying on a flat surface? Like...materials and that stuff.
Umm...flat surface? Hold the can like..30 cm's away from the surface, and spray slowly all over the stencil, teh keep going until theres a nice think coat on there.

But make sure it doesn't drip.

[Danger Bird]

You want me to email it to you? It's not that good, but it's hard to do a single-layered eye stencil. It doesn't really have a noticeable pupil, but you can see it's an eye.
Oh, I'm sorry, I mean you have to use photobucket. My mistake, sorry.

[coheneran]

Ok, here it is, but it's pretty crap.

http://i4.tinypic.com/zx2l1c.jpg

Good luck. I will remember your username and you owe me now:p. I am a Don by the way.

[POINTLESS5448]

Practice makes perfect dude. Maybe I will try a multi-layered stencil once I finish my current project.
i have a 2 layer dead kennedys stencil that i have yet to spray on anything. i think im going to spray it on my deck but im all out of spraypaint at the moment.

[coheneran]

Spraypaint is so damn expensive, it really pisses me off.

[POINTLESS5448]

its like $2 a can for the cheapest one which is hte one i use. i like it and its not that its expensive its that it doesnt last very long.

[coheneran]

Mine cost £5, but I have a feeling I was ripped off.

[asdf]

For the wall I want to paint I want to try spraypaint, but I don't see my dad letting that happen. Since he paints houses for a living, he's probably going to see something very wrong with me using cheap spraypaint on his nicely done wall. And besides, he's allready got cans of paint for me to use.

[POINTLESS5448]

if you have the good **** you might as well use it.

[coheneran]

if you have the good **** you might as well use it.

I know, I would, but I don't know how to roll and I can't be bothered to make a bong.

[asdf]

if you have the good **** you might as well use it.
Yeah, that's true. Plus I've never used spraypaint, so I'd likely mess up. The thing is, I wouldn't really have that much variety. He has a lot of black and white, and maybe a little bit of red left over from my room, but that's it. I kind of want more colors, since I want to do some good layered stuff.

[good rats]

I just use the cheap stuff. Aus Exports. :cool:
They are alright. The silver is good, the black is good, but there whites and yellows and reds are runny as hell.

I wanna try some Montana sometime.

Plus, I'm also working on a couple of 1 or so metre high stencils, I'm going to spray them on the street maybe.

[POINTLESS5448]

Yeah, that's true. Plus I've never used spraypaint, so I'd likely mess up. The thing is, I wouldn't really have that much variety. He has a lot of black and white, and maybe a little bit of red left over from my room, but that's it. I kind of want more colors, since I want to do some good layered stuff.
he probably has all the hookups though so he could get you more and in tons of different colors.

[asdf]

he probably has all the hookups though so he could get you more and in tons of different colors.
True. He'd probably make me pay for it, though. He get's a discount from Sevens, though. Unless it's left over or in our garage or something, it's not free.

[ratsinthecity403]

Hmm...I have a bit of a problem because I don't know what to do here.
I want to take some artwork by Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni) and sew it onto my jacket...not just sew on a patch; I want to have it so the thread actually makes the lines. So I need to find some way to temporarily transfer the design to a black denim jacket in a 100% accurate way, that won't come out quickly but I can still wash it out or something.
If nothing else, I'll have to take tracing paper, pin it onto my jacket and sew over it and rip it off later...but that's a last resort.

[Golan]

Just ask, the idea that you are interested in paint may be enough to get you it.

[coheneran]

Hmm...I have a bit of a problem because I don't know what to do here.
I want to take some artwork by Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni) and sew it onto my jacket...not just sew on a patch; I want to have it so the thread actually makes the lines. So I need to find some way to temporarily transfer the design to a black denim jacket in a 100% accurate way, that won't come out quickly but I can still wash it out or something.
If nothing else, I'll have to take tracing paper, pin it onto my jacket and sew over it and rip it off later...but that's a last resort.

What colour is the patch material? You could use a felt-tip pen and sew over the design. I think the tracing paper idea would be hard and impractical, it'll rip off too easily in the middle of sewing and you would lose yourself.

[ratsinthecity403]

There is no patch...and I can't use a pen to draw the design on because it's really high detail and I can't get that accurate. Example:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001V1V.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

That's pretty much why I don't want to use tracing paper though. And it might get stuck and not rip out from under the thread well.

[iam2000pounds]

Hmm...I have a bit of a problem because I don't know what to do here.
I want to take some artwork by Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni) and sew it onto my jacket...not just sew on a patch; I want to have it so the thread actually makes the lines. So I need to find some way to temporarily transfer the design to a black denim jacket in a 100% accurate way, that won't come out quickly but I can still wash it out or something.
If nothing else, I'll have to take tracing paper, pin it onto my jacket and sew over it and rip it off later...but that's a last resort.

That would look pretty cool.
Just trace the picture on with a pen and sew over it, as said before.

[coheneran]

There is no patch...and I can't use a pen to draw the design on because it's really high detail and I can't get that accurate. Example:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001V1V.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

That's pretty much why I don't want to use tracing paper though. And it might get stuck and not rip out from under the thread well.

Holy Jesus in High Hells! You want to draw that out on a jacket WITH THREAD?

[asdf]

Hmm...I have a bit of a problem because I don't know what to do here.
I want to take some artwork by Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni) and sew it onto my jacket...not just sew on a patch; I want to have it so the thread actually makes the lines. So I need to find some way to temporarily transfer the design to a black denim jacket in a 100% accurate way, that won't come out quickly but I can still wash it out or something.
If nothing else, I'll have to take tracing paper, pin it onto my jacket and sew over it and rip it off later...but that's a last resort.
I don't completely understand. Are you planning to embroider?

Because it can be done, but the image you want will be very difficult. My mom hand-embroidered this image of elton john http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1975/1101750707_400.jpg and it looks sweet.

Basically, what she did was she drew on the image by hand, labeling the colors, and then just... sewed. However, that image you picked seems extremely difficult to duplicate by hand.

The only thing I can really think of is print out the image onto paper. From there, sew the paper onto the material. Then sew over the paper. The paper will either be completely covered up, or you can like... rip it out when it's done. Not sure how that would work out.

[iam2000pounds]

There is no patch...and I can't use a pen to draw the design on because it's really high detail and I can't get that accurate. Example:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001V1V.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

That's pretty much why I don't want to use tracing paper though. And it might get stuck and not rip out from under the thread well.

I can assure you that doing that will take a very, very long time.

[coheneran]

I hate to disappoint you dude, but if you want to have that much detail and only use black, white and grey, the final product will probably look like a jumble of strings and knots, unless you are very skilled at sewing. You could try just the general outline though, and some of the more prominent shapes that are on the inside.

[Flagjacket]

What the **** is that supposed to be?

[Anarcho Poser]

That will be tremendously difficult and time consuming.

The only way I could think of is to, as has been said, sew it through the paper, unless you can find some sort of temporary iron-on paper.

I was going to hand embroider something once, but I decided it was going to take a very lot of effort -- effort which I wasn't ready to put forth.

[Zorg]

I cut up my too small Joy Division shirt and safty pinned the Unknown Pleasures design around my arm. I probably look like an idiot and dont' know it.

[Anarcho Poser]

I cut up my too small Joy Division shirt and safty pinned the Unknown Pleasures design around my arm. I probably look like an idiot and dont' know it.
Pics?

[Zorg]

Pics?

Not sure if I can get pics tonight. Tomorrow for sure though.

[POINTLESS5448]

sew it onto sometihng.

[mullets suk]

So i wanted to make this in to a stencil: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/knife.jpg

I dont know what i should cut out to make it in to a knife. Do i cut the inside out or should i cut in between the two lines?

In the end im hoping it will turn in to a "Kill Your Television" picture and the knife going in to a TV.

[ratsinthecity403]

cut the inside out, that shoud work.

And yes, I realize exactly what I'm getting into with my jacket project. I don't plan to finish it too quickly. The image is really bad quality too, I just can't find any good examples.

[incubass]

So i wanted to make this in to a stencil: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/knife.jpg

I dont know what i should cut out to make it in to a knife. Do i cut the inside out or should i cut in between the two lines?

In the end im hoping it will turn in to a "Kill Your Television" picture and the knife going in to a TV.

if u want it to look right ur gona need to make like 2-4 bridges to connect the knife to the outline of it

[asdf]

I had this image in my head all day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/image.jpg

No big concept. I was just thinking about how odd it's going to be that theres's going to be people knowing only of ipods and MP3 players. Vinyl, Tapes, CD's... a thing of the past.

[skavid]

My god, I wish I could do anything that involved art as well as this guy:

http://gprime.net/images/sidewalkchalkguy/

[AIRIC]

Wow I know that is amazing. I saw that a few months ago.

[Anarcho Poser]

Yeah, that dude's pretty sick.

[iam2000pounds]

That's crazy.

[nitzguy]

jesus!~

[coheneran]

I saw a guy do something like that (3D imaging with chalk) in Edinburgh. What they do is draw a distorted image (the one I saw was a strange elongated image of the Earth, as if it was being stretched) then they have a weird lense set up on a tripod, and you look at the drawing through the lense and it looks three dimensional. But this guy's pictures are amazing! Some of them look too real to be true.

[mullets suk]

if u want it to look right ur gona need to make like 2-4 bridges to connect the knife to the outline of it

when you say tht do you mean something like this:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/knife2.jpg

only the bridges being a little bit bigger. i drew in the bridges quickly in paint.

[dropkickstreetpunk2]

I saw a guy do something like that (3D imaging with chalk) in Edinburgh. What they do is draw a distorted image (the one I saw was a strange elongated image of the Earth, as if it was being stretched) then they have a weird lense set up on a tripod, and you look at the drawing through the lense and it looks three dimensional. But this guy's pictures are amazing! Some of them look too real to be true.

Actually, I think that's the same guy. His name is Julian Beever and I know he did an Earth drawing. That must be his secret!

[coheneran]

Actually, I think that's the same guy. His name is Julian Beever and I know he did an Earth drawing. That must be his secret!

Ah. Is he English? He got pretty mad at me for walking on his drawing. Damn arrogant fool! What did he think was gonna happen when he drew it on a pavement?

[incubass]

when you say tht do you mean something like this:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/knife2.jpg

only the bridges being a little bit bigger. i drew in the bridges quickly in paint.

yea thats exactly what i meant.cause then it will just fall apart and be 2 different images so then u just go back and paint where the bridges were back in.

[good rats]

So today I went to the Stencil Festival.

Holy crap. So many good artists there. There stencils are crazy. So friggen detailed! Think like..10 layer stencils. Finest details.

The area the festival was at has got so much great street art. I'm going back tomorrow to check the festival out again, and to also put some paste ups around.

[Flagjacket]

Sounds awesome. Take pictures?

[good rats]

Sounds awesome. Take pictures?
Nah, you aren't allowed to take pictures in there. But we took like..70 pictures of all the graffiti and stencils in the area.

I'll try and sneak some pictures today.

[coheneran]

Nah, you aren't allowed to take pictures in there. But we took like..70 pictures of all the graffiti and stencils in the area..

That's so stupid. What are they afraid of, that someone will steal the artistic design they spray illegally all over the street? That's like wanting to copyright a new kind of heroin so no one steals it off you. They know they made the design, they have the personal satisfaction of having created it, what else do they want? A cheque?!

[Ghostfire3]

That's so stupid. What are they afraid of, that someone will steal the artistic design they spray illegally all over the street? That's like wanting to copyright a new kind of heroin so no one steals it off you. They know they made the design, they have the personal satisfaction of having created it, what else do they want? A cheque?!

Yes.

[coheneran]

Yes.

:amaze: :angry:

[Danger Bird]

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

I cannot wait to sink my teeth into this!!!

[asdf]

I'm going to loan my minor threat stencil to a kid I don't really like.

Seem like a good idea?

I don't really care as long as he doesn't use it to graffiti around where I live (he's a tagger), and as long as I get it back.

[Danger Bird]

Could somebody make a stencil of the Robocop logo? I'm going to do the logo, then the picture, and then the words "Dead or alive, you're coming with me". I've already got the dead or alive part, all I need is the logo. Thanks.

EDIT: Here's a test spray of the picture part.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/rcstenciltest.jpg

[POINTLESS5448]

it looks good but i think it will be hard to tell that its robocop unless you already know. also it would be cool to make it a 2 layer stencil and make the eye part red. im not sure if its red im thinkin like cyclops from xmen but regardless it would look cool.

[Anarcho Poser]

I'm going to loan my minor threat stencil to a kid I don't really like.

Seem like a good idea?

I don't really care as long as he doesn't use it to graffiti around where I live (he's a tagger), and as long as I get it back.
As long as you can trust the kid not to do that, it doesn't seem like a bad idea.

[Golan]

Definately a bad call to lend a TAGGER a stencil that you don't want TAGGED all over your neighborhood. Tell him to make his own, it's more punk that way.

[good rats]

Could somebody make a stencil of the Robocop logo? I'm going to do the logo, then the picture, and then the words "Dead or alive, you're coming with me". I've already got the dead or alive part, all I need is the logo. Thanks.

EDIT: Here's a test spray of the picture part.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/rcstenciltest.jpg
Get some spray adhesive. It will hold the stencil down better and the stencil will look heaps cleaner.

I use Krylon Easy Tak. Good stuff

[coheneran]

Get some spray adhesive. It will hold the stencil down better and the stencil will look heaps cleaner.

I use Krylon Easy Tak. Good stuff

I quite like the off-spray. It adds a bit of pretty shading, and helps fill in the bridges but still keeps the stencil image clear.

[me likes punk]

Get some spray adhesive. It will hold the stencil down better and the stencil will look heaps cleaner.

I use Krylon Easy Tak. Good stuff


He said it was just a test spray.

[Super Nintendo]

Do you need help, or did you just want acknowledgement?:p
i want some ideas, i was thinking of writing something but idk

[coheneran]

i want some ideas, i was thinking of writing something but idk

Try writing a song!

[iam2000pounds]

We're close to 300 pages of DIY.

[Converge#12]

Hardcore hat!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/Misftisomaniac/20051118_01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/Misftisomaniac/20051118_02.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/Misftisomaniac/20051118_03.jpg
You bought that patch from a Newbury Comics or something.

[Matt?]

could someone explain how stenciling works, i'm curious

[Anarcho Poser]

could someone explain how stenciling works, i'm curious
You cut out the shape of something on a piece of cardboard or thick paper, then paint the spaces that have been cut out, and the image of the stencil is transferred to whatever you were painting it on.

[Matt?]

ahh so people like print out the pictures and cut them out on cardboard or something?

[coheneran]

could someone explain how stenciling works, i'm curious

Like shadow puppets, but using paint and a precisely cut hole instead of light and your hand.

[Flagjacket]

This guys seriously doesn't know what a stencil is?

[SantaDuJuan]

This guys seriously doesn't know what a stencil is?
Maybe he doesn't get how you make a stencil to paint on clothes and so on.

[Golan]

http://www.stencilrevolution.com/homepage.php
http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/

[me likes punk]

Maybe he doesn't get how you make a stencil to paint on clothes and so on.


Who's in your avatar?

[Rise Me Up]

Who's in your avatar?

Ian Curtis.

[Danger Bird]

He said it was just a test spray.
Right, I did it in like 2 seconds, the final will look much better.

[asdf]

Definately a bad call to lend a TAGGER a stencil that you don't want TAGGED all over your neighborhood. Tell him to make his own, it's more punk that way.
Yeah, I just want to see if he will use it like he says he will. I'm really trying to have this kid be on my good side, but it's just so difficult, because he's just such a tool.

[SantaDuJuan]

Ian Curtis.
Thank you. :)

[justin toxicated]

stencil punks has just been updated.

not so much stencils just more of design changes. it should be easier to view/load stencils now.

enjoy.

[Ghostfire3]

stencil punks has just been updated.

not so much stencils just more of design changes. it should be easier to view/load stencils now.

enjoy.

Holy crap! It's Justin Toxicated! How'd you hear about MX?

[Flagjacket]

Make him prove it.

[D & V]

noods plz, justin toxicated.

[ratsinthecity403]

I take it no one has any ideas of how to sew a Rudimentary Peni picture onto a jacket...
because I'm still kind of lost.
How's the EPs of RP Cd booklet for artwork, anyways?

[iam2000pounds]

Is it really Justin Toxicated?

[Culture Shock]

I take it no one has any ideas of how to sew a Rudimentary Peni picture onto a jacket...
because I'm still kind of lost.
How's the EPs of RP Cd booklet for artwork, anyways?

Don't know. I have it on vinyl!

[justin toxicated]

stop it. stop it. you act like im famous or something. i'm just a geek with too much time on his hands.

i recently put a counter on the index page of the site, it generates statistical information. one of the stats is a "last page viewed" feature and the seventh most popular click-from address is this forum. at least in the last day anyway.

[iam2000pounds]

Cool. Hi.

300 pages!

[justin toxicated]

hi.

yeah, thats a bit excessive. at this point: someone should just make a new subforum.

[Sid]

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Justin Toxicated? like Just Intoxicated? That is really clever. You are a clever, clever man. I bet your parents got a kick out of that one.

Oh slam, internet burn.

two points.

[justin toxicated]

my parents are dead you insensitive prick.

[coheneran]

I take it no one has any ideas of how to sew a Rudimentary Peni picture onto a jacket...
because I'm still kind of lost.

Try embroidering it.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Justin Toxicated? like Just Intoxicated? That is really clever. You are a clever, clever man. I bet your parents got a kick out of that one.

Oh slam, internet burn.

two points.

Unlike Sid, which is completely original and sounds nothing like a well known member of a crappy punk band. :p

[D & V]

Try embroidering it.



Unlike Sid, which is completely original and sounds nothing like a well known member of a crappy punk band. :p
HAh

[Converge#12]

Hey i have a question how does one secure the stenicil to fabric in order to spray. Also when do you take the stencil off after spraying.

[Anarcho Poser]

Hey i have a question how does one secure the stenicil to fabric in order to spray. Also when do you take the stencil off after spraying.
I usually just tape down the corners. You could use a weak adhesive (a gluestick or somehting) or double-sided tape (or just roll the tape).]

And I don't think it really matters too much when you take off the stencil.

[Converge#12]

Okay thanks

[AIRIC]

I was just gonna tell Justin Toxicated to go away but then I realized this wasn't the community thread! :p

[Converge#12]

What spray paint do I use is there special fabric spray paint or can I just use regular?

[justin toxicated]

i recently wrote/posted a new tutorial on how to stencil onto fabric using Freezer Paper. when you use freezer paper, it bonds the stencil to the fabric and there's next to no space between the two so theres little to no over/underspray. thats probably your best bet if you're spraying/rolling the design.

take note: spraypaint on fabric fades quickly and looks crappy.

[Converge#12]

i recently wrote/posted a new tutorial on how to stencil onto fabric using Freezer Paper. when you use freezer paper, it bonds the stencil to the fabric and there's next to no space between the two so theres little to no over/underspray. thats probably your best bet if you're spraying/rolling the design.

take note: spraypaint on fabric fades quickly and looks crappy.
what if i was making patches and wasnt washing them?

[Liebensaft]

You'd probably be fine then. They make spray fabric paint, and that might work well.

[Converge#12]

You'd probably be fine then. They make spray fabric paint, and that might work well.
where can I purchase that?

[justin toxicated]

craft stores have pump fabric or acrylic paint. the tutorial i wrote uses a foam paint roller and cheap acrylic paint: works great. check it out, its worth a read.

[Liebensaft]

where can I purchase that?
Any kind of craft store might have it. A good start would be Jo-Ann's Fabrics if there's one in your area. I'm pretty sure they're national. You could also try Michael's Craft store, or something else along those lines.

[POINTLESS5448]

take note: spraypaint on fabric fades quickly and looks crappy.
yeah a couple of my shirts are fading. its weird because i have a shirt i sprayed a long time ago before i started doing it all the time and it hasnt faded. i guess it could be the type of shirt or paint but i think im using the same paint. whatever.

[Chicken And Waffuls]

i jammed my toe today playing hacky sac and it is killing me. is there any way to heal it?

[justin toxicated]

i jammed my toe today playing hacky sac and it is killing me. is there any way to heal it?
quit being a hippy. that helps.

boots next time.

[Chicken And Waffuls]

if i had boots i wouldnt be a hippy. i was wearing sandals.