DIY Thread

[Flagjacket]

Hackey sack is for the people, not just hippies. I'm the punkest person in this forum and I rule at hackey sack.

[POINTLESS5448]

so one time my friend bea was wearing a virginia university shirt and my other friend jon the gay thought it said omnibus so im going to make him this shirt:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/VAG.gif (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/VAGINA.gif)

[justin toxicated]

you can't be the punkest person on here unless you've got an "up teh punx" tattoo over your heart and are addicted to heroin.

end of story.

ps: "up teh pux"

[Anarcho Poser]

i jammed my toe today playing hacky sac and it is killing me. is there any way to heal it?
Don't kick things.

so one time my friend bea was wearing a virginia university shirt and my other friend jon the gay thought it said omnibus so im going to make him this shirt:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/omnibus.gif
itll be 2 layers.
I never thought to used the bandwidth limit exceeded picture! Looks difficult.

you can't be the punkest person on here unless you've got an "up teh punx" tattoo over your heart and are addicted to heroin.
He has a point.

[Rise Me Up]

I think I lol'ed at every one of your replies. ^ Good work.

[Golan]

I heard Ian MacKaye wears flip flops.

[POINTLESS5448]

ok i cant get it to work ill just make it and take pictures of it later.

[Anarcho Poser]

I heard Ian MacKaye wears flip flops.
I heard flip-flops are the faggotiest excuse for footwear on the planet.

[Brain Toad]

Tell that to most of my college.

[Anarcho Poser]

Or most of any college, for that matter.

[AIRIC]

Today I wore my dockshoes.

[incubass]

im gonna make a state radio patch and i was wonderin whats a good material for patches preferably a little thicker than a t-shirt. Or does any craft store sell just like sections of fabric that i could cut into a small square or rectangle? Thanks for the help

[skavid]

im gonna make a state radio patch and i was wonderin whats a good material for patches preferably a little thicker than a t-shirt. Or does any fabric store sell just like sections of fabric that i could cut into a small square or rectangle? Thanks for the help

I bought an approx. 10 ft. square piece of painter's canvas from my school's bookstore, and it worked fine for patches.

[incubass]

^cool, what color is it though, i forgot to say that i would prefer black.

[Brain Toad]

You can buy black canvas at most fabric stores. I have some, that I never use because I'm lazy and don't make patches.

[incubass]

alright thanks ill go check michaels or jo-ann fabrics soon.

[Anarcho Poser]

They will almost definitely have some.

[Ghostfire3]

I heard Ian MacKaye wears flip flops.

OMG! Punk gossip(sp?)!

[coheneran]

DON'T SPEND MONEY ON FABRIC! It is completely pointless. Go to a tailor's and ask if they have any spare cuttings, or go to the back of a fabric store and have a rummage through their garbage.

/Punk has lost its way:upset:

[Brain Toad]

Aren't you punk as **** :rolleyes:

[coheneran]

Damn straight.

Got hold of a bunch of Anti-ID pamphlets and a whole lot of Resistance bulletins today, had a good time handing them out in the rain.

In DIY news, I made a stencil of Emiliano Zapata, and I'm going to make one for the St. Patrick's Battalion, but there's no pics of them (seeing as it was in the Mexico-American war), anyone have any ideas?

[Golan]

Viva los zapatistas!

[coheneran]

Viva los zapatistas!

Are you Israeli?

Viva la San Patricios!

[AIRIC]

No he's not Israeli.

[coheneran]

Golan is a Jewish name.

[AIRIC]

yo ERAN SHUT UP.

[coheneran]

So is Eric. I know a guy called Eric.

I'm going to develop a way to make portable, concealable, practical and quick protest placards. I will need tape.

[Golan]

I'm not Israeli, but congratulations on being officially the first person to ask me that.

Try stickers for your protest placards (much harder to get off walls than mere tape)

[Shelvey]

Well, I printed my first shirt tonight with some fabric paint, a foam brush, and some card stock. I was prety sloppy with it, but I dig the results. I've got soem plans for some more detailed ones to come too. I'll post shots of them as they come.

Sublime Shirt: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=43789009&imageID=766726107&MyToken=21329dbc-2024-45c5-b4d9-8fab2da75045

Thanks to everyone who posted stuff in here about printing.

[justin toxicated]

ive def seen worse. not bad for a beginner. next time give Freezer Paper a shot.

[Anarcho Poser]

It did come out pretty sloppy, but not too bad.

[good rats]

So I just ran out of spray adhesive.

Le sigh.

[coheneran]

Get four or five pieces of blank card, about 2 and a half feet long and a foot wide. Line them up so they form a neat square, with the blank bit facing down. Tape along the seams were one card ends and another begins, and voilla! You have a blank placard that you can fold up to be just 2 1/2 feet long and 1 foot wide without creasing the cards. Now just draw your design on the blank part. I wrote Protect Free Speech on mine with a pencil, just to see if it fits. Then I thickened the writing with the pencil, then I got a black permanent marker and filled it in properly. Gave the marker a few minutes to dry out properly, folded it up, and marched out to Parliament Square. That took me less than half an hour to make.

I used advertising cards I liberated from the Tube, they're pretty sturdy but they're thin, which is good, and they can be rolled up without much damage to the card.

[good rats]

Get four or five pieces of blank card, about 2 and a half feet long and a foot wide. Line them up so they form a neat square, with the blank bit facing down. Tape along the seams were one card ends and another begins, and voilla! You have a blank placard that you can fold up to be just 2 1/2 feet long and 1 foot wide without creasing the cards. Now just draw your design on the blank part. I wrote Protect Free Speech on mine with a pencil, just to see if it fits. Then I thickened the writing with the pencil, then I got a black permanent marker and filled it in properly. Gave the marker a few minutes to dry out properly, folded it up, and marched out to Parliament Square. That took me less than half an hour to make.

I used advertising cards I liberated from the Tube, they're pretty sturdy but they're thin, which is good, and they can be rolled up without much damage to the card.
If you are looking to make big poster type things try making some wheatpaste and using that to put posters up.

You could put the wheatpaste in a bottle in your bag, along with a brush. THen just roll up the poster.

And when wheatpaste dries it's nearly impossible to get off.

I wonder if that even made sense..

[coheneran]

Yeah, I know what you mean. But this is the sort of placard you use for holding at protests. The problem is that the cops have patrols around planned protest zones on the day and when they see a bunch of kids holding placards and walking in that direction, they give us hassle.

[Danger Bird]

I used a big stencil to make a big "BLACK POWER!" fist on my civil rights timeline for school. I also have a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. shooting pool behind his back.

[justin toxicated]

im very much into urban exploration and odd buildings in general and i found this one website some time ago that documented all these strange buildings in my county/state. it was kind of like a Weird "your state here" magazine without the little kids from hot topic driving two hours to see a penis-shaped tree. anyway, on the site once i saw that whoever made the site posted this abandoned building in my city that i never knew about and on one of the walls someone spraypainted the ghost-mascot from Ghostbusters with it's fist in the air (instead of one or two fingers) and it said "Black Power" in the ghostbusters font.

it was pretty hilarious. by the time i found the land that the person documented, both the stencil and the majority of the building had been demolished.

[coheneran]

Bummer. I finally managed to get a copy of the Squatters Handbook, next time I have a free Sunday or Saturday, I'll probably scan it onto PDF, or photocopy it.

[iam2000pounds]

Get four or five pieces of blank card, about 2 and a half feet long and a foot wide. Line them up so they form a neat square, with the blank bit facing down. Tape along the seams were one card ends and another begins, and voilla! You have a blank placard that you can fold up to be just 2 1/2 feet long and 1 foot wide without creasing the cards. Now just draw your design on the blank part. I wrote Protect Free Speech on mine with a pencil, just to see if it fits. Then I thickened the writing with the pencil, then I got a black permanent marker and filled it in properly. Gave the marker a few minutes to dry out properly, folded it up, and marched out to Parliament Square. That took me less than half an hour to make.

I used advertising cards I liberated from the Tube, they're pretty sturdy but they're thin, which is good, and they can be rolled up without much damage to the card.

That sounds pretty cool.

[justin toxicated]

def scan it.

[asdf]

Justin, have you heard of using transparencies (like the stuff they use for overhead projectors at schools) for multi-layered stencils? Print out the layers onto transparencies, and since it's clear, it's easier to line up one image on top of the next.

I saw someone doing something similar to this on some site (but I'm not exactly sure if it's the same material), and I was just wondering if you knew if this worked or not.

[POINTLESS5448]

those things are probably expensive.

[asdf]

those things are probably expensive.
Not really. If my teacher was willing to just give some to me, they can't be that bad. I'll just go to office max and see. If they are expensive, then oh well, I go back to posterboard.

But I just printed of a transparency with two of my photos on it. For my photography class if you want a negative image, you have to go through this difficult process in a very dim darlight (dimmer than usual) and use really expensive paper that is very delicate. With this, I just print off my images, and don't even worry about using my teacher's expensive paper.

[Anarcho Poser]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not that expensive, and it seems like a really goo way to do multi-layered stencils.

[Golan]

transparency paper = comes in really small packages + usually quite expensive

[good rats]

I've got some acetate lying around that would be great for multilayers but I still need to find something decent to use it for.

When I make my multilayers I just use normal paper, normally laminated for each layer. But it can be hard to line up good.

[justin toxicated]

ive tried overhead transparency sheets, aka clear cover sheets that you can get from any copy center that does binding (book reports that need a shiny thin plastic cover) and they cost about 7 cents. i used to work in a copy center. i tried the acetate overlay sheets as well as a folder-style laminate laminated to itself (a thick sheet of plastic). both work pretty well and are generally easy to clean because its plastic.

also, you can go to a staples or something, as for one of their boxes of black and white transparency sheets (theyve got tons) and tell them you're gonna be doing some self-serve copies onto transparency sheets. when they're not looking, generally when they're busy, shove a large amount of the sheets into a folder in your backpack, the 3 stencil copies onto the transparency sheets and have her ring you up for 3 transparency copies.

if you're going to use acetate overlays for stencils, i'd suggest getting some spray adhesive. i've personally never done it with adhesive but it seems to me that itd work out pretty well. spray the bottom side of the stencil lightly with some spray adhesive. wait a few seconds for the spray to harden slightly and then put the stencil on your shirt. tape it down if you want to be extra careful.

ive done t-shirt printing with transparency sheets and its worked just fine, the same as if i used a sheet of cardstock. transparency's better because it doesnt warp with paint, and you can just rinse it off, dry it with a paper towel and use the stencil again.

ps: i wrote out a bunch of tutorials on diy-auction.com/diy. search jono or justin toxicated and you'll see my ****. jono's a handle i went by back in the day.

[good rats]

Btw I've made so many stencils and gone through so much paint, but I've never made any type of clothing using them.

I'm more of a street artist.

Actually I've never made any type of clothing full stop. Is there like an..Official Street Art thread anywhere?

[coheneran]

I've made about three pieces of clothing from my stencils. They're supposed to be for street art, but spray paint is expensive and I am just plain lazy.

[good rats]

I've made about three pieces of clothing from my stencils. They're supposed to be for street art, but spray paint is expensive and I am just plain lazy.
My spray paint costs me like..$2.50 a can. Which is like...99c in America or something.

[coheneran]

My spray paint costs me like..$2.50 a can. Which is like...99c in America or something.

I bought spray-paint here once, it was a ****ty blue and it cost me a fiver. It also goes runny if the temperatur is too cold, ie. it always is here.

[Mannik]

Btw I've made so many stencils and gone through so much paint, but I've never made any type of clothing using them.

I'm more of a street artist.

Actually I've never made any type of clothing full stop. Is there like an..Official Street Art thread anywhere?

There's an entire street art forum, not on mx, somewhere else, I'll ask my friend I'm seeing today where it is.

Speaking of street art, I hear AC/DC lane in Melbourne has some sick stuff, you been there?

[coheneran]

There's an AC/DC Lane!?

/Puts Melbourne on his To-Do List.

[Flagjacket]

Yeah, but the sign itself looks retarded. They left out the lightning bolt,. so someone put up their own lightning bolt but it's too big.

[Brain Toad]

How the hell do you have AC/DC without the lightning bolt?

[Golan]

haha @ AC(no lightning)DC

[Dumpweedrock]

I need help making shirts for my band. we tryed iron on's they didn't work.
We just need some tips on how other bands make thier shirts in bulk, like any websites you used or any methods you used. thanks

[the-UK-ska-scene]

stickers, stickers, everywhere. I just got a second hand typewriter and stole my brothers airbrush which he's never used. Yes. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1312.jpg)

[coheneran]

stickers, stickers, everywhere. I just got a second hand typewriter and stole my brothers airbrush which he's never used. Yes. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/skaskaskaska/DSCN1312.jpg)

That's a brilliant idea, I'm gonna be on the lookout for typewriters now!

I like the drawing of an Incan Sun God.:p

[Converge#12]

I need help making shirts for my band. we tryed iron on's they didn't work.
We just need some tips on how other bands make thier shirts in bulk, like any websites you used or any methods you used. thanks
Find any screen printing company.

[coheneran]

Or do your own screen-printing. It's not too complicated, and it'll cost about 30-40 pounds (that's paint, which is expensive for this type, though you can do it with acrylic mixed with Textile Medium, and there's the screen-mesh, and the squidgy to apply the paint).

[the-UK-ska-scene]

That's a brilliant idea, I'm gonna be on the lookout for typewriters now!

I like the drawing of an Incan Sun God.:p

:lol: thanks...

Today my mum tells me my grandpa has a couple of typewriters he's trying to get rid of! After I bought one, argh. But it only cost me £5, you should easily find one for that or cheaper if you keep a look out in charity shops :thumb:

[coheneran]

Making space cakes today! Does this belong in DIY? I hope so, I have some questions...

[Converge#12]

Does anyone have a Malcolm X stencil or know where I can find one?

[Danger Bird]

Does anyone have a Malcolm X stencil or know where I can find one?
Don't bother, Malcolm X was an asshole.

[coheneran]

http://www.american.edu/bgriff/H207web/civrights/malcolmX.jpg

http://www.stencilrevolution.com/tutorials/tutorialsview.php?id=4

A good photo of X and a tutorial on photo-to-stencil conversion.

[Rise Me Up]

Don't bother, Malcolm X was an asshole.

:eek:

[Ghostfire3]

Don't bother, Malcolm X was an asshole.

He was an asshole at one point in his life but then he got cooler.

[Danger Bird]

Sorry, I don't look up to racists.

[coheneran]

Whatever Mr. David Byrne Was A Saint.

[Danger Bird]

Agreed.

[coheneran]

You know he was a pro-fascist right?

[Danger Bird]

lol, David Byrne from the Talking Heads, man. The guy in my avatar.

[coheneran]

Shuddup man! They had two good songs. TWO!

[Danger Bird]

Shuddup man! They had two good songs. TWO!
Blasphemy!

[Ghostfire3]

Sorry, I don't look up to racists.

He preached black superiority before he traveled to Mecca and realized he was wrong so then he began to preach racial equality. So like I said before, he was an asshole but then he changed his ways.

[asdf]

He preached black superiority before he traveled to Mecca and realized he was wrong so then he began to preach racial equality. So like I said before, he was an asshole but then he changed his ways.
Too bad he was assasinated kind of soon after that, and is generally remembered for preaching black superiority.

[Danger Bird]

He preached black superiority before he traveled to Mecca and realized he was wrong so then he began to preach racial equality. So like I said before, he was an asshole but then he changed his ways.
Well I still don't support violence, and he still used his influence mainly to advocate hate and prejudice. I don't care if he changed his mind later, he was a racist for most of his life.

[coheneran]

He preached black superiority before he traveled to Mecca and realized he was wrong so then he began to preach racial equality. So like I said before, he was an asshole but then he changed his ways.

Like Bin Laden.

[asdf]

Like Bin Laden.
Explain.

[coheneran]

Bin Laden preached Muslim superiority (by blowing things up), and when he killed three thousand people and set off a chain of events that started a world war against the middle east, he saw the error of his ways and hasn't attacked anyone since, but instead wanders the mountains in solitude and ponders, with the occasional prophetic message of peace.

[Danger Bird]

Bin Laden preached Muslim superiority (by blowing things up), and when he killed three thousand people and set off a chain of events that started a world war against the middle east, he saw the error of his ways and hasn't attacked anyone since, but instead wanders the mountains in solitude and ponders, with the occasional prophetic message of peace.
That's not true in the least. He still advocates war against America.

[Converge#12]

Honestly I only asked cause my friend wants a Malcolm X shirt. Yes, Malcolm X was a jerk. But this isnt the politics thread.

[coheneran]

Look what you did Converge! You're just like Bin Laden! You set off a dangerous series of events by making one silly little statement (and somewhere, three thousand lives are dying).

Guys, I was kidding about the whole Bin Laden thing.

[Danger Bird]

So what point were you trying to make?

[coheneran]

What are you talking about? It was a friendly exchange of insults and talking crap at each other!

[Danger Bird]

Oh, sweet! You filthy racist pig!

[coheneran]

Oh, sweet! You filthy racist pig!

Dude, harsh. I have a porcine left ventricle which I'm very sensitive about.

[Danger Bird]

Soo-eeeeeeeeee!

/hopes you get that

[coheneran]

Hah! Nailed you!

[Brain Toad]

Well I still don't support violence, and he still used his influence mainly to advocate hate and prejudice. I don't care if he changed his mind later, he was a racist for most of his life.

Wow, I didn't think you could get any dumber.

[Ghostfire3]

Yeah, he's hopeless.

[Danger Bird]

Wow, I didn't think you could get any dumber.
Oh, come on. What, he's remorseful about what he said for like 10 minutes and that's supposed to change the fact that he spent his life fighting for racial superiority? **** that. All right, maybe that changes a little bit about his personality but it doesn't make him somebody to look up to. What if Hitler became an activist against anti-semitism in his final years? Would that make him a hero?

[coheneran]

Face it, you got burned by a mod.:p

[Brain Toad]

Oh, come on. What, he's remorseful about what he said for like 10 minutes and that's supposed to change the fact that he spent his life fighting for racial superiority? **** that. All right, maybe that changes a little bit about his personality but it doesn't make him somebody to look up to.

The man saw the error of his ways after his trip, came back to America and began fixing what he had done and started advocating for equality and peaceful protest rather than hate and racial superiority, had he not been killed, he would've reached the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr and had just as much influence. He was killed by people thinking he sold out the black race by changing his mind.

[Danger Bird]

The man saw the error of his ways after his trip, came back to America and began fixing what he had done and started advocating for equality and peaceful protest rather than hate and racial superiority, had he not been killed, he would've reached the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr and had just as much influence. He was killed by people thinking he sold out the black race by changing his mind.
So what? He shared the mindset of many other black activists who would make much better heroes because they actually accomplished things. Whether or not it's Malcolm's fault, he really didn't have much of a career campaigning for racial equality and peace.

[Brain Toad]

So what? He shared the mindset of many other black activists who would make much better heroes because they actually accomplished things. Whether or not it's Malcolm's fault, he really didn't have much of a career campaigning for racial equality and peace.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE. God you are ****ing thick.

[coheneran]

Quit, now. Big wide gap, right there. *Points*

[Danger Bird]

HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE. God you are ****ing thick.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD A CHANCE. He didn't do anything so why should I look up to him? I'm not saying he's a bad guy, I'm just saying there much better people in the civil rights movement to idolize than Malcolm X.

[coheneran]

Nick, you are participating in spam. This belongs in the Social Thread.

[Brain Toad]

I'm done, the guy is ****ing stupid and too ****ing thick to listen.

[Danger Bird]

I'm done, the guy is ****ing stupid and too ****ing thick to listen.
Yeah, that's much better than a logical argument.

[Ghostfire3]

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD A CHANCE. He didn't do anything so why should I look up to him? I'm not saying he's a bad guy, I'm just saying there much better people in the civil rights movement to idolize than Malcolm X.

No one said you had to look up to him. It's your choice of who you want to look up to. All we're trying to say is that he realized his errors and fixed them. He came back to America a changed man and unfortunately did not have a chance to express his new beliefs for a very long time. End of discussion.

[Danger Bird]

All we're trying to say is that he realized his errors and fixed them. He came back to America a changed man and unfortunately did not have a chance to express his new beliefs for a very long time. End of discussion.
Yeah, no ****. I never said that didn't happen.

[Brain Toad]

Then why the hell were arguing with me? From what I read you dismissed him completely as an activist. I'm not saying he is godly or should be looked up to by everyone, but realize the effect the man made and could've made.

[Danger Bird]

Then why the hell were arguing with me?
Actually, you're the one who jumped in and called me a moron before I said anything to you, probably before reading the last page of the thread.

[asdf]

/me brings order back to this thread

I started taking apart my bikes for the purpose of building a tall bike. It might prove to be more difficult than I thought, just because of the sheer difference in sizes between the two frames. I'll make it work somehow, though.

[coheneran]

You should keep a photo-diary of every stage and then write a guide on how to construct tall-bikes.

[asdf]

You should keep a photo-diary of every stage and then write a guide on how to construct tall-bikes.
I'm more likely to construct a guide on how not to make a tall bike.

Step one: garbage pick the worst bikes ever. Be sure that they are missing vital parts, and that they are completely different sized frames

Step two: Continuously forget to ask your friendly neighborhood welder if they will help you, just assuming that they will.

More steps to come!

[coheneran]

Yaaay! It would make a good zine, in all seriousness, a How-Not-To zine.

[asdf]

Yaaay! It would make a good zine, in all seriousness, a How-Not-To zine.
Indeed. I really should get pictures, but right now my bikes aren't very photogenic. They're in a pile in my disgusting garage.

Oh, that's another step: Be sure to not even bother clearing a good workspace for this construction to take place. Work in a garage that has no space, and no lights or access to electricity.

I'm really mad though, because in the process I found that the bike seat stem I was planning on using is rusted onto the frame in a way it cannot ever be removed (it's not a frame I'm planning on using at all either). I got the seat off, and I know for a fact I have a stem in my house that'll work (it was from my old bike) but I cannot for the life of me find it. My house is so disorganized.

[coheneran]

I have an idea for a street-art project in Hollywood:

Red spray paint to match the colour of the stars on the Boulevard, and a stencil with a name on it, whatever one can think of that is funny. You can work the rest out. Oh yes, some gold paint as well for the lettering.

[Danger Bird]

That's pretty cool. Doesn't even really need to be on the Boulevard, you could do that just about anywhere in the states and people would get it.

[coheneran]

That's pretty cool. Doesn't even really need to be on the Boulevard, you could do that just about anywhere in the states and people would get it.

No, I meant to modify the existing stars.

[SantaDuJuan]

Guys, I wear bandana's like hipsters.
Give me an idea to stencil on it.

[Rise Me Up]

Crass logo.
http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/crass.gif

[SantaDuJuan]

I could.
Logos would be nice but nothing ghey.

[Rise Me Up]

What else would you want other than a logo?

[Danger Bird]

No, I meant to modify the existing stars.
Yeah, I got that, but you could also just make a star stencil and make your own around your home town.

[SantaDuJuan]

Communist Manifesto!

[Rise Me Up]

Aquabats Shirt - Photo 1 (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/b2f75470.jpg)

Aquabats Shirt - Photo 2 (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/de71bca7.jpg)

[SantaDuJuan]

Nice.

[Rise Me Up]

Thanks.

[Ghostfire3]

Aquabats Shirt - Photo 1 (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/b2f75470.jpg)

Aquabats Shirt - Photo 2 (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/de71bca7.jpg)

Good work.

[good rats]

I have an idea for a street-art project in Hollywood:

Red spray paint to match the colour of the stars on the Boulevard, and a stencil with a name on it, whatever one can think of that is funny. You can work the rest out. Oh yes, some gold paint as well for the lettering.
Thats really clever.

I've just been doing a lot of paste ups lately. Nothing that special, Simple stencil designs and what not.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4508/dsc009670xt.jpg

And yes, it is Tom from the ATEC cover. I didn't make it cause I obsess over Tom, I just thought it would make a good stencil.

And Coheneran are you a member of StencilRevolution by any chance?

[Ghostfire3]

Thats really clever.

I've just been doing a lot of paste ups lately. Nothing that special, Simple stencil designs and what not.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4508/dsc009670xt.jpg

And yes, it is Tom from the ATEC cover. I didn't make it cause I obsess over Tom, I just thought it would make a good stencil.

And Coheneran are you a member of StencilRevolution by any chance?

That looks cool. Nice job.

[coheneran]

And Coheneran are you a member of StencilRevolution by any chance?

No, I probably would be if I got off my lazy poverty-stricken arse and got some decent spray-paint and actually sprayed something. Right now more than half of my 25-30 stencils have never been used. It's pathetic!

[good rats]

No, I probably would be if I got off my lazy poverty-stricken arse and got some decent spray-paint and actually sprayed something. Right now more than half of my 25-30 stencils have never been used. It's pathetic!
You're in America right?

You can get the crap stuff for like 99c over there.

You should buy at least 1 Matt Black and get out on the streets.

[coheneran]

I'm in London. We only have the bad-quality expensive stuff and the good-quality expensive stuff.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Even a big can of spray adhesive is like £12.99 if you wanna stencil nicely :eek:
Cheapest I've ever got spray paint for is like £4, that's out of my price range right now.
I only have that airbrush thing which is cool for craft stuff but not big enough for stencil graf.

[coheneran]

The only spray-paint I have is some crappy blue stuff that runs like diarrhoea when it's cold (which it always is here) and cost me a fiver. Maybe Atlantis (big art-shop in Whitechapel) has some cheap stuff.

I just printed off a 43 Group design, but I don't have any more card left so I can't cut it.

[Rise Me Up]

Good work.

:) .

[Liebensaft]

Aquabats Shirt - Photo 1 (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/b2f75470.jpg)

Aquabats Shirt - Photo 2 (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/de71bca7.jpg)
I like it. It's almost super rad.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

I feel the want to make a t-shirt now.

[Rise Me Up]

I like it. It's almost super rad.

Haha, yeah.

[World Burns To Death]

steal spray paint.

[Rise Me Up]

I just got done painting an Adicts backpatch thing. I think it's going to turn out well.

[Anarcho Poser]

I think I'm gunna make a shirt with one of these (http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/anarchy_heart.gif) on the front, and one of these (http://stencilpunks.mattrunningnaked.com/anarchist_throw_flowers.gif) on the back.

[Rise Me Up]

That would look really cool.

[World Burns To Death]

awesome

[SantaDuJuan]

Where can I get word stencils like this shirt (http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?affid=-1&productID=267) I bought that shirt, it also rules.

I love the idea of word t-shirts like that, but 14 dollers it kind of expensive for it.

[Rise Me Up]

Adicts Backpatch (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/AdictsBackpatch2.gif)

Adicts Backpatch farther away (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/AdictsBackpatch.gif)

[asdf]

Where can I get word stencils like this shirt (http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?affid=-1&productID=267) I bought that shirt, it also rules.

I love the idea of word t-shirts like that, but 14 dollers it kind of expensive for it.
It looks like an incredibly common font. Just go in word or something and print out what you want it to say, then make a stencil.

[SantaDuJuan]

It looks like an incredibly common font. Just go in word or something and print out what you want it to say, then make a stencil.
You make it seem so simple I feel stupid now.
Thank you though!

[Angry Balled Fists!]

I'm making a minor threat one, either the one with the plain writing and the sheep or the one like my avatar.

I need to go into town tomorow and buy some paint and a plain white shirt.

[World Burns To Death]

where has revengeofthevillageidiot (threadstarter) been?

[World Burns To Death]

Adicts Backpatch (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/AdictsBackpatch2.gif)

Adicts Backpatch farther away (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/AdictsBackpatch.gif)
VERY NICE BRADLEY

[Rise Me Up]

Thank you. :)

[Danger Bird]

Here's my first use of fabric paint rather than spray paint: 2 patches made out of an old pair of jeans.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC01547.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC01549.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC01548.jpg
I kind of ****ed up the lettering on the Minor Threat one.

This shall be my next venture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/rcs.jpg

[iam2000pounds]

Those look cool.

[Danger Bird]

thanks, they're sort of sloppy, though.

[iam2000pounds]

Thats really clever.

I've just been doing a lot of paste ups lately. Nothing that special, Simple stencil designs and what not.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4508/dsc009670xt.jpg

And yes, it is Tom from the ATEC cover. I didn't make it cause I obsess over Tom, I just thought it would make a good stencil.

Could you please post the stencil?

[good rats]

Could you please post the stencil?
Yep, I'll see if I can find it on this computer. I'll post it by the end of the day. Cause I've gotta go to school now.

And coheneran, you could always steal paint like someone else said. Theres a risk involved but thats what a lot of street artists do. And there is some really good tutorials on StencilRevolution on good ways to steal paint.

[Danger Bird]

When I get my civil rights timeline back from my teacher, I'll post it here. I made a huge fist stencil.

[justin toxicated]

well done brad, you too led_zeppelin

[Anarcho Poser]

Adicts Backpatch (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/AdictsBackpatch2.gif)

Adicts Backpatch farther away (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a223/chairmanofthebrad/AdictsBackpatch.gif)
Well done.

Here's my first use of fabric paint rather than spray paint: 2 patches made out of an old pair of jeans.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC01547.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC01549.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DSC01548.jpg
I kind of ****ed up the lettering on the Minor Threat one.

Also well done.

[Rise Me Up]

Thanks Justin, and Mr. Poser.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

So i did a practise one and i decided that the card was too flimsy and it was a bit messy so i'm cutting another stencil out now.

Results posted shorty.

[Anarcho Poser]

How do you suppose acrylic paint will hold up on a shirt? I'm gunna do the banksy stencil, and the only colored paint I have around here (for the flowers) is acrylic, and I don't really want to buy a bunch of fabric paint just for that little bit.

[coheneran]

How do you suppose acrylic paint will hold up on a shirt? I'm gunna do the banksy stencil, and the only colored paint I have around here (for the flowers) is acrylic, and I don't really want to buy a bunch of fabric paint just for that little bit.

Buy textile medium, then mix one part medium with one part acrylic, and it'll stay on the fabric like proper fabric paint does.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

Hmm i've done it and it looks alright, a little messy.

It would have been better if i didn't try and put it on before it was fully dry :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/67543/Photo001.jpg

[coheneran]

That's good! It does look a bit wet, but it'll look awesome once it dries.

Tip for all printers on cloth: Once the print is dry, it's good to iron it through a thin piece of material. What I mean is that you put the dried print on the ironing board, cover it with a thin sheet (white is best so you can see through to the print), then iron it for a couple of minutes.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

you can't see it form that pic but there is quite a lot of blodgas and stuff roudn the edges.

haha i used a little paint brush to do it, well sketchy.

[ratsinthecity403]

That's good! It does look a bit wet, but it'll look awesome once it dries.

Tip for all printers on cloth: Once the print is dry, it's good to iron it through a thin piece of material. What I mean is that you put the dried print on the ironing board, cover it with a thin sheet (white is best so you can see through to the print), then iron it for a couple of minutes.



This is true. If you don't put the cloth on it starts to small bad and sometimes smoke...but I have a patch which has held up exceptionally well to repeated washings thanks to ironing. It's faded less than my jeans have so far.

[Jon]

Reckon black permanent marker and gold marker will hold up on jeans if I don't wash them?

My jeans are now 50% more punk than they were 1/2 hour ago.

[sam-a-lam]

How do you suppose acrylic paint will hold up on a shirt? I'm gunna do the banksy stencil, and the only colored paint I have around here (for the flowers) is acrylic, and I don't really want to buy a bunch of fabric paint just for that little bit.


acrylic has always worked just fine for me
i mean thats all i ever use
and it holds up fine


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/100_4244.jpg
(my friends band, its not a great picture becasue its on, but i couldnt take another because my camera got "hardcore"-danced into)

[coheneran]

Is that a NASA ship shooting at something?

[SantaDuJuan]

Sup guys.
All right, I got the stuff needed to make a stencil and so on.
I'm thinking of just writting one word on a shirt black shirt.

Now, it's between "rhyme" and "think"
But I don't know which one.
I could make two, but then again.
I need this first one to work or else I'll abonden this whole DIY ethic and presue making comics.


Also, DIY Comics?
Where would I go/buy for comic editing/making stuff?
Not drawing, but computer editing.

[Brain Toad]

DIY comics on the internet as in webcomics?

Get Photoshop, you can steal it punx way. Or you can support the little man and use GIMP instead.

[coheneran]

Now, it's between "rhyme" and "think"
But I don't know which one.
I could make two, but then again.
I need this first one to work or else I'll abonden this whole DIY ethic and presue making comics.

How about newspeak? Thyme, or Rhynk. Or rhymethink. I dunno.

[asdf]

DIY comics on the internet as in webcomics?

Get Photoshop, you can steal it punx way. Or you can support the little man and use GIMP instead.
GIMP sucks.

[coheneran]

GIMP sucks.

You suck!:angry:

[asdf]

You suck!:angry:
Maybe so, but I have photoshop.

After my photoshop screwed up for a few months, a friend of mine suggested GIMP. I tried using it once, was absolutely appauled with the layout, and got another copy of photoshop.

[Brain Toad]

I've never used GIMP, I'm fine with my stolen photoshop.

[SantaDuJuan]

DIY comics on the internet as in webcomics?

Get Photoshop, you can steal it punx way. Or you can support the little man and use GIMP instead.
Yeah, but my idea is to just use toys, dolls, armymen, action figures, etc.

[Brain Toad]

Yeah, but my idea is to just use toys, dolls, armymen, action figures, etc.

Are you going to take pictures of them yourself or just manipulate stock images? You could use any image editing program for the former, just getting speech bubbles in.

[SantaDuJuan]

Are you going to take pictures of them yourself or just manipulate stock images? You could use any image editing program for the former, just getting speech bubbles in.
Probably, but I need help creating sets and writing, it's a partner comic. I still don't know what the main character will be and etc.
I was thinking of having it deal with punx but that might be kind of hard since it's just toys.
It'll probably be about a differnt subject and have some comics about the punk culture.

[coheneran]

It's really hard making them funny. I had a go at writing some comedy sketches once, they really really sucked. We should make a joint MX Punx webcomic. Maybe try a few NN2S-style strips.

[SantaDuJuan]

It's really hard making them funny. I had a go at writing some comedy sketches once, they really really sucked. We should make a joint MX Punx webcomic. Maybe try a few NN2S-style strips.
It is hard, but I have time and I want to want make a comic. I just can't draw, I' m completly a musican when it comes to art, except dance.

I'm not joking about dance.

[Brain Toad]

You can ask sketchyjoe to help, I know he was interested in writing some scripts for a comic we were planning for a couple of us slsk punx.

But webcomics are a really good place to be in right now, they are gorwing in populairty and webcomic artists support each other a lot.

[SantaDuJuan]

I just like the idea of comics in general.
So it seemed like a fun idea to do, and toys are just funny in general.

[coheneran]

It is hard, but I have time and I want to want make a comic. I just can't draw, I' m completly a musican when it comes to art, except dance.

I'm not joking about dance.

I love dancing. I'm not good at technique or pop-group style synchronisation (or moves of any kind), for me it's mostly about losing inhibition and self-consciousness, and then sort of feel your "soul" sway from side to side following your body about an inch behind. Know what I mean?

I'd like to be involved in any comic-making, if that's cool.

[Brain Toad]

You can take some inspiration from this comic: http://legostargalactica.comicgen.com/

One of the best photo comics with toys I've seen.

[SantaDuJuan]

I love dancing. I'm not good at technique or pop-group style synchronisation (or moves of any kind), for me it's mostly about losing inhibition and self-consciousness, and then sort of feel your "soul" sway from side to side following your body about an inch behind. Know what I mean?

I'd like to be involved in any comic-making, if that's cool.
It'd be awesome if I had some MX comics in their.

[coheneran]

Lol, that's an awesome komic.

[SantaDuJuan]

You can take some inspiration from this comic: http://legostargalactica.comicgen.com/

One of the best photo comics with toys I've seen.
Thank you, so very much.

[coheneran]

I'm very enthusiastic about this now.

[SantaDuJuan]

Haha I was when I was talking to my bud about it.
We'll probably just go to the toy store with 50 dollers and buy some "characters"

[coheneran]

Haha I was when I was talking to my bud about it.
We'll probably just go to the toy store with 50 dollers and buy some "characters"

Look through charity shops and thrift stores, they usually have loads of old toys.

[asdf]

Awhile back I was attempting cartooning for the purpose of a journal comic involving my friends. Unfortunately, I cannot cartoon.

My friend however, is great at cartooning, and loves cartooning her friends. She's been doing this since freshman year, and she just keeps getting better. She also had the journal comic idea long before I did, but she never went through with it. Every once and awhile I try to encourage her. I shall try again soon.

Back in middle school I had a webcomic. It was really stupid, and as far as I can tell, I erased every trace of it.

[Brain Toad]

In the words of Jeph Jacques, if you can't draw, learn to, that's what he did.


On the DIY toy front, I'm in the process of preparing my Star Wars collection for a display at a county fair, and part of it is my action figures, in the process of collecting stuff, I found one of my first DIY projects. He was a mini-Darth Maul made from taking two figures, a Darth Maul and young Anakin, popping off Anakin's head and cutting off his hands, then taking a popped off Darth Maul head and sticking it on the Anakin body, plus glueing the gloves to where Anakin's hands were. He's quite awesome looking. I'll try to take pictures if I can find the card reader for the digicam. I meant to do more figures (I have a bunch of parts from stuff I bought at a thrift store), but never came up with anything good.

[coheneran]

In the words of Jeph Jacques, if you can't draw, learn to, that's what he did.

Yeah, I clicked Random Strip once and I thought I accidentally clicked a link to another comic site, it was completely different. Even then, White Ninja proved you don't need to draw well at all to have an awesome webcomic.

[asdf]

One of my early DIY projects involved making fridge magnets using free ones from Dominos and Magic: The Gathering cards.

How awesome.

[coheneran]

I remember Magic. That was an awesome card game. I probably still have my cards somewhere.

[asdf]

I still have my cards, as does my brother. I barely played the game though. I just really liked the art, and I was just following what my older brother did.

[coheneran]

You should try playing, it's incredibly fun. I spent a lot of rainy days inside my old school playing with my friends, and a lot of sunny days playing outside in my old school too. I had a beast deck, it was awesome.

[asdf]

No, I'm definitely passed Magic, Pokemon, Mage Knights etc. Some of my friends occasionally get out a deck, but not me.

[Anarcho Poser]

Okay, so my shirt is almost done. I've got the heart on the front and the guy on the back, but I haven't put in the flowers yet. I'll post pictures when I'm finished. Also, I was thinking about putting the lyrics

no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple
And you'll never change the system by bombing number ten
Systems just aren't made of bricks they're mostly made of people
You may send them into hiding, but they'll be back again

Thoughts?

[Brain Toad]

Here are some pictures of mini-Maul. He's next to a regular sized Darth Maul for comparison.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/PunkRockLoser666/minimaul1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/PunkRockLoser666/minimaul2.jpg

[coheneran]

Okay, so my shirt is almost done. I've got the heart on the front and the guy on the back, but I haven't put in the flowers yet. I'll post pictures when I'm finished. Also, I was thinking about putting the lyrics

no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple
And you'll never change the system by bombing number ten
Systems just aren't made of bricks they're mostly made of people
You may send them into hiding, but they'll be back again

Thoughts?

I don't know, I think those are the worst four lines in that song. How about the chorus? Or, even better, the first few lines on the third verse: "Be exactly who you want to be/Do what you want to do/I am me and she is she but/You're the only you." If you want something religious based, then probably any line from the first verse would do.

[Vietnow]

Holy Crap... Eran!

[coheneran]

Holy Crap... Eran!

Jesus Christ, where have you been!?

[Anarcho Poser]

I don't know, I think those are the worst four lines in that song. How about the chorus? Or, even better, the first few lines on the third verse: "Be exactly who you want to be/Do what you want to do/I am me and she is she but/You're the only you." If you want something religious based, then probably any line from the first verse would do.
I was kind of going for for a peaceful change sort of theme.

[iam2000pounds]

Here are some pictures of mini-Maul. He's next to a regular sized Darth Maul for comparison.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/PunkRockLoser666/minimaul1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/PunkRockLoser666/minimaul2.jpg
Ha, ha, that's awsome.

[Hagbard Celine]

You should try playing, it's incredibly fun. I spent a lot of rainy days inside my old school playing with my friends, and a lot of sunny days playing outside in my old school too. I had a beast deck, it was awesome.
123
Can't beat my Pros-Bloom it's too oldschool now.

[POINTLESS5448]

i sprayed that university of vagina shirt. it was 2 layers. the first layer was alright and the second layer is drying. ill post pictures when its done.

[POINTLESS5448]

it didnt come out that well. im going to make another one. it was my first 2 layer stencil so thats my excuse.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0500.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0501.jpg

[World Burns To Death]

it didnt come out that well. im going to make another one. it was my first 2 layer stencil so thats my excuse.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0500.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/pointless5448/IMG_0501.jpg
rofl, what the heck?

[POINTLESS5448]

my friend bea was wearing a university of virginia shirt and there logo is virginia in the big orange v and my friend jon the gay thought it said vagina so i made him one that actually did say vagina.

[POINTLESS5448]

why does vag-ina change to omnibus what the ****?

[Anarcho Poser]

Haha, that's not too bad.

[coheneran]

123
Can't beat my Pros-Bloom it's too oldschool now.

What's Pros-Bloom?

[SantaDuJuan]

What's Pros-Bloom?
Don't you hate it when you don't know something and it's like a key part of what you believe or are all ready talking about and then they look at you stupid?

Yeah, I don't know what it is either.

[coheneran]

Already, and I know what you mean, but I never feel stupid.

[coheneran]

Dudes and lassies!:

http://www.rockscissorspaper.org/24hz.htm

24-hour zine challenge! I am doing it!

[Anarcho Poser]

I'd call it an overall success.

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt001.jpg)

back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt002.jpg)

[POINTLESS5448]

thats really good. what did you use?

[Anarcho Poser]

White fabric paint, a foam roller, and the stencils from stencil punks, and I freehanded the flowers.

The A is kind of off center, but other than that I think it came out pretty good. I'm really pleased with the way the flowers came out.

[iam2000pounds]

I'd call it an overall success.

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt001.jpg)

back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt002.jpg)
Looks super good.

[Ghostfire3]

I'd call it an overall success.

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt001.jpg)

back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt002.jpg)

The back looks really good. Nice work.

[Liebensaft]

It looks really good, I think.

[sam-a-lam]

I'd call it an overall success.

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt001.jpg)

back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt002.jpg)

looks great!

[good rats]

I'd call it an overall success.

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt001.jpg)

back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt002.jpg)
Nice, that Banksy stencil is looking good.

[me likes punk]

I'd call it an overall success.

Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt001.jpg)

back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/droth/shirt002.jpg)


I realy like the flowers.

I also think you should use the lines of that song that you were originally going to use. They're pretty awesome.

P.S. What song is that, anyway?

[Hagbard Celine]

What's Pros-Bloom?
It was a Magic: the Gathering deck that abused the Prosperity+Cadaverous Bloom cards in combination. It was mean as hell and actually still is. O_O

[good rats]

It was a Magic: the Gathering deck that abused the Prosperity+Cadaverous Bloom cards in combination. It was mean as hell and actually still is. O_O
Cool man.

[Anarcho Poser]

I realy like the flowers.

I also think you should use the lines of that song that you were originally going to use. They're pretty awesome.

P.S. What song is that, anyway?
Crass - Big A, Little A

[SantaDuJuan]

Crass - Big A, Little A
What lines from the song?

[coheneran]

It was a Magic: the Gathering deck that abused the Prosperity+Cadaverous Bloom cards in combination. It was mean as hell and actually still is. O_O

Is that like the zombie decks that had a combo which let you put "X 1/1 zombie tokens in play where X is the number of Swamps in play," or something like that?

[asdf]

Got bored the other day and made a couple stencils to put on my wall.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/wall.jpg Ignore the smudge. It's oil pastel gone wrong.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/lukemohawk.jpg Some kid from a local band from a few years back.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/CJhxc.jpg my friend CJ

[incubass]

Got bored the other day and made a couple stencils to put on my wall.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/wall.jpg Ignore the smudge. It's oil pastel gone wrong.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/lukemohawk.jpg Some kid from a local band from a few years back.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/CJhxc.jpg my friend CJ

nice job, looks killer

p.s. love the cake stencil

[Ghostfire3]

Got bored the other day and made a couple stencils to put on my wall.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/wall.jpg Ignore the smudge. It's oil pastel gone wrong.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/lukemohawk.jpg Some kid from a local band from a few years back.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/CJhxc.jpg my friend CJ

That looks pretty sweet. Good job.

[asdf]

Thanks guys. At this point I'm just putting up simple stencils with markers, because I don't know where the paint is in my house. Eventually I'll be designing more complicated things involving more layers.

[Anarcho Poser]

What lines from the song?

no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple
And you'll never change the system by bombing number ten
Systems just aren't made of bricks they're mostly made of people
You may send them into hiding, but they'll be back again

Possibly omitting the last line.

[SantaDuJuan]

no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple
And you'll never change the system by bombing number ten
Systems just aren't made of bricks they're mostly made of people
You may send them into hiding, but they'll be back again

Possibly omitting the last line.
Best line if you ask me.

[coheneran]

/Critic mode:

Are you kidding? Those are the worst four lines in the song! They don't flow, they sound nasty, and their meaning is incorrect.

[Anarcho Poser]

/Critic mode:

Are you kidding? Those are the worst four lines in the song! They don't flow, they sound nasty, and their meaning is incorrect.
I just wish I knew what the hell "number ten" is in reference to.

[coheneran]

I just wish I knew what the hell "number ten" is in reference to.

Lol @ naive American youth.

Number 10, Downing Street, is where the Prime Minister lives.

[asdf]

I now have a new edition to the family!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Bicycles/caliente.jpg

I was biking home from school today, and I saw this sitting by a curb, and I just had to adopt it. So I rode home, walked back, went and asked the people if they were throwing it away, and then rode home. It's nothing great, but it's got parts I can use, and is thus far fully functioning.

As for my other bikes... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Bicycles/pile.jpg
Not doing too well.

(yes, I take garbage picking as DIY)

[coheneran]

That Caliente is pretty ****ing sexy, as bikes go.

[asdf]

That Caliente is pretty ****ing sexy, as bikes go.
Muy Caliente, indeed.

Actually, I think it's a pretty ugly bike, but that doesn't matter.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Bicycles/schwinncollegiate.jpg
This is my prized garbage picked bike. That is a beautiful schwinn, and I barely had to fix it up.

[coheneran]

Meh, I prefer the Cailiente. How much for post and package to the UK?:p

[asdf]

Haha. Much more than that bike is worth.

Besides, who knows what's going to happen to it. It might either become part of my crazy tall bike experiment, I might use it for parts (specifically seat stem and kick stand), or I might just clean it up and sell it at a garage sale.

[SantaDuJuan]

Uh, make a big Latino bike.

[ratsinthecity403]

huh...all the Latino kids at my school have tiny bikes.

[Anarcho Poser]

Lol @ naive American youth.

Number 10, Downing Street, is where the Prime Minister lives.
Oh, neat. I like the lyrics a lot more now.

I think, against your better judgement, I'm going to put them on there.

[ratsinthecity403]

I think it would be nice with the lyrics...I like those four lines, personally.

[Brain Toad]

I think of making a shirt for the Scottish Games in September.

Ideally I'd like to make a stencil of this flag (http://www.meridianmagazine.com/images/unicorn/flag_scot.gif) on the front.

But that may be hard, so I may just the St. Andrew's Cross flag (http://delkurt.e2blog.fr/photos/uncategorized/scotland20flag.jpg)

On the back will probably be the words "Scots Wha Hae (http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/424.htm)" and maybe some words from the actual poem.

Sound like a good idea? Any suggestions?

[iam2000pounds]

You could probably make that flag in a two layer stencil.

[Anarcho Poser]

Yeah, it wouldn't be too hard at all to make that flag into a two layered stencil. Hell, you could probably do it in one layer if you were feeling really lazy. The lion would lose detail, though.