DIY Thread

[Rise Me Up]

I still think it's pretty cool looking. He made that stencil himself too didn't he? I mean the design?

[POINTLESS5448]

No, you really, really should have masked off around it, it would look 400x better.
i didnt do it brett did and its not even that bad. all the stencils on marks car have overspray. it really brings the car together. and yes brett made that image himself. not sure how but he did.

[mullets suk]

is there a pic of his car with all the stencils on it?

[Flagjacket]

That stencil looks like Mario being raped in the air

[bigblondeafro87]

haha exactly what I was thinking flagjacket.

[POINTLESS5448]

the picture is on the last page.

[mullets suk]

all the stencils on marks car
i thought you ment that he had a whole bunch of stencils on his car, not just the mario.

[POINTLESS5448]

oh. well he has a couple of them. i didnt take any pictures of them though.

[Jon]

http://pinstand.com/bb/betterbadges1.jpg
http://pinstand.com/bb/betterbadges2.jpg
http://pinstand.com/bb/betterbadges3.jpg

people find it interesting innit

[Danger Bird]

http://www.duncancumming.co.uk/photos.cfm?start=1&max=25&category=6

Some of these guys are pretty talented.

[Jon]

any ideas on ways to affix pin-badges to leather jackets better?

they always get ripped off and stuff, and I plan on ordering a bunch of Better Badges reissues from pinstand.com that I'd prefer not to lose.

Epoxy resin maybe?

[sam-a-lam]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mascara_hero13/nov12.jpg

[Ghostfire3]

That looks pretty cool, nice job.

Now how about a picture of yourself :naughty:

jk

[Danger Bird]

Yeah, man, that's great. What's that from?

[Ghostfire3]

I think she's a girl.

But I was also wondering what that's from. The hand looks like the Stiff Little Fingers logo: http://i12.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/07/a6/c6_1_b.JPG

[sam-a-lam]

yeah i am a girl.. see the <icon<

the quote is Propagandhi
and i got the hand from stencil punks.
it said **** off underneath but i cut it off
i had no clue it was stiff little fingers

[Jon]

You look like a mix of two of my friends.

One is this really pretty punk girl I met at UK Subs, the other is a black psychobilly girl from south london.

[Danger Bird]

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=27267

[World Burns To Death]

i used to take punk seriously, lol.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3590/picture006ce8.jpg
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1416/picture004lt5.jpg

[Ghostfire3]

yeah i am a girl.. see the <icon<

the quote is Propagandhi
and i got the hand from stencil punks.
it said **** off underneath but i cut it off
i had no clue it was stiff little fingers

Well, sticking up the two fingers like that in the U.K. is the equivalent to the middle finger here, so it does mean **** off.

[sam-a-lam]

Well, sticking up the two fingers like that in the U.K. is the equivalent to the middle finger here, so it does mean **** off.

hummm
guess i learned something new today.

[mullets suk]

luckily the qoute on the other shoe matches up fairly well with the two fingers.

[asdf]

i used to take punk seriously, lol.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3590/picture006ce8.jpg
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1416/picture004lt5.jpg
I know someone with pants like that.

[sam-a-lam]

luckily the qoute on the other shoe matches up fairly well with the two fingers.


yeah it makes them a whole lot less ironic.
the shoes that is.

[POINTLESS5448]

i used to take punk seriously, lol.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3590/picture006ce8.jpg
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1416/picture004lt5.jpg
what does that even say?

[Danger Bird]

Hey, remember my awesome shoes?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/DSC00625.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/IM004825.jpg

They weren't holding up too well. :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1512.jpg

But, an hour later, happy shoes!:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1742.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1743.jpg

I love this, 11 months a year they will make no sense at all.

[World Burns To Death]

what does that even say?
GAUZE

FU'CK HEADS

[POINTLESS5448]

i dont get it

danger: those shoes are sick. where did you get the material from. my friend matt once fixed his shoes with some old boxers. pretty cool.

[asdf]

Hey, remember my awesome shoes?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/DSC00625.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/IM004825.jpg

They weren't holding up too well. :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1512.jpg

But, an hour later, happy shoes!:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1742.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1743.jpg

I love this, 11 months a year they will make no sense at all.
My mom makes sweet cloth gifts bags out of material like that.

[Danger Bird]

I don't know, my mom has had a huge length of that fabric as long as I can remember.

[lynch_me]

So...how do you make patches stop unraveling.

[Jon]

yeah it makes them a whole lot less ironic.
the shoes that is.
what did you think it meant?

[coheneran]

So...how do you make patches stop unraveling.

You can fold the border of the patch into the back of the patch and sew it shut, but that's a bugger of a job if you can't be arsed to sew by hand (which I rarely can be), so I don't do it unless I have access to a sewing machine.

[the-UK-ska-scene]

This doesn't STOP the patch unraveling, but it slows the process a little and is good if you can't be bothered to do anything with the edge of the patch before you sew it on: use blanket stitch. It looks quite nice too. Here's a 'how-to' to do it on crochet, do it exactly the same as here, just with a normal thread and passing through the fabric underneath (whatever you're sewing it to) as well

[nitzguy]

a little super glue?

[coheneran]

A little link Jas forgot to post?

[World Burns To Death]

So...how do you make patches stop unraveling.
take a little bit of clear nail polish and put it on the sides of patches. It stops all the fraying.

[sam-a-lam]

what did you think it meant?

i just thought it was peace.

[asdf]

yeah, in the US it's the the stereotypic 60's hippie sign for peace.

[Ghostfire3]

i just thought it was peace.

It would if the hand were turned around the other way. But since the knuckles are facing us it's the U.K. sign for **** off.

[coheneran]

Can you believe we even have a sign for "hang your balls on barbed wire"? And a few variations on the middle-finger as well.

I keep meaning to do an Excentral Tempest stencil, I have a vague idea of what it'll look like, but I'm utterly bollocks at drawing.

[Jono9119X]

Hey, remember my awesome shoes?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/DSC00625.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/IM004825.jpg

They weren't holding up too well. :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1512.jpg

But, an hour later, happy shoes!:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1742.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1743.jpg

I love this, 11 months a year they will make no sense at all.

definitly the coolest shoes ive seen in months, i dont even think converse make the leopard ones anymore :angry:

[Danger Bird]

Yeah man, that's why I absolutely won't throw these away ever, despite my mom's constant complaining about them. I'll wear them until I cannot physically put my foot in them anymore, I love those damn things. I've found like one other pair online for about 80 dollars.

[Jon]

Underground make them..

[SantaDuJuan]

YO SON.
I'm thinking about putting the Imperial sign from Star Wars.
http://i500.nopdesign.com/skins/wallpaper/sw_imperial_logo.jpg
Somewhere on this Grey hoodie I have.
But I may pick up a black one and use white paint.

And maybe write Imperial Scout on the back of it.
Sounds pretty ace right?

[mullets suk]

if your a star wars geek then yes, if not then GEEK.

[SantaDuJuan]

if your a star wars geek then yes, if not then GEEK.

Dood, I've just been waiting for something to splatter my love of SW on.

[bigblondeafro87]

Haha go for it if you wish, I would respect somebody who wears that that :thumb:

[mullets suk]

Dood, I've just been waiting for something to splatter my love of SW on.

that would be awsome actully. even though i hate star wars (loves star trek,lol) if you walked with that, it would be pretty sweet.

[Iron Bug]

Dood, I've just been waiting for something to splatter my love of SW on.
What about Lucas's face?

[Jon]

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/bin/venda?ex=co_disp-view&invt=1127&bsref=cloggs

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/bin/venda?ex=co_disp-view&invt=1332&bsref=cloggs


They make hi-tops, dunno why they're not online, but they sell them in Camden..

[Danger Bird]

It had been a while since I'd been to a mall, but I ended up having to go yesterday. Jesus Christ I hate the ****in mall.

[DaveToopes]

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/bin/venda?ex=co_disp-view&invt=1127&bsref=cloggs

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/bin/venda?ex=co_disp-view&invt=1332&bsref=cloggs


They make hi-tops, dunno why they're not online, but they sell them in Camden..

Hideous.

It had been a while since I'd been to a mall, but I ended up having to go yesterday. Jesus Christ I hate the ****in mall.

Relevant.

Why do you hate the mall?

[Danger Bird]

Agreed, those are some of the ugliest shoes I've ever seen.

[yourstruly]

how do I go about putting studs in things?, belts, bags etc. I tried putting them in some pants but it didn't work out too well.

[Converge#12]

how do I go about putting studs in things?, belts, bags etc. I tried putting them in some pants but it didn't work out too well.

You can get a studding tool or you could just use a sharp object to poke a hole in the material first.

[Jon]

And then you just push them in?

[mullets suk]

It had been a while since I'd been to a mall, but I ended up having to go yesterday. Jesus Christ I hate the ****in mall.

haha same, i havent been there for a long while. i hope i never have to go back.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

haha same, i havent been there for a long while. i hope i never have to go back.

Man I love the mall, you can sit and wallow in how much society sucks. Plus they have cheap chinese food.

[Flagjacket]

I like the mall because of all the good stores they have. Excepting the overpriced music.

[asdf]

I buy my music at the local record shop. It needs support, and has more of what I want.

Plus the guy is a moped fanatic, and I might buy one from him. He's pretty awesome too, and friends with my family.

[DaveToopes]

Oh **** this is the punk forum my bad

Yeah i totally fukin' hate the mall 2.

[POINTLESS5448]

the only mall i like is the one in orlando with the vans skatepark in it. that place is crazy.

[Flagjacket]

I love looking around in the Champs Sports here, so many nice shoes. I saw these Jordan Vs there, and just sort of stood and held them for ten minutes.

[asdf]

Oh **** this is the punk forum my bad

Yeah i totally fukin' hate the mall 2.
I don't get it. What's wrong with hating the mall? I've hated the mall since I was a little kid. Hating slow moving dumb people en masse is in my upbringing!

[mullets suk]

Plus they have cheap chinese food.

its cheap for a reason.

the only reason i would go to a mall is for the movies, but thats few and far between.

[POINTLESS5448]

so back to the topic of diy....
i just made one of these:
http://www.instructables.com/id/E9331VJF3DES9J73YS/?ALLSTEPS
its ****ing sweet!
it was easy to make too.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

its cheap for a reason.

the only reason i would go to a mall is for the movies, but thats few and far between.

Yeah of course it's cheap for a reason, the food is lowest quality and the General Tso's Chicken is really General Tso's cat. But it's cheap. Hence my love of it, being that I have root all money and what i do have I spend on good times.

[Danger Bird]

so back to the topic of diy....
i just made one of these:
http://www.instructables.com/id/E9331VJF3DES9J73YS/?ALLSTEPS
its ****ing sweet!
it was easy to make too.

Did you see that on DIY: Happy?

[POINTLESS5448]

yes sir

[Danger Bird]

Thst site's awesome.

[asdf]

I just sewed up my old wallet today. I've had it for 11 years.

[heyimsheep1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/heyimsheep/IMG_4043.jpg

Rabies stencil. My favorite band right now.
http://myspace.com/rabiesarmy

[The Ska Man]

nice board...I like BL..

[heyimsheep1]

**** yeah. This thing is built like a tank.

[bigblondeafro87]

I gotta agree on the mall thing, especially on frigin friday nights. So many dumbasses in the mall and security has nothing better to do than kick you ou for standing still. Everything costs too much, many many fat people, big business and materialism everywhere. Plus, there are way better things to be doing on a friday like playing a show

[Liebensaft]

I gotta agree on the mall thing, especially on frigin friday nights. So many dumbasses in the mall and security has nothing better to do than kick you ou for standing still. Everything costs too much, many many fat people, big business and materialism everywhere. Plus, there are way better things to be doing on a friday like playing a show

The punk rock scene in general would be a worse place without you. Thanks for your contributions. :chug:

[DaveToopes]

Yeah definitely cheers m8.

[bigblondeafro87]

haha nice avatar, the dead milkmen rock :p and i really hated using that face lol. So what kind of DIY things did you guys do for thanksgiving? Me and my family made shitty recordings of folk music in my basement and i hung out with my drunken dad and uncles but other than that i did nothing.

[Liebensaft]

I ate some pretty bland food, but it was ok. I was with family. I played a Nintendo Wii.

[mullets suk]

i didnt do anything DIY for the holidays, i did cut a stencil but nothing for the actually dinner.

[coheneran]

Can someone help me with this:

http://i15.tinypic.com/2iar98x.jpg

The big white circle is supposed to be a shield, but it doesn't look shieldy enough, I think. I wanna make it look more obvious but keep the writing on it. Any ideas?

[Ghostfire3]

I personally could tell it was a shield.

[Ronald McRaygun]

Ya i could tell it was a sheild to. maybe you could put a black outline around the shield.

[coheneran]

If people can tell, I'll keep it how it is. Cheers.

That's an old bmp copy, there's more background stuff now, but I have to bring them in bit by bit, and leave some bits out. It's a complicated piece because it's so layered. I'll try to find the original pic.

[asdf]

My mom made delicious pumpkin bread for thanksgiving. It's the only thing she knows how to bake.

[coheneran]

I love good pumpkin soup. Generally anything pumpkin-based is delicious.

[asdf]

I was sad, though, because for this year's halloween I never got a chance to carve a pumpkin. I was going to use one of my stencils as the template and make it really awesome.

[bigblondeafro87]

Pumpkin soup? Pumpkin must be the corn of the melon world because you can make everything out of it.

[Flagjacket]

Does anyone have any ideas for how to make a hat like this?
http://www.supercasuals.com/category.cfm/161

[DaveToopes]

I think Jack made a hat like that! He had a Minor Threat patch on it.

[Flagjacket]

I don't think so I don't trust Jack to do anything besides rack up debts.

[Ghostfire3]

Yeah, I remember that. He did have a Minor Threat patch on that type of hat.

[bigblondeafro87]

I guess just look at how other hats are made, then just adjust the design so you have the earflaps and the flip up thing in the front. To make the hat curved to fit your head you sew together i think 6 football shaped pieces of fabric

[Jon]

yes!

there was something on craftster.

lemme find it.

what fabric do I use to make patches with?

I was gonna get a sheet (say 1m x 1m), screen print a load of my band's logos onto it, cut it up and get a friend to hem the edges with a sewing machine?

[Jon]

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=61577.0

[Danger Bird]

I have a russian hat like that. Should I take a picture of the inside for you?

[Flagjacket]

No I really want a hat with like, the exact same type of design as the one I posted. With all three flaps.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Does anyone else find punks discussing arts & crafts amusing?

[Flagjacket]

I'm not a punk.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Well excuse me all to shi't.

[asdf]

It's a little bit humorous, but I think it's a really good thing. But that's just because I enjoy making my own stuff.

Apparently I get it from my mom. The other day she pulled out this tape rack she made by hand (her dad wouldn't let her use powertools), that she even glued felt into teach of the tape holders. The on each side of this case she has a hand drawn picture of Cat Stevens and Elton John, both of which look like stencils. It's so cool.

[RIP Ian Curtis]

Oh I ain't saying its a bad thing, it's just funny when you think about the general publics' assumptions about the subculture. It would be expected that all the threads would be either "Sm@sh teh st@te lolz" or "Drink + Fight + Do Drugs 2 B kool like Sid was"

[asdf]

yeah, I guess. But the general public is often wrong, not just about punk.

[DaveToopes]

DIY is punker than anything else.

[Jon]

DIY is punker than anarchy

[DaveToopes]

I'd say those can go hand in hand.

[Danger Bird]

I don't even listen to punk very much any more.

[Jon]

I'm freehanding a rose onto the back of my jacket with a half-working tippex.

Given the fact that I can't draw..

[Ghostfire3]

I'm not a punk.

Yes you are.

[Jon]

photos of punk forum regulars itt?

[Twin Human Highway Flares]

I'm not a punk.

Descendents reference much?

[The Ska Man]

Does anyone else find punks discussing arts & crafts amusing?

I was thinking about that the other day.."It's soo punx to knit teh fingerless gloves"

[Flagjacket]

Yes you are.
No, I'm really not, I just like some punk bands.

Descendents reference much?

No I really am not a punk.

[Jon]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/jondz3003/IMGP0058.jpg

[Flagjacket]

I suppose that's good for a freehand.

[Jon]

yeah I'm quite proud of myself considering I cannot draw for love nor amphetamines

[Ronald McRaygun]

anyone got any ideas for patching up a hole on the side on my chucks?

[Spikey]

i always used electric tape, and then it didn't stay, so i moved to duct tape and it worked for a while. i think eventually if they are tearing you will just have to get a new pair, that's what i had to do anyway. or you could find old scraps of fabric that your mom has lying around and trying to sew it. you'd probably want quilting thread and needle to get through the canvas.

my ?: i learned to sew this summer and so far i have a sort of cute skirt, and am making a really adorable dress. anyone know how to make their own fabric, though? i mean like the design on it. also, anyone know about pattern making?

[Ronald McRaygun]

thanks. i was thinking of using fabric but i want to put something on it, I just dont know what yet.

[Danger Bird]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1512.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1742.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/11-14-06_1743.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/Shoes/DSC00626.jpg

The Dead Kennedys patch is covering a huge hole that used to be two little holes.

[Ronald McRaygun]

ya my hole is about that size.

nice shoe laces btw.

[DaveToopes]

Why don't you guys get shoes that will hold up?

[Danger Bird]

Because mine were the only leopard-print shoes I could find that weren't totally gay looking.

[Flagjacket]

Because mine were the only leopard-print shoes I could find that weren't totally gay looking.

:rolleyes:

[asdf]

thanks. i was thinking of using fabric but i want to put something on it, I just dont know what yet.
I put an iron-on smiley patch on mine, but also sewed around it, because ironing will only hold for so long.

Those shoes have been to hell and back, though, and I am so on the verge of retiring them. I have two good pairs of converse that I can wear, so I have no excuse to be wearing shoes in such poor shape.

but I just like them so much :(

[Danger Bird]

:rolleyes:

:upset:

[Ghostfire3]

Yeah, chucks really don't hold up well at all. Mine are falling apart too. Holes forming on the sides and the soles are kind of coming off.

[DaveToopes]

That is why I don't understand why people buy them. Other than the fact they look stupid of course.

[AIRIC]

I have vans that are kind of like chucks and I just got my first rip after only 3 months :(

[Ghostfire3]

That is why I don't understand why people buy them. Other than the fact they look stupid of course.

I bought them before I knew they would fall apart. I learned that the hard way.

[The Ska Man]

Because mine were the only leopard-print shoes I could find that weren't totally gay looking.

I wanted some leopard or tartan TUK's..my local shop ran outta'em, though.

[POINTLESS5448]

I have vans that are kind of like chucks and I just got my first rip after only 3 months :(

old skools > chucks by a lot. you can get leather ones that will probably hold up longer. I've had my leather old skools for almost 4 years. i love them. i dyed them half black a couple of years ago. ill post pics when i get my camera back.

[Ronald McRaygun]

iv decided to put the choking victim logo over the hole. il post pics when i get a hold of a camera.

[Jon]

That is why I don't understand why people buy them. Other than the fact they look stupid of course.
so you can wear drainpipes and a biker jacket and prance around pretending to be in the ramones?

[World Burns To Death]

:rolleyes:
lol

[Jessizzle]

hahah my converse mostly look like that. it sucks when it rains.

[mullets suk]

does anyone now how well pf-flyers hold up? ive had mine for about a month and they seem pretty good. im guessing about as long as chucks if not longer, cause the canvas seems to be of a thicker quality then chucks.

[Flagjacket]

PF Flyers hold up really good, yeah.

[asdf]

Speaking of shoes going to hell, I've got some really nice doc martens, and I've had them for about 4 years now. For the most part they are holding up amazingly, but I have a problem. The Sole is wearing away quite a bit, and it makes for easy slipping on the ice in the winter.

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

I was wondering if any of you had any bright ideas on how to make the treds better, without going to get the boots re-soled.

[Flagjacket]

cut your own treads?

[DaveToopes]

That would be DIY as hell.

[asdf]

See, that's what I've been thinking. I've been trying to decide on the tool to use. Just a boxcutter? I may try a friend's dremmel. But I really want to plan it out before hand, because they're my only boots and they're nice.

Is there any other way I could do it without so much potential for disaster?

[DaveToopes]

Grip it and rip it!

[nitzguy]

burn/melt the treads in? just throwing it out there

[Jon]

Yeah I'd say melt them with one of those wallpaper stripper hot air gun things that look like a cross between a hairdryer and a glue gun?

But isn't there air in the soles?

*kicks feet up onto desk and squidges sole*

I think you might have more problems if you sort of get through the sole?

Go to a thrift store, pick up some for a few dollars and test it out?

[coheneran]

That's rubber isn't it? Heat up a fork or something and melt lines into it at intervals, about half a centimetre in, or however much you want it. Like branding a cow, but to the boot. Actually if you have an old brand lying around, that'd be pretty sweet.

[nitzguy]

That's rubber isn't it? Heat up a fork or something and melt lines into it at intervals, about half a centimetre in, or however much you want it. Like branding a cow, but to the boot. Actually if you have an old brand lying around, that'd be pretty sweet.

that would be sweet, to put in your own little design and make your own brand

[Danger Bird]

You could just bend some thin metal into a design and heat it up on the stove or something, couldn't you?

[asdf]

Yeah, but my boot soles are pretty tough. I don't know if merely melting it will be that easy.

[bigblondeafro87]

Or you could make permanent soles by sticking a lot of little sharp metal rods sticking straight out of the bottom of the soles, giving the best grip ever at the expensive of smooth hardwood floors

[Flagjacket]

She wants treads not cleats!

[Ronald McRaygun]

heres how it came out

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k56/orgasmspazzm/DSC02560.jpg

[Hagbard Celine]

heres how it came out

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k56/orgasmspazzm/DSC02560.jpg

nicely done.
My bro J-Menthe randomly gave me a brand new pair of chucks, I was all like "Oh cool now I have shoes without egg-sized holes in the sole"

[Danger Bird]

heres how it came out

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k56/orgasmspazzm/DSC02560.jpg

I hate to say it, but well...

you can do better.

[coheneran]

Feedback please:

http://i16.tinypic.com/40c2cmw.jpg

The original is this:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40121000/jpg/_40121112_apdurrah203.jpg

When I'm happy with this, I'll cut it out life-size and do it banksy style somewhere.

[Ghostfire3]

Feedback please:

http://i16.tinypic.com/40c2cmw.jpg

The original is this:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40121000/jpg/_40121112_apdurrah203.jpg

When I'm happy with this, I'll cut it out life-size and do it banksy style somewhere.

a.) He looks like a black man in the stencil instead of a Middle Eastern man.

b.) I doubt you'll be able to pull that stencil off.

[coheneran]

Yeah, there's not much I can do about it if it's monochrome, but I reckon I can pull it off, if I can find some lino or something big, strong and thin to cut it into.

[Jon]

eran you srsly need graphic design lessons

edit: i forgot i bumped into you today. neat. did you find that shop?

[Ronald McRaygun]

I hate to say it, but well...

you can do better.

i know, i didnt like it much myself but i did it in like 10 min.

[coheneran]

If you're talking about how pixellated it is, I ignore that when I'm cutting. But yeah, it's not done using the full potential of Photoshop. Basicaly just a lot of pasting into new layers and fiddling with the contrast/brightness, then filling in whatever's left, making bridges etc.

If you think you can make it better, please go ahead, I'd like to put it up on a wall I've been keeping my eye on.

[mullets suk]

Feedback please:
http://i16.tinypic.com/40c2cmw.jpg


i thought it was a monkey holding a guy in a chem suit.

[coheneran]

That's racist.:p

[asdf]

heres how it came out

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k56/orgasmspazzm/DSC02560.jpg
You need some sewing lessons, sir.

[mullets suk]

That's racist.:p

i felt really bad after i saw what the real pic was, "crap, thats no monkey :upset: " haha

[Flagjacket]

Ethan part of that stencil looks like the guy has half a sandwich for his head.

[Ronald McRaygun]

You need some sewing lessons, sir.

i know :upset:

[asdf]

So I tried doing the x-acto knife to the soles of my boots thing. I guess it kiiind of worked, but not well, and it wasn't easy. My friend suggested I invest in a rubber stamp carver (meaning go down to the art room and borrow one), but I don't know if that'll be any better. Worth a try, though.

I'm also working on a sweet stencil. It's not punk, or even music related, but it has the potential to be awesome, if I can just stop messing it up.

[bleep_bloop]

I made a sick stencil of Sartre, and started working on one of a picture of Muhammed Mosadeh, but i cant seem to get around to finishing it.

[Flagjacket]

Who are those people?

[bleep_bloop]

i am bleep bloop the terrible

[asdf]

He's asking about the people you are stenciling.

It seems like the stencil I am making I have made just a bit too small, so I think I'm going to re-do it bigger. I did a test spray of what I have done and it's okay, but it could be better.

[sam-a-lam]

i painted on a belt buckle..
http://i16.tinypic.com/34hx534.jpg





(post number 90)

[asdf]

Alright, here's the stencil I've been working on. It's not punk, nor music related. It is, however, Monty Python related.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/asdf23/Stencils/sillywalks2.jpg

[Twin Human Highway Flares]

That is ****ing awesome.

[Ronald McRaygun]

thats cool. how long did it take to finish?

[Hagbard Celine]

oh man, silly walks
i'm jealous :(

[skavid]

That is absolutely ri****ingdiculous. I love you.

[asdf]

thats cool. how long did it take to finish?
Not too long. I did it in one day, and while I was making it I was on the computer kind of distracted.

Thanks guys. I'm really happy with it.

If I were a graffiti artist, I'm pretty sure I'd make it life-sized.

[coheneran]

Don't wanna pee on your bonfire, but I've seen that stencil before...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ella/118888814/

:(

[asdf]

:eek:

It's pretty much exact! Wow.

That's weird, because I had not seen it before, but something told me it had probably been done.

Someday I will think of an original idea. Someday.

Hmm. it looks like that one is not on one continuous piece of cardboard, because of the spray between the 4th and 5th guy.

[coheneran]

Does this look better?

http://i14.tinypic.com/2agkmcy.jpg

The background won't be in the finished stencil, but I'll probably add some bulletholes in the walls to emphasize the point.

[Jon]

still looks like a monkey

[DaveToopes]

I don't understand why you are so hell bent on doing that stencil Eran. It looks bad and nobody will be able to tell what it is.

[coheneran]

I still don't see teh monkie...

I wanna do it 'cos I like the picture.

[POINTLESS5448]

asdf that silly walk stencil is so good. i want it.

[Hagbard Celine]

:eek:

It's pretty much exact! Wow.

That's weird, because I had not seen it before, but something told me it had probably been done.

Someday I will think of an original idea. Someday.

Hmm. it looks like that one is not on one continuous piece of cardboard, because of the spray between the 4th and 5th guy.

maybe do one of the Fish Slapping Dance? :thumb:

[Danger Bird]

Monty Python sucks but good job on the stencil.

[mullets suk]

I still don't see teh monkie...

I wanna do it 'cos I like the picture.

i would still do it, even though it will turn from a guy protecting a child it will be a monkey protecting a guy in a cem suit. which is still a really cool idea.

[Jon]

why don't you just rasterbate it really big or something?

[Converge#12]

Does this look better?

http://i14.tinypic.com/2agkmcy.jpg

The background won't be in the finished stencil, but I'll probably add some bulletholes in the walls to emphasize the point.

Fix the expressions a tad bit and thats fine. That one is definitely stencilable.

[coheneran]

Fix the expressions a tad bit and thats fine. That one is definitely stencilable.

Yeah, I can see what you're saying. If I cleaned up the kid's face, and added more white to the guy's face (particularly under the eye/left of the nose), I could probably pass it off.

And yes Jonni, it'll be rasterbated to life-size.

Any ideas on how to make a bullethole? I can't imagine a that just a black circle hole in the wall would look any good.

[Flagjacket]

Shoot one with a gun. Honestly, all you can do to simulate a bullethole is put a small object through it at high high vvelocity.

[coheneran]

Maybe if I get an ice-pick...?

http://i10.tinypic.com/2it53li.jpg

What do you think? His face is cleaner and more recognisably human, but far less expressionless considering he's like 8 and being shot at.

[mullets suk]

much better, but the nose looks cartoonish, but you could easily do it.

[Converge#12]

Maybe if I get an ice-pick...?

http://i10.tinypic.com/2it53li.jpg

What do you think? His face is cleaner and more recognisably human, but far less expressionless considering he's like 8 and being shot at.

edit the nose a tad bit.

[Danger Bird]

The kid's face just looks like a cartoon.

[mullets suk]

which one do you think would be best to stencil/ can you tell what they are.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramonesposter2.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/johnny_ramone.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/JohnnyRamone.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramones8-1.jpg (only parts of pic)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramones5.jpg

[Rise Me Up]

they're all kinda gay.

[coheneran]

which one do you think would be best to stencil/ can you tell what they are.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramonesposter2.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/johnny_ramone.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/JohnnyRamone.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramones8-1.jpg (only parts of pic)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramones5.jpg

They all need loads more work if you wanna make them look good. Anyone who knows what the ramones look like should be able to tell it's them, but it doesn't look good.

[mullets suk]

yea... that what i was thinking. ill see if i can find some multi-layer tutorials.

[Jon]

the Johnny ones are alright but you'd need to make photo stencils to make them any good.

[mullets suk]

what do you mean by photo stencils? is it the same as multi layer?

[Ghostfire3]

which one do you think would be best to stencil/ can you tell what they are.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramonesposter2.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/johnny_ramone.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/JohnnyRamone.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramones8-1.jpg (only parts of pic)
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/h-drix/ramones5.jpg


I'm thinkin those would be pretty hard to stencil out.

[Jon]

I can't remember what the machine is called and I can't be bothered to look it up, but its what you use to properly screenprint things; it sort of burns the image onto a screen so you can get minute details in.

[coheneran]

Jon, do you perchance have a copy of Illustrator 2.0?

[asdf]

Although this isn't really DIY I garbage picked a mouse from my school today, which is great, because my computer mouse has been messing up a lot recently. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better.

My school is throwing out lots of computer stuff. Mostly just really old mac'n'crashes but there's seems to be some decent stuff there. I'm thinking of taking more (at the very least, another keyboard).

[Converge#12]

Although this isn't really DIY I garbage picked a mouse from my school today, which is great, because my computer mouse has been messing up a lot recently. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better.

My school is throwing out lots of computer stuff. Mostly just really old mac'n'crashes but there's seems to be some decent stuff there. I'm thinking of taking more (at the very least, another keyboard).

Get all of it and pawn the parts or sell them on ebay?

[asdf]

Get all of it and pawn the parts or sell them on ebay?I was thinking that, but for a few reasons that's not going to happen.

First off, I'm not 100% sure if they are actually being thrown away. For all I know, they might be being donated somewhere, and they only allowed my friend and I to take what we could use (I don't know the specifics, because my friend asked before I got there, and he's very vague).

Second, the majority of the stuff there are these ancient macintoch that are very, very shitty. It is likely no one would want them anyway.

Third, I don't have the vehicle capacity, or house capacity for 20 odd macs.

[Ghostfire3]

Although this isn't really DIY I garbage picked a mouse from my school today, which is great, because my computer mouse has been messing up a lot recently. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better.

My school is throwing out lots of computer stuff. Mostly just really old mac'n'crashes but there's seems to be some decent stuff there. I'm thinking of taking more (at the very least, another keyboard).

No need to garbage pick a mouse. Just steal one from your school library. I'm sure they'll be able to afford replacing one mouse.

[asdf]

No need to garbage pick a mouse. Just steal one from your school library. I'm sure they'll be able to afford replacing one mouse.
Only a few days ago did I think of taking one from the school. But I don't steal. Turns out by not doing so I gained one for free honestly by the same people.

[Rise Me Up]

Haha. You sound like an after-school special.

[asdf]

Whatever. I just don't steal. I salvage.

[Sunshine]

^ Which is the way to go.

So.

Anybody know the first thing about DIY Prom Dresses?

With actual cloth, I'm just not hardcore enough for duct tape/candy wrappers.

[Danger Bird]

^OMG, I should make a duct-tape tux!!!

One time I found a three hundred dollar Marantz stereo CD player in the garbage at school. It works perfectly.

[Sunshine]

Damn.

Hardcore.

Argh, dress-skirts are so damn complicated.

Like I know it's going to be plaid, the standard red kind.

And I've got the top all figured out.

It's the skirt thats giving me major issues.

[Danger Bird]

Here's a test spray of a stencil I made for a friend's band. It's got lots of overspray, but I can fix it for the final product, I'm just too lazy to hold everything down for a test spray.

The bass player looks like a yeti, hence the image.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/veinwgrassjpeg.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/12-06-06_2154.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/DIY/12-06-06_2155.jpg

****, it looks much better in person. you can actually see the eyes.

[Ronald McRaygun]

that looks so rad man! nice job :thumb:

[coheneran]

Damn.

Hardcore.

Argh, dress-skirts are so damn complicated.

Like I know it's going to be plaid, the standard red kind.

And I've got the top all figured out.

It's the skirt thats giving me major issues.

I'm afraid I don't know much about making/editting clothes, but usually it's a combination of fold>pin>sew>cut.

[coheneran]

I made a new stencil:

http://i16.tinypic.com/359zceo.jpg

Here's the original:

http://i13.tinypic.com/48d57is.jpg

It's a friend of mine fixing up a traffic cone. I like it because in the stencil I can pretty much put in anything instead of the traffic cone and it'll be cool.

[Danger Bird]

It looks like he's reaching into a stool. Nice job though, at least it's not a monkey and a guy in a chem suit.

that looks so rad man! nice job :thumb:
Thanks, it took me all day after school.I figured it was probably more important than math homework. It's going to be a bitch to hold down the eyes and his left leg when I spray the shirt.

[coheneran]

Here's one of Excentral Tempest I just made:

http://i17.tinypic.com/47uya2a.jpg

She's awesome: www.myspace.com/excentraltempest

Original: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=94354570&imageID=1525826726

[mullets suk]

ive done two stencils. one was the anarchist flowers, and a sub humans shirt. ill find a camera and take a pic sooner or later. also ive been tryin to do an epoxies shirt, but instead of using tape i used strips of freezer paper. a day later i realized i could of used tape.

[_lower_class_brat_]

ive made a streetlight manifesto shirt,which is really bad, because i kept screwing up, and i kept going over it, so its ugly and thick, and i made a World/Inferno Friendship Society ****, which i'm proud of, no pics tho, but when i get a cam, i'll definitely upload 'em.

[yourstruly]

How do you make stencils?. Is it an image/photoshop job?

[bleep_bloop]

i usually just print/copy a pic i want, and then tape that paper to harder piece of paper, outline where i want to cut, and cut through both with an exacto/similar blade.
that's just for 8x10 stencils though.

[Danger Bird]

I use photoshop.

[mullets suk]

How do you make stencils?. Is it an image/photoshop job?

when i make my own i use Photoshop. you de-saturate then use brightness/contrast to get it completely black and white.

this does not always work, if you look at my examples on the last page. But you just have to get lucky with th picture I guess. There are other ways but im not very good at using photoshop.

[_Mote_]

I made a Screeching Weasel T-shirt, but all the ink is kind of sploched out 'coz I put it in the washing machine. Damn you sharpies *shakes fist*!!!

[yourstruly]

when i make my own i use Photoshop. you de-saturate then use brightness/contrast to get it completely black and white.

this does not always work, if you look at my examples on the last page. But you just have to get lucky with th picture I guess. There are other ways but im not very good at using photoshop.thanks man, that's exactly the kinda answer I was looking for.

[Sunshine]

I'm afraid I don't know much about making/editting clothes, but usually it's a combination of fold>pin>sew>cut.

Well yeah.

I'm just trying to figure out what kind of skirt would look cool.

There's too many shapes, too many options, too much variety.

And for once, google is failing me.

[DaveToopes]

i know this girl that sewed a bunch of ties together and it looked pretty cool.

[Sunshine]

I actually saw someone with a skirt like that.

It was pretty cool.

But I need a prom dress skirt.

Damnit.

[DaveToopes]

I know a girl who made a duct tape prom dress. It looked pretty good actually for being duct tape. She used lots of different colors

[Sunshine]

Haha yeah.

Last year there was a chick with starburst wrappers. It was pretty chill.

Somebody's doing some OTHER kind of wrapper this year, I think.

I just want a plaid one.

I guess I'll just do a basic skirt. Kinda a mid-way thing. Not too poofy, but not straight down, either.

[asdf]

i know this girl that sewed a bunch of ties together and it looked pretty cool.
A friend of mine and his mom made one of those for him. Same goes for being made out of bandanas. Skirt, though, not a dress.

[Sunshine]

Bandanas?

WOW do I want to do that.

Bandanas arn't allowed in my school.

Hmm...genious idea right there.

[asdf]

Why aren't they allowed? Gang-related? Uniforms?

One of the things I like about my school is it's really relaxed dresscodes. I've seen the prinicpal giving students high-fives for whatever beer their shirts were promoting.

[Sunshine]

Gang-related.

They're all super hardcore about it this year, too, 'cause the fights that've been goin' on.

Like, you can't have one around your neck, in your pocket, around your wrist, ANYWHERE visible.

The dress code is uber lax except for 1 lady.

And you'd think, in a school of over 3,000, 1 lady wouldn't be able to find you ever?

Dude, she sees every last person in that building.

[asdf]

This isn't a problem for my school, which consists of nearly 90% being upper middle. I don't technically live in their city, so I'm one of the few exceptions.

[Sunshine]

I don't live in a city at all.

I live, basically, in a boarder town.

Mexico is like. Right there.

And the black people and the Mexicans don't get along at ALL.

Oh, and the white guys are just tryin' to get in on some violent action, but they're all pretty silly.

[asdf]

Well, seeing as I go to a school with sheltered white kids, I do see the occasional white guys trying to be tough. They generally fail.

Mostly the kids just become horribly corrupt. Excessive drug use, rape, and eating disorders run rampant, but are never talked about.

[Sunshine]

Oh, see, we have that.

Drug use to the max [there are a shitload of meth labs like 15 minutes out of town..and I live on the edge of town..], rape and abductions, people are either 500 lbs or 50, fights like hell with guns and tire irons and knives and brass knuckles...

And it's talked about often.

But the police don't care.

Especially if you give them like $50.

[bleep_bloop]

we're not allowed to wear hats at my school. it makes me mad especially now when a beanie or other warm hat would really help keep me warm.

I don't live in a city at all.

I live, basically, in a boarder town.

Mexico is like. Right there.

And the black people and the Mexicans don't get along at ALL.

Oh, and the white guys are just tryin' to get in on some violent action, but they're all pretty silly.

i didnt think that sierra vista was that close to the border

edit: whoops i guess i was mistaken i always thought of it as being north of tucson.

[asdf]

My skinhead friend is nearly regretting getting a chelsea cut just as the winter weather was approaching. I thought it was a bit silly in the first place but I didn't stop her.

There's no rules about hats at my school, but occasionally there's the asshole teacher that makes it a rule for their classroom. This year for a change, none of my teachers care, so I can wear my tophat without fail.

[Sunshine]

i didnt think that sierra vista was that close to the border

Well.

It's only like an hour~hour and a half to Nogales.

Same to Douglas, different direction.

Far as I'm concerned, that's close enough.

I can see the border mountains from my bedroom window, and there's a border checkpoint between here and Tucson, and there's a blimp like 10 minutes away from my house [right by my friend's house, actually] that's there for the sole purpose of catching illegals, and the border patrol field lights keep flashing this weird creepy blue that looks like aliens...

It's very border-centered around here.

Everythings border-border-border.

[bleep_bloop]

wow we dont get any of that here in tucson

[asdf]

Living in Michigan FTW. No one cares if Canadians sneak in. Because... what Canadian is ever going to sneak in?

[Sunshine]

You're so lucky, you have no idea.

I love going up to Tucson, except driving on I-90 because you get massive speeding tickets =/

I went last Saturday to take my board up to get it tuned for the season...that one ski & snowboard shop on Broadway? Yeah.

And I want a Rex's Revenge from Beyond Bread =(

[bleep_bloop]

i think its peter glenn that you went to. i probably need a tune up for my board too but from what it sounds like the seasons going to suck so i dont think so.
is rex's revenge one of their breads? they have some good breads, people are always carrying loaves of their bread around at my school.