[QUOTE=Ghostfire3;13767496]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.[/QUOTE]
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.

Haha. You sound like an after-school special.

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

^ 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.

^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.

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.

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.

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

sh[size=2]i[/size]t, it looks much better in person. you can actually see the eyes.

that looks so rad man! nice job :thumb:

[QUOTE=Sunshine;13770941]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.[/QUOTE]

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

I made a new stencil:

[url]http://i16.tinypic.com/359zceo.jpg[/url]

Here's the original:

[url]http://i13.tinypic.com/48d57is.jpg[/url]

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.

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.

[QUOTE=Ronald McRaygun;13771854]that looks so rad man! nice job :thumb:[/QUOTE]
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.

Here's one of Excentral Tempest I just made:

[url]http://i17.tinypic.com/47uya2a.jpg[/url]

She's awesome: [url]www.myspace.com/excentraltempest[/url]

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I use photoshop.

[QUOTE=yourstruly;13777735]How do you make stencils?. Is it an image/photoshop job?[/QUOTE]

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.

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*!!!

[QUOTE=mullets suk;13780165]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.[/QUOTE]thanks man, that's exactly the kinda answer I was looking for.

[QUOTE=coheneran;13772502]I'm afraid I don't know much about making/editting clothes, but usually it's a combination of fold>pin>sew>cut.[/QUOTE]

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.

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

I actually saw someone with a skirt like that.

It was pretty cool.

But I need a prom dress skirt.

Damnit.

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

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.

[QUOTE=DaveToopes;13788696]i know this girl that sewed a bunch of ties together and it looked pretty cool.[/QUOTE]
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.

Bandanas?

WOW do I want to do that.

Bandanas arn't allowed in my school.

Hmm...genious idea right there.

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.

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.

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.