Finished Art: August 2009 Archives
And the third design: a character you've almost certainly seen if you've been following my art for any length of time. For this one I used an entirely different technique--I cut out the character and stenciled around it. I think these two turned out pretty neat. I don't think the recipients have received them yet, but at this point I'm fine with spoiling surprises.
Another stencil t-shirt. By this time I'd had a bit of practice with the more complicated frog design, so this one was a bit easier.
So lately I've been working on making t-shirt stencils. The initial attempts were gifts for friends, who may be more forgiving of errors in technique. I used acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium, since I had done that once before with one of my artsy friends and it had both turned out and held up quite well (though, that time, he had made the stencil).
The process for making these isn't hard, but it's tedious. My stencils were generally both more complicated and thicker than I'd really recommend to anyone else. You have to have the Devil's patience to cut out the tiny details--gingerly, with X-acto knives--and then wait for the thing to dry.
Colored pencil drawing for my mom. It's her dog, Princess.
As is usually true of these things, it looks a lot better in person.