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Jonathan's Art Class Project: Artistic Burmecian Shirt

Jonathan took a try at making himself some "Freyawear" during one of his school's art classes. The text below is his description of the screen printing process that he used to make his very own shirt.

The first step in printing is picking a picture. My test picture was from Elfwood. (But, in my opinion, it wasn't T-shirt quality. I only did a printing on paper for that one.) The second picture was a mix of two patterns. The first pattern was a sketch derived from one of Krishva's mood icons, (nice work Kris!) and colored in MGI Photosuite (not Photoshop, which is too expensive) and the second was a phrase that I inked freehand. (Brownie points! Mr Yagi loved it!)

Sketches and transparencies

Back to screening. The second step is to ink the picture onto some transparent plastic. While the ink is drying (make sure it appears opaque) put some film onto the screen. The screen itself is fine nylon mesh that is stapled onto a wooden frame. When the ink is dry, put the transparency face down on top of the film (which is fixed securely on the screen by letting a bit of water partially dissolve it) and put the whole thing into an exposure setup (or you can leave it out in the sun, for the same effect) for about 3 minutes. The image is 'burned' onto the film. Rinse the screen until the design is clearly visible, and then let it dry again. Get the t-shirt and some textile printing ink (mine looked like a cross between black paint and lumpy troll snot) and a printing squeegie, which is a piece of flexible rubber. Tape some paper down around the edge of the design to prevent the appearance of a weird looking square around the image, and then put a bit of ink on the squeegie. Pull the ink across the design several times, until the image is well printed. After the shirt dries, you have a nice designer shirt. (I wish!)

Finished T-shirt

The rest of the process is all cleanup, and it is really boring (other than using the acid stuff that removes the film from the screen.)

(Yeesh, all of that stuff sounds like a science essay.) My shirt didn't turn out that well because the fabric ink I used was really old. Still, it's not bad for a second try, eh? I didn't get pictures of all the apparatus used in the printing process, because by the time it occured to me to do so school was out and I had no way to get to the stuff. Enjoy, and no, I'm not accepting orders. Square-Enix would have my hide. (Even though they don't seem to like Freya and they haven't done anything with the game since I don't know when.)

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