Welcome to this week’s edition of PimpAShirt. This week we decided to show you a technique that is very popular with clothing today. The distressed look. Typically, this is done with screenprinting and is done with a special font that will leave areas of the design unprinted… i.e – no ink. The result is a garment that looks like it has been “worn” or “destroyed”. This is a very popular theme with clothing companies like Abercrombie, American Eagle and others. This look can also be applied using embroidery and applique.
It’s very easy to take this concept and do the same thing screen printers do. All you need is some Eco Film, or another heat applied film that is very easy to weed and a distressed look font. The one that we used this week was called Dirt2SoulStalker. You can search the internet for others, but we found this one at dirt2.com. We used this techinque with the white pimpashirt and 2010 on the garment. Basically the technique is to apply this font to your text or design, and it will put several cuts in the design that you will later weed away, the effect will be a random distressed look!
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Remember, don’t limit yourself to the ordinary. Take your equipment and do some out of the box and truly unique decoration. That’s what PimpAShirt is all about. If you’d like to download this free font, it is in our “box”.
Josh Ellsworth said,
January 12, 2010 @ 9:17 am
Nice one – love the gong!
Mike Davies said,
January 12, 2010 @ 9:48 am
Nice gong! any chances of getting that sweet wing uploaded to the box?
and can we submit fotos of any of your pimpAshirt creations??
~mike
Sandi said,
January 12, 2010 @ 10:00 am
great design! Do you wash and wear these designs that you create? I am wondering about the pressing of the vinyl across the seams. Would love to do it, but would be afraid it might cause issues w/ any shirt shrinkage, etc. Thanks
Mike Koval said,
January 13, 2010 @ 9:38 am
Pressing over the seams with Eco-Film has performed very well for us. Note that is probably won’t last the life of the garment, it will still hold up rather well. I would stress the use of heavy pressure in the area of the seam as well.
Fred said,
January 12, 2010 @ 12:10 pm
Just curious, did you mix a foil film with the eco film? I thought that was a no no. Love the process. Looks great.
Mike Koval said,
January 12, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
We used the eclectric yellow eco film, which is capable of layered designs. The foil materials cannot have anything applied over it.
Gene said,
January 12, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
Great work! Probably my favorite pimpashirt yet!
Thanks,
Gene
Roger Bowser said,
January 12, 2010 @ 3:46 pm
OK! I REALLY liked this one!! Distressed is very popular here. Thanks!!!
Monique said,
January 12, 2010 @ 4:43 pm
Great Design! Where do you get your graphics from?
Mike Koval said,
January 13, 2010 @ 9:44 am
Our imagination. All designs here are pimpashirt originals with the exception of a few designs that were submitted by our faitful and talented subscribers. Personally, I tend to find myself looking at the clothes people are wearing, hanging in stores, on tv, in the movies, etc. and draw inspiration from there.
Angela said,
January 13, 2010 @ 3:19 pm
Amazed at this shirt design. I have been looking for perfect angel wings for awhile now and yours are very nice. Can i ask you were you got them from or how you created them?
AndyT said,
January 14, 2010 @ 5:25 am
As soon as my wife saw this design she had me apply it to a hoody for her.
Chose black glitter vinyl for the wings and text and she chose baby pink for the heart on a white hoody – came out fantastic. Never really thought about oversizing graphics like the wings , applied great across the seams , got my mind racing now for more large designs.Thankyou.
Leon said,
January 14, 2010 @ 2:29 pm
Where is the font in the box? It shows no files in the box. Great work.
terrell said,
January 15, 2010 @ 5:08 pm
thats the dopest presentation youll done yet. super cool, vinyl cutter and heat press can do anything.
Dass said,
January 15, 2010 @ 11:44 pm
Wow, you make my dream come true with this grunge text effect.
Thank.