Adventure by Design - Custom Truck Portraits

Holy crap....why did it take me sooo long to find this thread....so GLAD I just stumbled into it!!! Excellent work!

 

Here's where I'm at with the drawing. In the process of inking the areas that will be part of the print series. Still need to finish the front end and figure out how much linework shading i want to add if any at all. Once printed I will watercolor in some portions like the treeline and some of the truck color and maybe the tires. Really need to experiment with this for a bit and see where it takes me.

 

Your work makes the panties drop..

 

I know mine are off.

 

Hahahaha Thanks guys, I need to remember to photo document the process this time. I'm close to finishing stage 1 which is the ink drawing. Next step will be scanning the image then printing a transparency to act as a negative as I move it to the dark room to create my silkscreen image. Once that's done then it's just trying to print it on different materials. Then the fun begins!

 

As everyone gets scared and runs away...

 

It's not THAT huge.







It looks downright tiny compared to a Saturn V booster.

 

Um, I wasn't referring to the size. Just at how creepy it is that you're wearing panties!

 

Awesome!

 

Don't judge me!

 

Me Judge? Never!

 

Stage 1 complete, now to make the silkscreen

 

Well I'm learning by trial and error how this screen printing process works, but I figured a few things out today.
First print came out great until I realized I didn't tape the paper down and it fell off the screen as I lifted it and fell overturned on the edge of the press board and made a mark at the top


Second print I thought I'd make two passes over it and ended up flooding the ink making it look like I printed it way tooooo bold!then the third print had decent coverage but after my second print, I guess some ink had ended up under the screen and smudged on the last print. that when I decided it was time to clean up and start over. Like I said, I figured out quite a few things to watch out for the next time. I bought a nice green t-shirt to print the image on and so maybe I'll add the shirt into the next batch after I've gained a little more practice.

 

1st T-shirt print. I'll have to try it again it probably needed another pass of color.

 

Very nice!

 

Thanks bud!

 

Here's an update on a print I'm working on.



Burning the image into the emulsion.




Washing out the emulsion to reveal the image print area.

 

Awesome.

 

Thanks man! I'm still learning, but with each one they're getting a little better. It's still pretty much trial-and-error for now.