"Stressed spelled backwards; Desserts" lettering painted on baby blue cotton t-shirt
So, my best client- my father- asked me to do a design with bold letters and thick colors; preferably with switched letters! With so much restriction, I didn’t have the only thing I needed; The Quote!
But I checked into my portfolio, only to find “stressed – desserts” combo! It would be perfect! I thought, with so many letters available for switching and turning and playing around. 🙂
The message itself is like worthy too, He always has been the laid-back kinda guy.
As I have made my promise, earlier today, I am now posting more concert t-shirts I made for clients. They gave me absolutely no idea and/or inspiration tips to help create my design process, but I think they turned out pretty well !
"Let the Music Play" red, orange, black and metallic painted on white cotton t-shirt
Have you seen the “surprise” notes on the side? I think they are *adorable* 🙂
I wanted something Music theme-y, so I came up with turning the actual word into notes, and always something playful helps, so I added” Play”. Hah, I have NO sense of humor.
"you're frozen when your heart's not open" lettering in black, red and metallic on mustard colored t-shirt
Oh and Frozen. Oooooh Frozen. Boy, do I love that song. I think it’s very meaningful and has a *teaching vibe* even back in the day, when modern day self-helps and positive thinkings were not so much widespread.
The beat is splendid and exquisite as well. I just love that song. And also Ray of Light. And all of that album. Gaaaaaah, I’m ranting:/ I might make myself one and wear it as I phone-listen to friends shaking it at the actual event. 😦
"Ray of light" close up
I’ll keep you posted for even more concert t-shirts and more!
I had this documenting-my-work-as-I-go thought in my mind for a while, but with this specific order I got from a collage friend, (who is very picky on things and likes them neat!) I decided to photograph my very basic steps.
The very first step to creation is- of course- come up with a design. I chill for a little bit, lounge, browse the web, listen to music, I don’t know, I do something that would alert my insides to sketch something.
After that part has come, I SKETCH! Doodle, play around, make variations of stuff what I like best, and what I assume the client would like best.
Then comes the application part. First I draw with a pencil. Because when I make mistakes, I can easily erase them. I align the design, set the size and draw!
design close up
After I manage to get through the pile of markers and tubes of paint and tons of sketch papers, I see my beautiful t-shirt between the clouds :p
I decide the colors, as in the sketch something may look good, but on the actual t-shirt, it is a whole new story. With white, i can guesstimate close enough, but especially with darker fabrics, I improvise, umm, almost always!
Besides, the textile paint comes in variations (glitter, metallic) of textures which is hard to mimic on sketch version. So basically, once I have the design idea, I play as I go. 🙂
application of the final design
So you can see I already took a tube of red paint and started applying the design! This part is both fun and scary, because I don’t want to mess up big time with textile paint. I mean, If I do something tiny I can save it right away when it’s wet, but major screw ups are a No-no !
And the FINALE !
"Ray of Light" lettering in red, glitter and metallic painted on white cotton tshirt"Ray of Light" close up lettering in red, glitter and metallic paint on white cotton t-shirt
Hope she appreciates the fact that I documented my steps and creation process for the Upcoming Madonna concert in Turkey this June.
I will do more Madonna T-shirts posts in the coming days!
Ok, Everyone LOVES the holiday season! Somebody saying they don’t love holidays is just lying. No matter how long the holiday is, or what are we celebrating, it is always a good cause to spend some quality time relaxing and dining with family and friends.
I am not a christian, but I have A LOT of friends who are, and we always had a blast getting to celebrate triple holidays. CELEBRATE ALL THE HOLIDAYS!
Of course, as in everything, my researcher self came out in this one as well, and I looked up the mythology and history of easter. In the jeopardy of contrasting myself above, holidays are a pinch important relying on their meaning and histories, as well.
Turns out, the tradition of giving out colored eggs in Easter goes back to Anglo-saxon mythology. The Saxon goddess Eostre found a wounded bird and transformed it into a hare, so that it could survive the winter. The hare found out that it could lay eggs, so it decorated these eggs every spring to give to the goddess as a gratitude offering.
The more recent fact is that Eggs are forbidden during Lent, and when the holidays come over, it’s like a treat we have been keeping ourselves from for so long.
Intresting, i find !
The original eggs first given on easter were birds’ eggs, than today we customized this to hard boiled chicken eggs.
Then in 20th century, as chocolate became more widespread, the candy companies took this marketing advantage and started making chocolate eggs as an easter gift.
As a designer, I can say that this specific “canvas” has lot of room for creativity and versatility!
I just love the way they look 🙂
Meanwhile, enjoy more eggs!
I wish everyone a happy holiday and hope you get to spend it the way you expect !
We have a common notion, us humans. Whenever we are stressed, we get more and more and more stressed ! Then we can’t solve problems *because* we are stressed, we get even more frustrated because we can’t solve a problem. It is all a chain reaction with stress.
But I believe (and it is encouraged) to stop for a second, hit the pause and *then* analyze the situation. Most the time it isn’t half as bad, besides, when you take time to observe the ongoing situation, you have a clearer view and more peaceful mind to deal with the issue.
Of course, same with everything, practice and persistence makes perfect.
“It isn’t so easy!!” you may yell over there, hey, no one said anyone gets off without practicing.
But let me put your mind at ease, it ain’t so hard, either.
Everytime you are “stressed”, try to flip the words, you get a sweet sweet “desserts” ! 🙂
That being a metaphor, my point is, life is in perfect harmony, every single being, occasion, place has its perfect balance of good and evil. The choice is ours to make. One can look at an issue and see it as complete disaster, while another person could see the opportunity and blessing at the exact same subject.
lettering- ink on paper- b&w filtered
Try, you’ll see, it works wonders!
Good day to you all:)
Oh, and don’t forget to wear it around, maybe it’ll get easer to see things sweeter.. 🙂
"stressed spelled backwards is desserts" blue and black painted on grey cotton mix shirt
Probably one of the things I feel sad about kids today is, that they don’t get to enjoy outdoors any more. I mean, even if they *tried* to enjoy, there aren’t enough spaces like grass and play grounds. Not in cosmopolite cities anyway.
I’m not saying that computers and video games are *totally* bad ( heck, I even learned English playing video games!) but they absolutely don’t compare to outdoor activities.
A child’s mood, inner peace and connection with other beings in the world are directly related with spending time in the nature, interacting with animals and plants. At least I firmly believe so. And when I have a kid, I will make sure she/he spends plenty of time playing outdoors.
I didn’t mean it to be a promotional campaign kinda t-shirt, but I do enjoy the message it is giving!
Here is the shirt version of it, I liked how the colors turned out.
Do yourself a favor, and try to save sometime to walk, have a tea outside, or just play with your pet.
Connect with the world you live in !
xx
-the girl who is capable of drawing extremely philosophic conclusions out of simplest things
I might actually consider making an “owlsome” range out of my tshirts, as I get waaaay ahead of myself trying to find new designs. I end up with making various creations of the owlsome troop, that, actually turns out more creative than any one of them.
I sound pathetic wow! No, no, I do and can always come up with new designs, it’s just, I love the Owls so much, I had to legitimize my unconditional love towards them:)
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