All about Screen Printing & Stencils

[gius]

For stencil-making , a good website is

http://www.stencilrevolution.com/

Lots of free tutorials and you can see the kind of work other people make too.

Some examples of great work from the site:
first one (western style t-shirt) is by bsquared
fourth one (dancing woman/silhouette) is by thargon on livejournal
fifth one is by crass on stencil-rev

[gius]

For screen printing
a.k.a. serigraphy

• http://www.instructables.com/id/EFAN...3MOV/?ALLSTEPS
  The instructions in this website, you can scrounge around your house to find whatever could be used: old curtains, picture frames, a garden hose and natural sunlight
• http://nomediakings.org/doityourself...nd_shirts.html
  another home screen printing tutorial
• http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.ph...118&Itemid=104
  For making a multi-coloured poster
• http://www.reuels.com/reuels/page512.html
  Tutorial using speedball brand products

As was seen on http://www.thimble.ca/?cat=8

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Some examples of screen prints :


by plunderbunny on deviantart

Ingrid with Hat by Andy Warhol


another by Warhol


posters-n-prints | myfreewallpapers

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For more works done with screen printing,
check

• http://www.deviantart.com/
  Look under categories

Any more websites or artists who use screen printing you can suggest?

[elytrae]

Thanks! I've been thinking of screen printing my own shirts for a while now and this thread is a good start for me.

[gius]

do you print repeats/patterns, elytrae ?
i'm trying to find a way to get the alignment better when i'm doing repeats

sometimes the fabric moves too..

[elytrae]

Originally Posted by gius

do you print repeats/patterns, elytrae ?
i'm trying to find a way to get the alignment better when i'm doing repeats

sometimes the fabric moves too..

gius, I'm very much a novice at this. I've only done some hand painting on T-shirts and did not like the results.

[gius]

ohhh i misread your post
i thought you said you've been printing for a while now already

Would love to see your stuff once you get some things done
i'll post some things too
so far i have done only tests... no 'complete' project like t-shirt, etc.
just random pieces with a print on it to see how the print will look

[gius]

This is from the Photoshop thread...
It's for separating colour layers to create your stencils.

Here's the original post:

Originally Posted by gius

left: original photo
right: edited photo


usajrf.org

i used the Posterize function in Photoshop to achieve this effect
I'd like to separate those different layers (dark, medium, light greys)
Is there a way?
Or maybe there is another way I could use to create layers (for a multi-colour layered screen print)

and here is the response

Originally Posted by kmccormi

You can use the "select color range" or the magic wand tool with a high sensitivity to make a selection of each separate gray tone. Then hit copy, make a new layer, and paste. Repeat for each shade, and you'll have a layer for each.

[elytrae]

^Now that's a neat trick to try on a shirt. I'll post my results once I get something done... it'll be a while though (just too many other things to do).