Southwestern Catspit Artwork

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I’m working on a new ‪#‎screenprinting‬ ‪#‎YouTube‬ ‪#‎video‬ about using overlays to create textures or weathered effects. This was a requested video topic. I think this will print as gray or white ink on a black tee shirt. The overlay effect will be minimal but still quite visible. There are ways to use Photoshop to convert images of actual textures into high contrast overlays you can use. I am going to show you how to use a preexisting vector texture file or how to create your own by hand. The easiest way is to buy a vector pack of textures and weathered effects to use. Creating them by hand can be fun but also time consuming. Unless you’re an Illustrator pro of course wink emoticon Please stay tuned.
The lower text looks very Southwestern Should I add some cactus? LOL… perhaps a couple of six shooters would do the trick.

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I think this artwork is done. This is the piece of art I’m going to use for the overlay mask video. We can create textures, weathered or vintage looks by adding a distressed effect over the entire piece of art. There are many ways to do this but I will show you the easiest way of all. It only requires that you find an appropriate texture vector file. This design has a Southwestern flare with sheriff stars, Native American feathers and of course a freak show old style Western font. The skulls are purely Catspit wink emoticon Once in a while a piece of art just pulls itself together and I think this was one of them for me. I started out with a general idea and it evolved by itself into the current piece of art.

Screenprinting equipment and supplies, classes, training, shop rentals:

Catspit Productions, LLC
4219 South 37th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85040
480-899-9089

http://catspitscreenprintsupply.com/

Our hours are: M-F 10AM to 7PM and Saturdays 12PM to 5PM

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I think I have this all sized up now. This is a proof of the actual film print out. Remember the video where I talked about pallet sizes and making sure your art fits the pallet and size garments you want to print? Well that’s what this image is all about.

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So the computer I worked on while creating this Southwestern style screenprinting tee shirt art has a crappy monitor and there is some distortion in the way it displays. Therefore the photos of the work I was doing that I shared show the art a bit wider than it actually was. I also resized it some for the size shirts I want to print and the size pallet I will use. I may widen it some again still so it’s not absolutely finished but this is pretty much it. I’m not yet sure when I will do the video but it should be soon. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel to get email alerts for my new video uploads.

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Screenprinting equipment and supplies, classes, training, shop rentals:

Catspit Productions, LLC
4219 South 37th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85040
480-899-9089

http://catspitscreenprintsupply.com/

Our hours are: M-F 10AM to 7PM and Saturdays 12PM to 5PM

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Here's the video about adding the distressed effect.

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