This t-shirt is a love letter to screen printing (and mantises, of course). For this piece, I pulled from techniques I picked up over the years, some taught to me by the incredible printmakers I’ve been lucky to learn from, and others I discovered through my own trial-and-error in the studio.
Programs: Adobe Illustrator and Clip Studio Paint
I experimented with a few different techniques to get the look I wanted: The mantis was drawn on acetate with India ink to create a negative, while the type was printed onto copy paper, then coated in oil to make it translucent.
Design printed on various types of paper and fabric
Process of drawing the transparency sheet with india ink
Full print on shirt before the patch is sewn on
Printed type
Inital praying mantis sketch
Printed mantis.
Vector letters
Cutie found in a garden!
