Ideas

Popplet idea generation for stencil design\screen print

After discussion I decided to incorporate my design work with the facilities I have at work.

Having explored possible areas for design I've decided that the target audience should be for children

between 5 and 15 as this is a proven target market at my company.

First Visuals

intial sketches for possible stencils aimed at the very young (about 5 -10)

fashion stencils for girls ages 10-15

Looking at combining portraits with vector shapes. These are ideas for t-Shirt stencils for girls.

I will aslo produce a stencil kit for boys

Ideas for Stencils and screen prints for boys aged 10-15

Using my own Illustrations the above could be used as a trace for  stencil which I believe 

will appeal to boys

I will be combining illustration and vector images to produce the final designs. The skull and crossbones has a possible brand name "Jones"

Ideas for headers (stencil kit)

The above headers are ideas taken from the Sex Pistols artwork. I liked the homemade random feel

to the style and it reflects the idea of stencilling.

development

Production plan for ideas development

Developing the T-shirt\screen print proposals

The following are a group of stages leading to a screen print idea.

The above is a scanned image of a drawing which I made using an ink pen

Brought into Illustrator and using 'make and expand' made an outlined vector image, I could possibly cut a stencil using this method of simplifying and outlining drawings.

I then brought in a scanned pencil rubbing and adjusted the appearance in photoshop using

the filter gallery. The background was placed into illustrator 

Another scanned pencil rubbing brought into photoshop, adjusted in the filter gallery, areas were selected to define a new brush and I painted the background with the new textured brush.

Vector swirls are added for further decoration

I copied the clown, outlined with make and expand, filled it with white and added a 14pt

stroke. I placed the original clown in front, I did this to make the clown stand out. I

also added some text with bevelling and shadows.

I cut out the background with the top-hat skulls, added a textured background with a textured brush made from the pencil rubbings, then added swirls.

  I finally decided on this image,  for one of the screen prints. It has a curved circus font, a curtain backdrop which has been posterised in photoshop and swirls added from illustrator. The background images were then filtered so that the shading is made of 5pt half tone dots and the image is inverted so that the shirt will print white on black.

Development of the T-shirt stencil kit

Further to the group discussion my ideas for possible header designs were adjusted, making the

font using "Pauls Ransom note" download from the "dafont" website. I kept the sex pistols influenced colours and feel but re-organised the shapes so as to read better.

further development of a stencil design

 

I converted an Illustration vector image to a DXF file export, opened it in impact 5 which is the software for the Zund machine below. I then cut the image out of polypropeline on the zund, this has proven to be the best material for stencil making as it holds it structure after use and can be re-used. It can also be wiped clean after use, previous experiments with card have shown a weakness in the material making it unsuitable for retail.

It was suggested in group discussion that I could broaden my range of stencil ideas and simplify the designs for ease of use by any potential consumer. The above images are aimed at boys 5-10 years.

Above is an instruction sheet to be included in the pack, it was suggested that I make clear and concise instructions which should open up in panels

The above is a sprayed design for girls shirts, the stencil was cut on the Zund in polypropelene. This is a simplified design which comes out of one piece of polyprop and proved to be a successful process.