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I saw some great shirts at the shops today. They were card images and had been rendered to look worn,vintage. I was wondering how you acheive this effect. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Something I do on the design side since I'm not a printer: If you create an image in illustrator or whatever software you use, bring it into photoshop then clone it with a brush then paint it back onto a new surface with a destroyed style of pattern. I download various brushes just for this and I have designed a bunch of shirts with that vintage worn style of design. The other thing about doing it this way is that you can decide which part of the design gets more worn and what parts do not. Another thing about doing it this way from the designers perspective is that printers charge extra for doing the distressing for you and it is not cost effective and you as a designer have almost no control over what it will actually look like.
you can try brusheezy...they have a ton of brushes...look for the "grunge" or "border" ones but I use all different ones for the "distressed look. It's kind of frustrating sometimes to make a good pattern but you gotta play around with it until it looks the way you want.......you can also make your own...something I recently got into
I wish I could do that stuff right now! That's exactly the look I want do duplicate. I'm not too familiar with the software yet in order to do it, it would probably take me days to figure it out.
I wish I could do that stuff right now! That's exactly the look I want do duplicate. I'm not too familiar with the software yet in order to do it, it would probably take me days to figure it out.
If you have Photoshop, that's all the software you need. They are actions and there are instructions that come with it on how to get them used. But they're super easy. I love his stuff!
If you don't have these cool effects or don't know P-shop that well, just print out your design crumple it up dunk it in the river and then scan it back in. There ya go.
Yep I went and got mr retro machine wash and it is so easy to use once it is loaded into photoshop you just use it like the other filters in ther and some of the effects are great. I was wondering though when it loads up the colours it chooses to start the image in are a brown and a beige,is this what people usually use as I thought some of it looked a bit cacky. I tried other colours and tought they looked better on screen but I haven't yet printed a tee with this method yet I was just playing around so far.
Yep I went and got mr retro machine wash and it is so easy to use once it is loaded into photoshop you just use it like the other filters in ther and some of the effects are great. I was wondering though when it loads up the colours it chooses to start the image in are a brown and a beige,is this what people usually use as I thought some of it looked a bit cacky. I tried other colours and tought they looked better on screen but I haven't yet printed a tee with this method yet I was just playing around so far.
I think I'm going to have to get this too! I love the way it gives it that "old school" rustic look.
How to make a vintage style image 
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you can try brusheezy...they have a ton of brushes...look for the "grunge" or "border" ones but I use all different ones for the "distressed look. It's kind of frustrating sometimes to make a good pattern but you gotta play around with it until it looks the way you want.......you can also make your own...something I recently got into
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