distressed look

posted by Skaicandy • 4 years ago

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what kind of printing method would make a black design on a charcoal t look distressed? (the design not the shirt itself)
or would i have to change the color of the design? make it look distressed myself?
it seems like there would be a printing method or ink or something that would get that effect, im not familiar with screen printing itself =/ haha

would i get like a black discharge ink on a distressed t?

i honestly have no idea, any help would be amazing haha

*hate to say it, but im talking about the sort of look affliction clothing does v.v i want that distressed design look

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Oddeti Artist

4 years ago • 0 Like

I usually add the distress myself. Post it up so we can see exactly what you mean.

chev Artist

4 years ago • 0 Like

add ur own ‘distress’ get a couple of grunge brushes and go crazy either with the eraser tool or with brush .. watever floats ur boat..

thestray Artist

4 years ago • 0 Like

I think DBH will add distress to it if you request… I think.

qetza Artist

4 years ago • 0 Like

You would probably be better off creating the distressed (weathered) look yourself, that way you have more control over the image.

asher2789 United States Artist

4 years ago • 0 Like

depends on the program you use…

i just take a stock grunge image (like wrinkled paper) make it black and white with the distressing part black and the background white and save it as a .tiff with transparency so the white doesnt save… then place it on an image and make it the shirt colour.

for photoshop i do a colour overlay on the image so it matches the shirt, in illustrator i just have it selected and change the fill colour to the colour of the shirt.