{"id":4552,"date":"2015-04-03T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T11:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2015-04-03T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T11:45:52","slug":"pave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/pave\/","title":{"rendered":"Pav\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"T-Shirt\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This weekend sees the Tour of Flanders, and next weekend is Paris – Roubaix. Since it’s been a while since I last did some screen printing, I thought I’d try to make a print based on the cobbled classics.<\/p>\n

I’m quite pleased with the results, but I thought I’d run through my process. <\/p>\n

I actually started from a photo that I took on the Molenberg at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad a few weeks ago. The same hill features in the Tour of Flanders.<\/p>\n

\"Original<\/a><\/p>\n

From there I went into Photoshop and started masking off large parts of the picture that I didn’t need. This is quite slow, but masks work well for mistakes. In any case, I didn’t need perfection because I’d be adjusting the image pretty radically. So yes, I’ve not quite removed all the background through some of the bikes’ spokes.<\/p>\n

\"Photoshop<\/a><\/p>\n

Next it was into Illustrator where I am a bit of a beginner. But the Image Trace function is superb and I played around a bit until I got something I was satisfied with. I took that back into Photoshop and added some lettering.<\/p>\n

\"Image<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I made a screen. I tend to use Speedball materials, although I’ve bought third party screens and other bits and pieces.<\/p>\n

\"Screen\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally I printed my T-shirt (see top). But I also made a paper print too. <\/p>\n

\"Print\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’d love to tell you that prints were on sale for reasonable prices, but, er, I only made a couple of shirts and one paper print (I messed up the others). But if you really wanted one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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