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Fakie Screen Printing Tutorial
Published: 2007-05-12 14:22:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 102302; Favourites: 2273; Downloads: 0
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Once I learned how to do this, I just knew I'd have to make a tutorial out of it, because it's so much easier than I had ever thought it could be! I was so afraid of screen printing, but a friend (K8) assured me that it wasn't that bad when I'm doing it like this, and guess what? She's totally right!So here, I thought I'd share it with you - maybe now you won't feel so afraid to do it. And become addicted to it (like me).
Where to buy the supplies:
- Contact paper can be boughten at Target for like $7/roll, but similar stores should carry it. The rolls last a lot longer than I expected!
- Screen printing ink: You may be able to find this at a lot of place, but I always buy mine from Artist and Display . If you don't have one near you, they do have an online store. It's a great place that's been absorbing all of my money lately
- All the other supplies can be boughten at somewhere like JoAnn Fabrics or the like, they're pretty easy to find.
Just a note: Sorry for the watermark, but I'm still leary on things being used where I don't necessarily want them to be. All the photos in the tutorial are (c) me, except for the very last one, which awesome credit goes to Doll at AetasPhotography.net .
Feel free to link to this or whatnot, but please don't redistribute it without my consent.
~View all of my Artisan Crafts tutorials here~
2007 Taeliac Studio/Samantha Lemieux ~ BeAnime.com
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Huh, I was always afraid to use contact paper since it can't be reused, but it really makes nice clean designs! Have you ever tried a brayer (not the crappy foam ones) instead of a stencil brush? I'm looking to save my wrists : ) Great tut-thank you!
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This is an awesome tutorial. I usually try to go through all the comments before I ask a question but there are a lot of comments on this and I eventually gave up so I apologize if this has already been asked. I was wondering what kind of fabric you did this on. I am getting ready to make my Himawari and am using a lovely satin and am nervous about putting the contact paper on it and killing it. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for always posting such helpful tutorials... although I didn't use the actual screenprinting ink (I used Jacquard Lumiere paint for a really nice metallic effect), I did find the contact paper stencil idea worked very well for all these birds on Sakura's kimono! 
I'll probably be making the same Yuuko outfit as yours in this tutorial in the coming year, so this technique will prove very handy again! Thank you so much for sharing~
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found out my links don't work! so, anyway, Sakura's outfit is this: www.zerochan.net/353055 and Yuuko's outfit is this: www.zerochan.net/593579
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You know, I never thought of it, but I don't see why it wouldn't. I think the biggest issue would be it cracking off after a while, though, unless you sealed it with some sort of poly coating. I would test it out for you, but I don't have access to any of my studio stuff since we moved to Japan, sorry 
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Thank you, if I use this method I'll be sure to let you know.
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Have you ever tried using white screen printing ink on black fabric before? I'm scared that I may have to put on multiple layers before I get the white to look opaque or that it might not even work *A*
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Contact paper... As in the transparent stuff you use to protect books? Sweet!
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Thank You So Much For This Tutorial, I'm Actually Thinking of Persuing This, It Just Seems Costly....
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Very nice tutorial, simple and easy to follow. Thanks for this
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Hehe, not a problem at all!! Lemme know if you use it in anything, I love seeing what people come up with!! :3
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I'll probably use it for an upcoming cosplay. Most likely Rhyme Bito from TWEWY.
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How well does this last? I know if you were to do this with fabric paint it will eventually crack as the fabric stretches, will the ink crack too or no?
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So far out of everything I've tried, this lasts the best. It doesn't really crack if you put it on thin enough - this kidn of allows the ink to "flex" a bit when you're wearing/using it, so thin coats are the way to go to avoid crackling.
However, if you're doing this on a really stretchy material (knit, spandex, etc) I think it would not be such a good idea - then it would more than likely pull. If that's the case, look into a fabric marker or dye pen - I think there's a brand called "Tee Juice" that I know a few people who've had good success with :3
((sorry if this makes no sense, cold drugs are kind of addling my brain 
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Awesome! It made sense don't worry
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Any time! I'm happy it's helpful to you!
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yay!! I was thinking to use contac paper but had my doubts, and when I was reading your tutorial I totally was impressed to see the cool results you got, I'm gonna try to do this one in a silly pic I did yesterday to use in a t-shirt.
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge!
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You definitely should try it! It's not the best - regular screen printing will help with more opaque layers of screen printing ink, but this definitely works if you're like me an a total doufus with the squeegee
And I just can't stop staring at your avi and giggling
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I...had no idea you could just use screen printing ink as fabric paint. Thanks for sharing!
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I didn't know, either! I was so happy and surprised to find that out!
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Very nice! Good descriptive instructions but not too lengthy. And I adored the squeegee of doom comment. Oh yes.
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I might have to try this, I'm not sure how well it would work for what I have in mind though
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Wow!! So much faster than actually screen printing. Couldn't you just take a really big brush and go over it a couple times? I like shortcuts.
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This is really informative! I'd love to give this a try!
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have you heard of the freezer paper trick? you can trace it and then cut and just simply iron it on! it's like 3 dollars for like a bajillion yards and is really easy to work with!
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Yes! I love freezer paper, but the downside is is it doesn't really stick very well when you're doing something like this with a stencil brush or the like - it easily peels up, plus, it's not really reusable ~ but, I agree, it is awesome to work with (I've used it for very delicate fabrics, to act as a temporary stabilizer, with amazing results!)
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This has got to be the greatest tutorial I've ever read :] You're incredible for sharing your wealth of knowledge with the rest of us
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Thanks for the tutorial, the results look great without the expensiveness of screen printing. Thanks! Fav++;
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Yes! Screen printing! This helps soooo much for the cosplay I'm working on, thank you!
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this is great! thank you! now, by doing more than one coat, do you mean letting it dry and then doing another coat? or can i leave the stencil on, let it dry just a few hours, and then do another coat?
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Thank you for sharing your design techniques with the community!
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You always have the best tutorials! I'll definitely be using this for the symbols on my Haori for my Yoruichi-Taichou cosplay [: It seems a lot easier than all the other methods out there
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This is to cool. I was looking in a theater book and they suggested something simular. For longer tracks they made several hard copies or had this huge block thingy - i know REAL technical, huh. LOL.
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No! Actually, that makes perfect sense! We had to do something similar in a painting/dying class, but it's not something too practical for most people (I know I dun have the space for it, at least 
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This is going to be incredibly useful in the future.
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Hooray!! I'm very happy to hear it
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omg thank you so much! this is just what i've been looking for
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Hooray!! I'm happy to help
If this doesn't work out for your needs, I do have a tutorial on applique, too, which is another way to get the design on the fabric
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Okay I need to check that too
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This is amazing! Thanks so incredibly much! Definitely going to put this to use for some Final Fantasy stuff.
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Oh yeah! It is definitely helpful for some of those things, especially the crazy amounts of repeat stuff that some of the outfits have, that you just can't find a fabric even remotely close for
I'm happy that it is helpful to you!
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do you think this will work on really small details?
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I don't know - I haven't really tried it with little things, usually those I just freehand - it might, though, if you are just careful to keep the paint from bleeding too much
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