Green Giraffe on Pink

In the summer of 08, I decided it was time to update my wardrobe. Therefore, I need to make a bunch of new stencils and new shirts. I’m not sure what lead to animal prints, but I love having the siloutte of friendly creatures on my shirts.

The green giraffe instantly became my favorite along with the splittings bears shirt I did at the same time. Not only did I love them, but everyone that saw me with these shirts had questions and comments. People really like animal prints. I can’t explain it. I just know it to be true.It also probably helps that the shirt is pink.

I make stencils by printing a design on cardstock and then cutting it out with an exacto knife. This is the first shirt I made where I had to print onto two pages of cardstock and then line them up in order to get my design. It was important to me to have a large print though. I wanted it to take up a big part of the shirt.

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This is my favorite shirt right now. I dig it because it is a mash up of my two previous favorites. The Giraffe and Splitting Bears. I wanted to make a stenciled shirt for new years eve, but like most things I put it off until the last minute.

So, on Dec. 31st I was trying to figure out what I could make. I dug through my stencil collection and somehow put the top half of a giraffe stencil on the bottom half of a bear stencil. I like how it can easily look like a sea creature.

I didn’t use acrylic paint on this design due to time limitations. Instead, i set the stencil on the shirt and took a sharpie marker to it. I simply made lines all around the edge. It makes a really nice outline and a hint of a fur effect. I’m going to use that technique more often.

I also tried putting the top of the bear with the bottom of the giraffe and it also makes an amazing mash up. It sort of looks like a bear centaur.  I haven’t put it on clothing yet, but I may in the future.

If you like any of the art or designs you see on the site and would like an original for yourself, please contact me and I’ll help make your dreams come true.