Scrap Boy T-Shirt Design Method Explained
What are Scrap Iron-on Transfers ?
Scrap Iron-on Transfers are transfers that are damaged.
In other words, they can not be sold at full price and often end up in the garbage
because they start to pile up.
These INK transfers get damaged very easy when handling them because the INKS sit on the transfer paper
in a semi-liquid fragile type stage and it does not take much to scratch them.
However, after they are Heat Applied,
these INKS harden/bond to garments and endure for years, washable etc..
So you end up with some great
transfer designs that are 99.9% in perfect condition, created/made by very talented artists,
that are stored away waiting to be tossed in the trash when that day comes.
This is a waste of art and it pollutes the environment.
What is Scrap Boy's Shirt Design Method ?
Very simple, you use these transfers in various ways to create your own one-of-a-kind shirts.
If you are not familiar with plastisol ink iron-on transfers, the design comes in Mirror Image on
a sheet of transfer paper. You face the ink side down and the paper side up when you apply them
with a Heat Press or Home Iron. Tools required ? your thumb/nail, scissors, sand paper or whatever else you can
find around the studio to achieve the effect you're looking for.
You can do whatever you like to modify the original transfer. You can:
- Tear the edges.
- Scratch off some of the Ink.
- Cut them into little pieces.
- etc...
Then you lay out your iron-on transfer parts on a shirt and start printing them.
Start from the background and work it to the foreground.
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