| I've always enjoyed art and spent many days just | | | | your art to look nice and even on the shirt, so the |
| doodling on some paper mostly cartoon characters. In | | | | batman symbol is centered in the middle, and the |
| 1989 on a friends birthday I decided to give her a | | | | writing as well. I sketch it on paper first and then lightly |
| T-shirt with all of her close friends names on it. She | | | | with a charcoal pencil on the shirt. It's easy to fix |
| and everyone else loved it. That was the beginning of | | | | mistakes with a pencil then with paint. After you draw |
| my quest to design T-shirts. Around that time the | | | | the batman symbol, begin painting it in with the color of |
| movie Batman came out, so I painted myself a shirt | | | | your choice. |
| with the Batman symbol, I wrote the words Blackman | | | | Most people use black and to add more color you can |
| on the shirt. Being a black man and living in a black | | | | use glitter paints, or puff paint there is plenty of colors |
| neighborhood it was an instant hit. | | | | to choose from. If your child has a pair of green |
| To make the shirts all you needed was: A T-shirt, | | | | sneakers and a green cap, you'll most likely choose |
| some tubes or bottles of fabric paint, different size | | | | green. After you put the finale on your art work, let it |
| paint brushes, pencils, I prefer charcoal, ruler, and some | | | | dry 24 hours. at least. Then it can be worn. Before you |
| cardboard...and don't forget some ideas. | | | | wash the shirt you must set the paint in the shirt so |
| Put a piece of cardboard inside the T-shirt to give you | | | | that it doesn't wash out. This is done by either turning |
| some stability for drawing your design. It also prevents | | | | the shirt inside out and ironing the design or putting it in |
| the ink from accidentally soaking though the front of | | | | the dryer for 10 or 15 minutes. So get creative, draw |
| the shirt and ruining the back. I prefer a piece of wood, | | | | flowers for your daughter, or a football for your son. |
| but the cardboard will work just as well. On a piece on | | | | Maybe draw their favorite cartoon character. |
| paper draw out your design. keep in mind you want | | | | |