Design - Machine Wash Filters
I picked-up the Machine Wash Filters last year from Mister Retro and am overjoyed with the many ways they can be utilized. With the current trends in the youth market involving distressed, grungy graphics, this set of filters is a must-have for any designer who works on the edge. Not only do they work great with any graphics created in Photoshop for the web, but can even be brought in to Illustrator as a bitmap image and converted to a vector. That’s great news for anyone who needs these extremely popular effects for t-shirt graphics. They’re so “in” right now.
Check out the image below. This was an illustration I did for apb Clothing for use on their t-shirts and sweatshirts. The original was a vector drawing done in illustrator. I then placed the vector in a Photoshop file and used burn and dodge techniques to bring out an even more 3D form. I then chose an effect file from the Machine Wash Filters set (In this case Varicose) to my image. The image below is the result.
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July 10th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Your artwork looks pretty good! Good job. I checked out the Mister Retro website and am really impressed. It’s true that the current trend in t-shirt design is rustic and “machine wash.” I like it a lot. I wonder if it’s time that we start seeing RETRO design elements like we did in the 60’s during an unpopular war (hmmm, like it is now with the war in the Middle East?).
July 10th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Thanks for the comment and props Ryan. These retro design elements are being seen. Obey has used a lot of them with their propaganda style works as well as the company above. Another way retro effects are being used in the youth apparel market is in the form of 80’s styles. Sometimes cycles can have an unfortunate effect on fashion. After growing up in the 80’s I’d much rather leave those fashions behind, but then again, the youth market is no longer for me.
October 12th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
I personally love retro anything including retro fashion. Thanks for the post.