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AndreyR
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Post T-shirt drawing
on: July 19, 2013, 04:41
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sandy
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Post Re: T-shirt drawing
on: July 19, 2013, 21:42
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Ha! You know this actually looks really good! I thought about drawing on fabric, but assumed that the stretchiness of it would make a big mess... But actually, the whole "low res"-ness of polargraph kinda works with it! If you're expecting a wonderfully sharp image, this is the wrong tool, if you want some _interpretation_, fill your boots 🙂 Thanks for sharing this Andrey!

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kongorilla
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Post Re: T-shirt drawing
on: July 23, 2013, 22:52
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I never thought of drawing on a t-shirt, and had I done so, I probably would've thought it wouldn't work. That's cool!

Andrey, have you experimented with different fabric pens? Any recommendations?

Since most of my drawings go wrong on the first try, I can see myself going through a lot of shirts. I've been experimenting with drawing on surfaces other than paper in the hopes of finding something that I'd consider sellable. It's been great because my mistakes have been easy to wipe off. T-shirts, though....one mistake and it's rubbish.

Let us know if you come up with foolproof techniques.
onshi
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Post Re: T-shirt drawing
on: June 12, 2014, 14:41
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I'm still gathering parts to build a polargraph, but instead of a T-shirt or other fabric I'm considering the possibility of drawing directly onto stretched canvas like these:

http://www.deserres.ca/en-ca/search/set-of-2-gallery-canvases/CMG/

3M command strips could probably mount the stepper brackets/mounts/whatever directly to the wood frame during operation, then they could be removed afterward.

Since the canvas is primed I think fabric pens wouldn't be necessary. Some experimentation should prove which pens would work and which don't... has anyone tried this yet?
sandy
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Post Re: T-shirt drawing
on: June 12, 2014, 20:56
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Hello, welcome 🙂 Because there's a necessary border around the drawable area and where the motors are mounted, I wouldn't recommend mounting the motors to the canvas itself. But definitely mount the canvas on the drawing surface, that'd work.

The pen you use depends on the surface. A very thin pen will not show up much, and will wriggle around on the textured surface of the canvas. A big fat pen will leave a much more definite line, but needs to be wetter to make a good line.

Regular marker pens will do it, and you can always go slowly to get the most ink out of it. I really like these Kuretake ZIG Writer water-based pens - lots of colours.

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kongorilla
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Post Re: T-shirt drawing
on: June 12, 2014, 22:00
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Hi onshi,
My mounts are easily moved from one board to another, but would cover part of a canvas (see pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/91789568@N00/sets/72157629448247128/ )

It wouldn't be difficult to do something similar to mine, but with the front piece of wood removed, replacing it with something that clamps to the canvas frame from behind.

To be able to cover the full canvas with drawing, you'd also have to move the motors farther away from the drawing surface than mine do, vertically and (even more so) horizontally.
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