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[BuddyC]

I hate to brag, but I thought this was too cool not to share.

 

[Shawn128]

Mr. Driller ftw

 

[Litigation Manuel]

 

[M3wThr33]

I was expecting a Susumu plushie.

 

[BobJustBob]

I was expecting a modded Gamecube and Drill Land.

 

[kIdMuScLe]

i was expecting a manly stuff....

 

[Kroole]

That's some nice shi(r)t!

Wouldn't mind owning one.

 

[the year 20XX]

That is quite nice. Homemade, I assume? How?

 

[BuddyC]

That is quite nice. Homemade, I assume? How?

Yea, my roommate made it.

As I recall, this is how he does it:
1) Resize image in Photoshop, change to black and white.
2) Print, then take a cardboard board and put freezer paper on it.
3) Place the printed image on top of the freezer paper, use tape to secure both sheets down.
4) Using an Exacto knife, cut out the image (harder than it sounds).
5) Remove the tape. If you have a screen (for screen-printing), go ahead and put the freezer paper in that. Otherwise, secure the shirt to something hard and sturdy and tape the paper down on that. If you're just taping the pattern to the shirt, make sure to run an iron the paper/shirt before continuing.
6) Using acrylic or screen-printing paint, gently dab at the are of the T-Shirt exposed by the outline you traced. Be careful, as too much paint will cause the lines to bleed. Do this a few times, but be careful to let it dry each time.
7) Let sit for a while, a few hours at the least.
8) Carefully remove the freezer paper. Marvel at your new shirt. But there's still one more step!
9) Turn the shirt inside out and run a hot iron over the paint. This will seal the paint to the fabric, I guess.
10) When washing, turn the shirt inside out and wash in cold.

That's the basics, at least. You can get better performance out of a screen and screen ink (that's how the Driller shirt was made), but it's not required. For more detailed designs, you'll want multiple prints to highlight seperate details in the work. And as always, the real trick is practice.