Portal Shirts

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:51 pm

A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to make a Portal t-shirt. I finally made them. Took me awhile to get some pictures, but here they are:

On the front it says, "She's Watching You". On the back, "The cake is a lie, etc."

On the front it has the three posters seen around the 'secret' rooms. In order, "Courage Is Not The Absence of Fear", "A Trusted Friend In Science", and "Not Never But Now." On the back it has the Aperture Laboratories logo.

I created these by taking screenshots of them in game, then editing them in photoshop, I put it through Magnigraph to turn it into a high resolution SVG. Finished up the editing in Inkscape. Printed them out, and pressed them on these shirts.

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:57 pm

I think they're pretty sweet.

metkillerjoe · Post by **metkillerjoe** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:58 pm

Love 'em. If you had 'em for sale, I'd buy one.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:08 pm

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:16 pm

I don't understand the rabid cult that Portal spawned but kool I suppose

I think its a few sizes too big for you

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:18 pm

ScottyGEE wrote:I don't understand the rabid cult that Portal spawned but kool I suppose

Thanks, though I'm not obsessed with Portal or anything, I just thought it would be cool.

ScottyGEE wrote:I think its a few sizes too big for you

Probably, though, they are Adult Smalls, and that's what I typically wear.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:00 pm

How did you print them?

It looks a lot better than cheap iron-on crap.

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:11 pm

Probably some kind of screen. Thats how I did it at my school. If he used an ink press, thennn, I dunno what that is. >_<

llama_juice · Post by **llama_juice** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:56 am

neat idea and whatnot, but... the first one is just too cluttered on the back and it makes it look rather crappy

I don't know if I like the boarders going around the images on the front of the 2nd shirt...

Other than that they look neat

I too am interested in how you "pressed" these

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:32 am

shadowkhas wrote:It looks a lot better than cheap iron-on crap.

Ironically, it is that cheap iron-on crap. But, our school has this t-shirt press that is like a larger iron on a clamp, and it heats the whole print at once for say, 20 seconds. I could have used an iron if I wanted, but it wouldn't have turned out as well.

Yeah, the first one's back is kind of cluttered, but meh, It looked okay to me. As for the borders on the front of the second, they were torn paper marks in game, I just forgot to turn them white before printing. >_<

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:50 am

I want both.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:08 am

TomClancey wrote:Ironically, it is that cheap iron-on crap.

Really?

I must just be doin it rong with the ones that I do.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:14 am

Well, it depends on how you do it. I printed me on the highest DPI I could to get it the best quality. I'm not sure how to do it with an Iron, but with our T-shirt press, you set it to 375 Degrees Fahrenheit, and press it for about 20-25 seconds, then once you pull it out, pull of the transfer paper immediately afterwords for a satin finish, or wait for it to cool for a glossy finish. I prefer a satin finish, so that could also be why.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:15 am

Holy shit, that's awesome. Would you mind posting the SVGs or the image files. I want to make one of these shirts =d

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:26 am

Depends, if you'd get on MSN every once in awhile. >_>

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:09 am

'Sup Fogel

Not something I'd wear... but nice effort?

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:46 am

I want both.