Vamp Up An Old Vest Top!

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  Step 1

  First off I had to find an image to paint on the vest. I have a whole folder of pictures of her on my laptop. I chose to go with this one which is from the main page of her website because I felt there wasn't too much shading to worry about.

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  Step 2

  I found the lettering I wanted in a picture I found of a Vampira tshirt through a Google search.

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  Step 3

  I traced the image of Vampira and the lettering on to a sheet of white paper ( I couldn't find any tracing paper) to create a spacing that I thought looked good. To make up for my lack of transparent paper I printed off the pictures and stuck them to my window with masking tape. I then taped the white sheet over each to create the spacing that I wanted.

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  Step 4

  I covered a drawing board with cling film and put the board into the vest top to keep the fabric taught. I put some carbon paper between the vest and the drawing from the last step then went over the lines of the drawing with a pen .

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  Step 5

  After completing the first layer of paint, I felt it needed something else, so I drew on some cobwebs with white chalk and went over the lines and the outline of Vampira's hair with glittery silver fabric paint.

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  Step 6

  After a second coat of paint on her skin and the lettering (I only did one coat for the cobwebs) I started on the shading. I also had to fill back in the markings for her face, so I traced over the original picture using some greaseproof paper, and on the reverse of the sheet I shaded over the lines with a heavy pencil. Turning the paper the right way up again I went back over the lines with a pen so a pencil transfer of the lines I needed were left on the dry white paint.

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  Step 7

  I then painted in her facial features and touched up the shading.

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  Step 8

  To seal the paint once it was dry, I had to iron over it, placing a sheet of grease proof paper between the fabric and the iron. Once this was done I replaced the old straps with new ones made by cutting an old satin scarf in half to give the vest halter top straps.

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Mistress Apathy · Clifton, New Jersey, US · 25 projects 15th July 2010

Im a sucker for Vampira

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PIN-UP ^alex^ · 20 projects 9th July 2010

i love it <3

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michelle G. · Antigonish, Nova Scotia, CA · 1258 projects 9th July 2010

awesome

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