For the photos of my character I want my model to be wearing a stained and dirty shirt that shows the Monster has not been taken care of and has had to find any clothing he can. As my model is smaller than the original owner of the shirt I think that this will also show this.
PROCESS TO TEA-DYE A SHIRT
-I found a deep pot which would hold the shirt along with a large volume of water.
- I then filled and boiled the kettle a number of times so that there was enough liquid that was just above the level of the shirt.
- Then I added in 6 teabags to make the large vat of tea.
- I then added the shirt to the tea and let it soak for about 1-2 hours.
- Originally for the first half an hour I left the tea bags in the liquid just to get the most amount out of them.
- Then after soaking for a couple of hours, I poured away the tea mixture and transferred it to another container with cold water. The cold water allows the tea to set in the shirt.
- After it soaked in the cold water. I then left it out to dry.
I quite like the creased look that the short has- I don't think that it needs ironing as a shirt grabbed by the monster along his travels from someone's washing line wouldn't be perfectly ironed. I think I would also quite like to splatter some dirt onto the shirt, just to add that other dimension of sleeping rough and running through the wilderness.
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