"tOkKustom - TMNT STRIKE-HARD CALLING CARD Tee"

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..100 % pure Eastman & Laird..

..and one of the simplest custom tee's i've ever made..

..recycling a worn and weathered 'stressed' vintage style of a classic Mirage TMNT image.

Ripped straight from Volume 1 #1.

The print is actually cut from another recycled shirt.

Set on a light, almost gray Mossimo standard athletic fit size Small Tee from Target.

"Aleene's Platinum Bond" Super Fabric Textile Adhesive was plastered somewhat liberally on the back of the print.

After the adhesive is set ..( after about 2 hours or more ) .. a manic bloody, red-threaded stitch around the print ( and around the old stitching from the prior shirt ) gives the tee a nice double stitch effect. This makes the original "T E E N A G E - M U T A N T - N I N J A - T U R T L E S" logo, color Turtle Teen and entire montage stand out even more.

It's like someone cut out the page from the comic book with Raph's sai and slapped it on the T-shirt while the comic book was still bleedin'.

I'm a tiny bit proud of this shirt for i've wanted to complete it for over a year now. It's also one of the most straight-forward & easily coolest shirt i've ever finished.

Deffly' the only shirt a ninja needs to be wearing when leaving a calling card for Oroku Saki !!

I'm ready for ya, Gaijin..

i spike hard ..and fade away ..

.. cuz i've stayed up ALL NIGHT !!

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TMNT print from old shirt,'Mossimo' Athletic Fit Tee "Small" ,"Aleene's Platinum Bond" Super Fabric Textile Adhesive,needle,thread, strange glowing ooze

..- 25 April 2008