#but whatever the green ones are made of (white taklon if i had to guess?) are solid. nice and soft but they do fray easily.

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no problem, and I hope you have fun with it !!

to answer your other questions:

I paint directly onto the hoodie! which is a cotton/polyester blend, from a brand called MakeMarket. I stretch the fabric over something large and flat first (for this big of a project, I borrowed a wood plank from my mother as well as 4 clamps. I covered the wood with a trash bag to keep the paint that leaks through the fabric from adhering to it, then stretched it over the wood, using the 4 clamps to secure each corner. for smaller projects I use a pane of glass from a broken picture frame & some binder clips lol) before just painting right on it. just wash the fabric first so itll stick well. disclaimer: I am not a professional to any degree and there is probably a better way to do this/something you should do to the fabric first, but I don't know it ":D I've been mostly just making things for myself and if it ends up not lasting, I'll just repaint/touch it up.

my usual process is to tape off the section I'm painting, apply a white base coat, sketch the design, then jump right into painting it, erasing the pencil when everything is dried (or painting over it, when it's stubborn).

and here's all of my "equipment," such as it were:

from left to right, heres what they are and their uses

2inch flat brush- I dont remember where I got it, but I use it for a base cover of white. it's great for wide base coverage and little else.

a Shader brush I was given by my dad. I have no idea the brand, but it's what I use for large blocks of just 1 colour.

of the green set of 4, the first one is a simple round brush. this one I dont use often tbh.

the second green one is a flat edger, I think? I lost the package of these. the tip is angled, though. great for straight lines and tapering said straight lines!

the third green one is a tiny little detail round. even that honestly is not quite thin enough sometimes.

the last green one is a simple flat. I use this for blocking in colours in smaller areas before using the 2nd or 3rd brush to do detail work

the little bitty black brush is kind of shitty but it's another round one. the ends are frayed to hell and I'm probably gonna pitch it ngl but it can be used to block in colour.

the 2 palette knives can be used to make straight lines

I use the calligraphy nib for REALLY SMALL straight lines. it is not good for much else in a painting project! it's been clogged and garbagey for a while (idfk how but the ink that got into it is Soap Resistant and it's just crusted over. I have a shitton more from my dad who hoards things just a bit, so I'm not bothered.) so it's perfect for this since it can't be a dip-pen nib anymore

then theres the 3 pencils I sketch with (beginning with the coloured one, then the HB next to it, then the 6B next to that). the charcoal beside them is used when I'm like "hang on what did I draw again"-- like, I mark unclear lines heavier using the charcoal.

also I'm plugging this brush cleaner, "The Masters Brush Cleaner," because it FUCKS. it is so good. this itty bitty one has lasted me months so far I have barely had to use it because a little goes a long way. not sponsored best impulse buy I ever made

then theres just my palette and the thing I use for water

I will say none of this stuff is wash-proof, do not slap it in the washing machine like this, itll crumble into bits. (found that out the hard way, RIP to the one Motionless in White patch I made for those crust pants) I usually use a spray fabric cleaner for my patch jacket (covered in acrylic paint patches) which wont fuck up the paint. however I did just get back from an art store where they recommended me This:

which will make the paint wash-proof and heat-proof. haven't used it yet since I bought it Today shsjsnsj but a 1:1 ratio of GAC900:paint should apparently do this if you then hit the back of the fabric (not the paint side) with a hot iron after it's been dried (put parchment paper between the paint and whatever surface you use to iron, though!). do be careful using it, apparently it's not good to get a bunch on your skin.

that's pretty much all I know !! I'm still looking into how to make these heatproof and mailable because as my friend @ghost-orion who I mailed a patch to knows, Apparently It Will Get Goopy In Transport. I've had people on TikTok reach out to ask if they can buy patches of my designing though so uhhhhh I am Working On Figuring Things Out and I might start posting about it on here as I do so! presumably whatever makes it capable of withstanding shipping will make it long-lasting in general.

I hope this isnt too much hwjsnsj I just want to give All of the information I have ':D I only started doing this earlier this year, I don't have much experience yet.

I dont think I've posted any of these here ever before but I do sometimes make tiktok videos of me working on shit. usually my fabric crafts like my jackets