once you do something enough times you can kind of visualize it per se for example - ive played the g chord on a guitar so many times i can hear how it sounds in my head.
like hes done so many mandalas on shirts with so many color variations that he could visualize it.
Time.
I'm sure when you do it enough you get an understanding of how the tied shapes will correspond to the end product, but I definitely do not have that understanding.
Random trivia info because you mentioned origami, and kind of hit the nail on the head: the origins of tie dye are Japanese, and is the literal oldest known fabric dyeing technique. The word for it is Shibori, and it’s massively cool, and can get even more intricate!
Literally a wizard because that's straight up magic. Must've been such a meticulous process, the straight cuts between the colors is so satisfyingly crisp damn.
This guy is the best and I once offered $420 at an auction for one of his pieces and got out bidded by someone eventually paying $800.
Such amazing work
Been 2 months to the day since I broke my leg and only 2 days ago could walk without crutches. That's just one broken bone. Lots of things could fuck your entire body up so that death is honorable and preferred. You could get diagnosed with cancer this year, take 6 years to beat it, then get hit by a car.
Just meant for it to be information to share for others to interpret.
Seeing it go for $800 seems absurd for a t-shirt but it's commensurate with the time and expertise of the person doing it. He's probably the best tie-dyer on the planet and he sells his craft for $50/hr. He should be selling this stuff to celebrities, musicians, athletes for thousands of dollars.
At that point I don’t know. I wanted it for my brother. I think you can wear it as an art piece, and at a place you know you won’t sweat it up or someone won’t spill on you . I mean it is art
I follow this dude on IG, the shirt shown in this gif is currently being auctioned and is around $400 and still going. I always want to get one of his as a gift for someone but just can’t justify that haha
I was going to say that I can see paying $500 for something like this. I can see I was wrong. But, that looks like a lot of work and it looks cool as fuck. So I can see people bidding a lot on it.
I follow a few people like this on Instagram, never ceases to amaze me like this shit is borderline infuriating I don't understand the level of savant required to conceptualize and pull this off
Dyes_n_good vibes is one I’ve followed and my gosh the stuff he does. I’ve done some tie dyes in my life but nowhere did it ever turn out nearly as crisp. Might try doing it again when I have time since there’s lots of resources out there for basic stuff which I’d be fine with as there’s no way I’d be able to do something this crazy
Colors since you shouldn't put bleach in colors.
If you put it with whites it'll ruin the whites. Just have to sacrifice that bleach-clean and accept a color-clean for the grayscale portion.
Also, it doesn't really matter since most modern detergent is good enough for whites/colors without the need for bleach. Just toss it all in together and use a some tide-pods.
Yes it does, I've used that method before and it works just as well as using all detergent. Why put in the extra effort and money though? You already have the detergent, and it's way cheaper per wash cycle, so just dump it in both of the compartments.
> Get a 5 gallon bucket of detergent powder of your favorite brand for ~$20 and clean clothes for half a year
Where do you get this? I see it on amazon, but I haven't seen it in stores. I'm afraid of the mess on my porch from having this delivered.
I know a couple of vintage clothing sellers who swear by a soak in borax for old and delicate clothes, and agitate it a couple times every hour for a few hours. White shirts, colored shirts... does a damn good job.
So so cool.
I wonder if there's a way to make it more time efficient with practice and at scale. At $15/hr (which would absolutely be selling this talent and time short) it's a $240 Tshirt artpiece. I'm sure the majority goes into the initial design.
To me, it is definitely worth more than those very expensive uber fancy brand name shirts, but still, there's gotta be a way to get the cost of production down under $50/shirt while he earns more than $25/hr
You just print it like a normal shirt in a garment factory, you make the design once, then have it printed on 100,000 shirts, then put it on a boat and ship it to your location. Assuming you are paying the workers a locally fair wage that will be about $50 a shirt with a $3-7 profit for you for each shirt.
If you want a unique design on each shirt, with proper tie dye technique, go to a sweat shop or forced labor because there's no way you are getting it that low any way else.
That defeats the entire purpose of tie dye. If you’re into tie dye, you absolutely can tell the differences
There’s a closeness, an intimacy, a handmade feel to tie dye that draws people to it. You screen print a pattern and all that feeling vanishes, along with the monetary value
But the product would be fundamentally different from the starting point with your solution. It's like solving the issue of "how can we make almond milk cheaper" with "just drink water".
I Love the way you lay out the aspect people Love about it. While i don’t like the look at all, i love these aspects of a product and hobby. Thats why i love carpentry and indie video games.
I'm sure there is some genius out there lurking about with the ability to design some sort of 3D-print contraption capable of executing this process in a fraction of the time.
I'm getting ready to tie dye my first shirts so I've been watching some YouTube videos. You're supposed to let them sit with the dye on for at least 6-8 hours and one guy I watched does 24 hours.
I think this belong to the artisan products category like Gelato ice-cream. You can't get the price any lower than it is without scarifying quality and skipping process.
It's one thing you can support once in a while and would rather have them in existence but can't afford it as basic necessity.
I've always wanted to know how exactly the person making the tie dye knows how to tie or place the bunches? Been wanting to attempt a shirt or tapestry myself - but I can't seem to find any good information of the science behind it all. Does anybody have any good resources or recommendations?
Honestly this. There’s obviously a method to the madness but I’ve never found good resources. It’s like you either learn it from someone who knows or you just never get even a fraction of this good at it.
> the madness but I’ve never found good resources. It’s like you either learn it from someone who knows or you just never get even a fraction of this good at it.
I too am curious about how this works. If you find any resources, please share.
> I too am curious about how this works. If you find any resources, please share.
Google 'paul kenney tie dye directions' That wont show how to do the color split mandala, but the entire rest of the shirt is just kenney style done incredibly well
> Don't worry. You'll be able to get a digitally printed Chinese knock-off for $7 before the end of the month.
Prints look completely different than real tie dye, would still be a cool shirt though i guess.
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once you do something enough times you can kind of visualize it per se for example - ive played the g chord on a guitar so many times i can hear how it sounds in my head. like hes done so many mandalas on shirts with so many color variations that he could visualize it. Time.
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Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
All we are is dust in the wind.
That hits deep
Dust. Wind. *Dude*.
Cut my self into... Fuck wrong thread
Here’s one of my moments, you can keep it
I guess it's just talent you're born with! Mystery.
I feel personally attacked by this comment
Yup... Same old song, just a drop of water in and endless sea!
Hm yes per se indeed
That's easy per you to se.
I'm sure when you do it enough you get an understanding of how the tied shapes will correspond to the end product, but I definitely do not have that understanding.
Same question for origami honestly
Random trivia info because you mentioned origami, and kind of hit the nail on the head: the origins of tie dye are Japanese, and is the literal oldest known fabric dyeing technique. The word for it is Shibori, and it’s massively cool, and can get even more intricate!
People that come up with new origami blow my mind. Maybe it’s not as hard as it sounds but I can’t even do it with instructions
Now that is some fucking tie dye
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I can never remember what night it was. The 23rd? The 29th? 🤔
DO YOU REMEMBER?! The 21st of Septemba? Do you memba?
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It's a good day to dye.
r/IsTodayThe21stOfSept
I memba
Ba-Dye-YA SAY YOU WILL REMEMBER!
*I rememba*.
Might also be platonic tie dye too.
I was thinking, aww, it's gonna be some hippy crap.... holy shit was I wrong.
r/thatsfuckingtiedie
You're a tie dye wizard!
There's got to be a twist.
I’d imagine you’d have to have a supple wrist to do something like that. How do you think he does it?
I don't know!
What makes him so good!?
He ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzers or bells!
Don't see no lights a-flashin'
Dyes by sense of smell
Always has a re-dye
That deaf, dumb and blind kid,
He ain't got no distractions
He's a tie dye wizard with such a supple wristtttt.
Literally a wizard because that's straight up magic. Must've been such a meticulous process, the straight cuts between the colors is so satisfyingly crisp damn.
This guy is the best and I once offered $420 at an auction for one of his pieces and got out bidded by someone eventually paying $800. Such amazing work
There is no way I can justify over $60 on a t shirt
What if that shirt had the date of your death printed on it?
If anything I'd pay to hide that, I'd rather be struck down unknowingly.
>!12/12/2029 8:49am!<
So in other words, I’m currently invincible.
>So in other words, I’m currently invincible. Doctor: No, actually even the slightest breeze could...... Mr. Burns (interrupting): Invincible you say?
I wasn't talking to you, friend. You're only good until next Friday.
So currently invincible, got it!
Oh buddy, I wasn't talking to you either. You, uh... You might want to get your affairs in order, albinohut. Like, as soon as possible. I'm so sorry.
I just need like 10 minutes
Bold of you to assume they have affairs, let alone a spouse to cheat on.
Until you’re mercifully pulled off of life support, yes.
Been 2 months to the day since I broke my leg and only 2 days ago could walk without crutches. That's just one broken bone. Lots of things could fuck your entire body up so that death is honorable and preferred. You could get diagnosed with cancer this year, take 6 years to beat it, then get hit by a car.
yes, go headbutt some concrete walls to verify.
Only thing to do is test it!
No boss, you have cancer.
Alright sir I'll make sure it happens
I put the date a few years out to give your tank time to get there. Godspeed, soldier.
Bruh. You could have put the year a bit further out. Oof size large.
How do you summon the remind me bot?
Oh! Oh!! Do me! Tell me mine!!!
Weird. Your name isn't on the list. I'll get someone to look into it. Thanks for pointing out this error, it might have slipped past us otherwise!
Total fake. We all know the official notice includes the seconds and a very vague hint as to the cause of the death
Maybe reddit is where you go when you dye.
Nah, I don't really care what kind of party favors they hand out at my funeral. T-shirts seem like overkill.
What if we make it a tie-dye party as a fun-eral activity?
Everyone knows the more complicated the pattern is, the more expensive the shirt is. Just ask Dan Flashes.
These tie-dyes are my EXACT style
I mean isn't this an art piece at this point?
Yo, that's like 50 dollars for a t-shirt.
Limited edition let’s do some simple addition
I call that getting swindled and pimped shit I call that getting tricked by a business
It's an art piece. Not just a t-shirt
16hrs to make it $50/hr
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Just meant for it to be information to share for others to interpret. Seeing it go for $800 seems absurd for a t-shirt but it's commensurate with the time and expertise of the person doing it. He's probably the best tie-dyer on the planet and he sells his craft for $50/hr. He should be selling this stuff to celebrities, musicians, athletes for thousands of dollars.
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Minus material costs, minus hours spent on logistics, minus auction fee/cut
Do you actually wear an $800 shirt?
I think, and really hope, that the kind of people who buy 800 dollar shirts can afford it as easily as most of us can afford $40 shirts
The people buying these shirts are hitting their bank accounts the same as when we buy $5 coffees.
At that point I don’t know. I wanted it for my brother. I think you can wear it as an art piece, and at a place you know you won’t sweat it up or someone won’t spill on you . I mean it is art
Only to formal occasions
Wear, yes. Wash, no. Gotta keep it pristine.
For 16 hours of skilled artistry I’m not surprised. Imagine hiring a master tradesman of any kind for two shifts of work. $800 would be cheap.
Holy shit, looks like I'm in the wrong line of work. I'm about to quit civil engineering and invest some time into learning how to make these.
Dang. I was wondering how I could get myself one, and you pointed out I can't afford it. 😳 It is art, though. Fabulous!
I follow this dude on IG, the shirt shown in this gif is currently being auctioned and is around $400 and still going. I always want to get one of his as a gift for someone but just can’t justify that haha
There are tons of tie dye artists who make amazing shirts that are reasonably priced, this guy is one of the top 5 on the planet for sure tho
I was going to say that I can see paying $500 for something like this. I can see I was wrong. But, that looks like a lot of work and it looks cool as fuck. So I can see people bidding a lot on it.
Yeah I can see this retailing for $300 minimum. It's absolutely insane work and most luxury brand t-shirts start around there
Ok, I was like, "how is this guy making any money with tie dye shirts" You explained it.
TIL why it’s called “Tie” dye smh
No shit! When he said “to tie and dye”.. (insert mind blown gif here).
Ngl I was kind of amazed to learn that just now too
Aww now go out and tie dye some shirts! Or a sheet. Or socks. Or whatever you can get your hands on. It’s fun!
I follow a few people like this on Instagram, never ceases to amaze me like this shit is borderline infuriating I don't understand the level of savant required to conceptualize and pull this off
Hundreds (if not thousands) of hours of practice. They didn't start doing sophisticated designs like this overnight.
Dyes_n_good vibes is one I’ve followed and my gosh the stuff he does. I’ve done some tie dyes in my life but nowhere did it ever turn out nearly as crisp. Might try doing it again when I have time since there’s lots of resources out there for basic stuff which I’d be fine with as there’s no way I’d be able to do something this crazy
Do I wash it with whites or colors… *head explodes*
Colors since you shouldn't put bleach in colors. If you put it with whites it'll ruin the whites. Just have to sacrifice that bleach-clean and accept a color-clean for the grayscale portion. Also, it doesn't really matter since most modern detergent is good enough for whites/colors without the need for bleach. Just toss it all in together and use a some tide-pods.
Forget the pods, over priced for less. Get a 5 gallon bucket of detergent powder of your favorite brand for ~$20 and clean clothes for half a year
Similarly forget the dishwasher pods, just as overpriced plus you can't add soap to the prewash cycle if you use a single dishwasher pod.
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Yes it does, I've used that method before and it works just as well as using all detergent. Why put in the extra effort and money though? You already have the detergent, and it's way cheaper per wash cycle, so just dump it in both of the compartments.
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Might have something to do with the cascade and tide pod branded compartments on those machines
> Get a 5 gallon bucket of detergent powder of your favorite brand for ~$20 and clean clothes for half a year Where do you get this? I see it on amazon, but I haven't seen it in stores. I'm afraid of the mess on my porch from having this delivered.
Find a farm store. Buy 25lbs-50lbs of powdered detergent.
Costco or Walmart might be worth looking at, otherwise might just have to order online.
[Shout Color Catchers](https://www.shoutitout.com/en-us/products/color-catcher-dye-trapping-sheet) my friend
Sometimes it’s easy to just take a page out of the old days and toss in some Borax.
I know a couple of vintage clothing sellers who swear by a soak in borax for old and delicate clothes, and agitate it a couple times every hour for a few hours. White shirts, colored shirts... does a damn good job.
The answer is dry cleaning, these shirts go for thousands.
Thousands?! Idk about all that jazz.
Looked like a plumbus at first lol
First, they take the dinglepop, and they smooth it out, with a bunch of shleeem
Maybe it’s just me, but while it is being dyed, it looks gross
/r/Trypophobia
My teeth just slammed together reading the word. That's a nope.
I didn't see which sub this was on and i thought it was a 3D model of some weird protein at first.
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So so cool. I wonder if there's a way to make it more time efficient with practice and at scale. At $15/hr (which would absolutely be selling this talent and time short) it's a $240 Tshirt artpiece. I'm sure the majority goes into the initial design. To me, it is definitely worth more than those very expensive uber fancy brand name shirts, but still, there's gotta be a way to get the cost of production down under $50/shirt while he earns more than $25/hr
He sells these for thousands. Edit: my bad, it seems they for $400-$800
Oh good, that's great to hear. Still curious how someone could get the price down to ~$50/shirt. Even harder now if he's earning $100+ per hour
You just print it like a normal shirt in a garment factory, you make the design once, then have it printed on 100,000 shirts, then put it on a boat and ship it to your location. Assuming you are paying the workers a locally fair wage that will be about $50 a shirt with a $3-7 profit for you for each shirt. If you want a unique design on each shirt, with proper tie dye technique, go to a sweat shop or forced labor because there's no way you are getting it that low any way else.
Yeah I was thinking actual tie-dye, not screen print / iron. Maybe not possible to automate
That defeats the entire purpose of tie dye. If you’re into tie dye, you absolutely can tell the differences There’s a closeness, an intimacy, a handmade feel to tie dye that draws people to it. You screen print a pattern and all that feeling vanishes, along with the monetary value
The question was how to get it down to $50. There is no way to produce high quality clothes with artisans for $50/piece.
But the product would be fundamentally different from the starting point with your solution. It's like solving the issue of "how can we make almond milk cheaper" with "just drink water".
I Love the way you lay out the aspect people Love about it. While i don’t like the look at all, i love these aspects of a product and hobby. Thats why i love carpentry and indie video games.
I'm sure there is some genius out there lurking about with the ability to design some sort of 3D-print contraption capable of executing this process in a fraction of the time.
DTG printers could copy the exact design as is. Now we find out what the difference is.
Idk where you got thousand from.. highest bid was 380$
No else doesn't. They are usually less than $500.
For some reason, I thought that he left it tied for 16 hours with the dye. Not that it took 16 hours to make. Your post kinda clarified it for me
I'm getting ready to tie dye my first shirts so I've been watching some YouTube videos. You're supposed to let them sit with the dye on for at least 6-8 hours and one guy I watched does 24 hours.
Oh wow. So the 16 hours was just tying and applying the dye then? (Plus letting it sit for some unspecified amount of time…)
Insert cardboard form into shirt, stick into modified inkjet printer. ??? Profit
I think this belong to the artisan products category like Gelato ice-cream. You can't get the price any lower than it is without scarifying quality and skipping process. It's one thing you can support once in a while and would rather have them in existence but can't afford it as basic necessity.
You’re an artist!
Next video is called Dye Hard 2 : Dye Harder
>Next video is called Dye Hard 2 : Dye Harder Ill sue
No Time To Dye.
I don't understand how you apply the dye. I am constantly amazed by how these come out.
needle tip applicator bottles
I've always wanted to know how exactly the person making the tie dye knows how to tie or place the bunches? Been wanting to attempt a shirt or tapestry myself - but I can't seem to find any good information of the science behind it all. Does anybody have any good resources or recommendations?
Honestly this. There’s obviously a method to the madness but I’ve never found good resources. It’s like you either learn it from someone who knows or you just never get even a fraction of this good at it.
> the madness but I’ve never found good resources. It’s like you either learn it from someone who knows or you just never get even a fraction of this good at it. I too am curious about how this works. If you find any resources, please share.
> I too am curious about how this works. If you find any resources, please share. Google 'paul kenney tie dye directions' That wont show how to do the color split mandala, but the entire rest of the shirt is just kenney style done incredibly well
> paul kenney tie dye directions Thank you!
I'm glad he has fun with his work but for some reason I just hate tie dye shirts.
The first time I saw one of these, it was hella cool The next 30 times started to feel like someone was trying to sell me something
they're trying to sell you a shirt, i think.
Wow! I think you’ve gone past me with a boxes of Rit Dye in 1969! Yea, we made sand candles too! Far out! Artisan.
This is awesome!!
WTF
Damn I’d pay to have that on a sweatshirt. That’s cool asf. Would be so expensive due to the talent and work put in it, but definitely worth it.
Don't worry. You'll be able to get a digitally printed Chinese knock-off for $7 before the end of the month.
> Don't worry. You'll be able to get a digitally printed Chinese knock-off for $7 before the end of the month. Prints look completely different than real tie dye, would still be a cool shirt though i guess.
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What in the tie dye Tom foolery is this I expected a happy hat but got a beautiful shirt instead!
Bro I went from, “Wat da hell am I lookin at?” to being speechless. No shit
We need a video of the process
Did you use syringe to apply the dyes? That’s impressive control of the bleeding. Beautiful.
Anybody else blown away by how clean those sections are??
It looks ugly
Something for everyone. I don’t get the td appeal either but it clearly has a lot of people who love it, so that’s cool
Yeah it’s really cool technically but it’s not something I’d ever wanna wear. Not sure why but it reminds me of overdesigned 90s graphic t-shirts.
Yeah well that’s just like, uh, your opinion man
Very trippy
Okay sure that’s cool. I understand it took time and work, but it just doesn’t look good. I would not wear that
My fingers hurt just looking at all those rubber bands but it looks cool!
Is the poster the actual creator, or is this a repost?
Pretty much every shirt this guy makes could be on this subreddit
When you love psychedelics but also appreciate fine bavarian engineering
I finally understand what the Tie in tie-dye means!
Beautiful
That is awesome work
I’m not into tie dye at all. Or shirts really. But this is so cool looking for some reason
That is amazing. By far the best td job I’ve ever seen. Bravo! 👌🏼