The Art form of creating your own punk rock jacket, leatherette, battle armor, or expressive outer appearance of yourself in Making A Scene in San Anto has been lost. Today, most of the chit is already made for you at Hot Topic or other novelty stores in town. What happened to the good old days when you bought your leather jacket at a Western store and punked it out Suicidal Psycho Punk style? With the invention of the Internet, you can now buy studs & spikes online. The studs & spikes you carefully placed around your leather or denim jacket took time and energy; however, most belts are already made that way. The bleaching effort of denim jackets can relate to some hippie techniques with bleach bombs and rubber bands. Then drawing in the negative areas to sport your favorite logo, band name, or supportive scene group. Whatever the name of your group represents you in the scene so making your own jacket with colors is really important. We all want to be individuals, not sheep like everybody else with the same Hot Topic gear. In these crazy times, people have added wolf tails as part of a pack or click. I stay or prefer the old fashioned way of just keeping it simple. In this photo, my leather jacket has been gutted, the liner has been taken out, the sleeves have been removed, and Gesso paint has been added on the back for a design to be added soon.
If you decide to make your own punk rock jacket, be an original, do some online research, get your studs & spikes ready, get your design ready, but most importantly, take your time with the jacket cause the final product will represent you as an individual or part of the group in Making A Scene in San Anto. I am at the stage of collecting enough spikes & studs to complete my jacket, but my design is still being worked on by me. This is just a work in progress picture in which gesso has already been applied, then some acrylic paint will come next. Making A Scene!
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