Indian

I remember growing up in McGrath Alaska.  Everytime I would get a tootsie pop I would look for the lucky Indian.   The Lucky Indian was rare,  but the local shop owner would give you a free tootsie pop if you found one.  I guess the lucky Indian was an urban legend,  that was so strong that a lot of stores adopted.  If you found a lucky indian you could redeem him for a prize.



I changed my design slightly from the original tootsie pop indian.  I gave him Timbs and a backpack.   Thought about giving him dre beats headphones but I liked the face how it was. 

I had to think about where I wanted the design on the shirt,  I wasn't sure if I wanted it off to the left,  or if I wanted the center of the weight to be in the middle.  I printed on some test shirts until I finally got the placement where I wanted. 

Permaset Supercover ink was used.   I printed on brown shirts with white ink.  Different color options were suggested,   I thought about other options but couldn't make my mind up so I went with white.

Alex a worker at Nomadic Stars told me I was pulling my shirts wrong.   He showed me a way that can prevent some stretching,  as well as keeping wet ink from getting on the shirt in places it shouldn't.   You start at the bottom and pull halfway up the shirt,   then go to the top and pull the shirt halfway.

After that is done you pull the shirt from the shoulders and put it in the oven.  The Lucky Indian Shirt is available at Yukon River Creations, in the Tanana Valley State Fair.