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THE REAL PRINT SERIES / 001

Clark Automotive

Fine detail.
Real ink.
Black shirts.

A cutaway race car with intricate mechanical detail, metallic tones, and bright color accents, printed on black.

Separated with InkSplit and printed at our home shop, with no manual separation adjustments. A white base supports the color, while a separate highlight carries the brightest details and lettering.

Watch the print in progress
No manual separation adjustments
THE FINISHED PRINT
Clark Automotive shirt on a conveyor belt, with a detailed multicolor car illustration and white lettering on black fabric.
Clark Automotive · printed on black Full size ↗
GARMENT
Black shirt
SEPARATION
InkSplit
MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS
None
PRINTED AT
Our home shop
FROM ARTWORK TO FABRIC

Intricate artwork.
Separated for print.

Fine chassis lines, reflective metal, and bold lettering give this design a wide tonal range. Four color channels work with a white base and highlight to reproduce it on black fabric.

01 / ORIGINAL ARTWORK
Original Clark Automotive artwork with a detailed cutaway race car, colored stripes, and white lettering on black.
Clark Automotive original artwork.Full size ↗
02 / INKSPLIT SEPARATION
InkSplit screenshot comparing the original Clark Automotive artwork with its separated print preview.
Original and separated preview.Full size ↗
03 / THE PHYSICAL PRINT
The completed Clark Automotive design printed on a black shirt at our home shop.
Printed at our home shop.Full size ↗

Inside the separation.

The separation uses Base White, 1235 C, Winter Red, 7681 C, 2728 C, and Highlight. Each channel carries part of the car’s detail, shading, or color.

Complete InkSplit workspace for Clark Automotive, showing artwork, print preview, separation settings, and the channel strip.
Clark Automotive · InkSplit separation.Full size ↗
SIX SEPARATION CHANNELS
Six separation channels: Base White, 1235 C, Winter Red, 7681 C, 2728 C, and Highlight.
Base White · 1235 C · Winter Red · 7681 C · 2728 C · HighlightFull size ↗
01 / THE RESULT

Fine lines.
Metallic tones.

The car combines thin structural lines, shaded engine parts, and bright reflections. Solid white lettering anchors the design against the black shirt.

DETAIL / INK ON FABRIC
Close-up of the printed automotive illustration showing fine lines, multicolor detail, and the black shirt texture.
Mechanical linework, color accents, and white highlights on black fabric.
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Detail across the tonal range.

Dark mechanical recesses sit beside bright bodywork and fine tubing. The separation balances these tonal changes with the solid color accents and white lettering.

Key details
  • More colors than screens. Oranges, purples, greens, and a range of tones and shades are created by blending these six screens, rather than adding a screen for each color.
  • The shirt contributes the shadows. The black fabric supplies the darkest areas and works with varying ink coverage to create deeper shades.
  • A smart white base. The underbase varies across the artwork, supporting brighter colors while letting the black shirt contribute to darker tones.
  • Fine detail and bright highlights. Mechanical linework, reflective bodywork, and white lettering share the same six-screen separation.

Printed with a 156 mesh base, 230 mesh colors, and a 305 mesh highlight.

02 / ON THE PRESS

From white base
to final highlight.

Printed at our home shop with a white base, four color channels, and a separate highlight. The production run brings the car’s linework and tonal detail onto black fabric.

1 minute, 8 secondsClark Automotive · on press

All screens use a 22.5° halftone angle.

From the press to the finished garment.
03 / THE PRINT SETUP

Mesh, ruling, and angle.

WHITE BASE156

mesh

45 LPI · 22.5°

COLOR SCREENS230

mesh

50 LPI · 22.5°

HIGHLIGHT305

mesh

55 LPI · 22.5°

No manual separation adjustments after InkSplit. Printed at our home shop.

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