Chester’s Military Blouse from Numb Music Video

I am attempting to replicate the iconic outfit worn by Chester Bennington in the Numb music video. Because it was made in the early 2000’s there is very little information or high quality photos of the original jacket/military blouse. We will never know who designed it.

I must confess, I initially resorted to AI to see if it could upscale the images or isolate this decal so that I might print it myself. The results were hilariously bad. Stupid clankers:

The only solution was good ol’ human effort and a bit of brute force. Turns out that it wasn’t that hard to draw. I had initially been overwhelmed by the image and didn’t think I had a hope of drawing anything satisfactory. But I surprised myself. I blew up the original image to A3 size, traced the blurry silhouette, then studied the 4k screenshots from the music video to add all the details back in. The drawing took eight hours total, but that time paid off. Now to find someone who can screen print this for me.

Below is the sacred heart, seen on the right sleeve. I won’t worry about the other minor decals seen on the jacket, no one will notice their absence. It’s a shame we never see the jacket from the back. I even dug through behind-the-scenes photos and videos, but we never once see what that back design is. It seems to contain part of the American flag, that’s all I can say.