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[Pixelated]

hey..was wondering if anyone knew a good place that sorta teaches how to design t-shirts, any help would be appreciated

[Adam Sheridan]

Do you mean literally designing the T-Shirts or printing? Or both? Or, what?



- Adam

[Pixelated]

designing them.

[MetalSkin]

Actually this is something I'm interested in as well, so looking forward to any responses.

I haven't done a google yet but I'm sure there are templates that represent the standard style of t-shirts.


I've heard that using vector graphics is one way to go, so for me that would mean using Illustrator. I also believe that doing the design in either one or two colours only, increasing the colours increases the complexity of the printing process.

In theory you could modify an InkJet printer to print onto a t-shirt, but the colours wouldn't be colour fast.

[Pixelated]

i drew a design today instead of doing it on comp cause i think it's easier to get the curves and stuff, but i know as soon as i scan it tommorrow it's gonna look not as good as it would on paper, any tips to make it look better?

[SebLev]

ok well right now I'm going to bed and I just shut off my other computer beside me with a site about that so when I get back on tomorrow I'll post the link... sorry for not doing it tonight im lazy haha

[Pax]

For your designs, you should use illustrator. Cleaner lines, don't need to worry about DPI or anything like that when the printing company makes the screens for your shirts. Couple things to keep in mind:

-more colours, more cost. Could be up to 1.50 extra per shirt for a single colour.
-each colour printed on the back/sleeve of a shirt counts as another colour, even if its already on the front
-simple designs are easier to screen print
-if you make a design for a black shirt, you may need a "white hit" which basically is a layer of white ink to print on so the colours will show up
-if you can make your design have some overlap in the colours, that is a good idea. Means if the printer doesn't do a perfect job, it wont mess your shirts up.

Thats all I can think of for now. It's been a few years since I shut down my shirt design company. Hope that helps.

[Pixelated]

it does thanks pax

[Adam Sheridan]

GoMedia has a nice T-Shirt Design tutorial actually, http://www.gomediazine.com/11/13/2006/desi...pparel/#more-25.

Is there any good places in the UK which print small quantity's of Custom T-Shirts? If anyone knows?

Hope this helps,
- Adam

[Scythar]

and work in CMYK from the beginning, so not RGB !

[MetalSkin]

Scythar, on Jun 27 2007, 05:21 AM, said:

and work in CMYK from the beginning, so not RGB !

ooo good point, didn't even think of that!

Adding to the querry about places in UK, does anyone know some good places to print t-shirts in australia? Pref Qld but location should be okay as long as it's on the east coast.

Edited by MetalSkin, 26 June 2007 - 05:10 PM.