design t-shirts

On hold, on the brink of falling off the list entirely.

That’s what the dictionary gives me for zeefdruk which is the technique used by this place I spoke about earlier. That is indeed a lot better looking than the plasticky prints but also a lot more expensive. One shirt (when you buy five) is around 15 to 20 euros. (With the current dollar, multiply by 1.4 or so.) So that’ll be for special occassions I’m afraid. They do print them on all kinds of t-shirts including American Apparel and brands like that. That means that you can pick out what you like to wear instead of ending up with a nice print on a shitty shirt.

Now for the designing part…

EDIT: Oh wait! The prices above are for printing only (not the shirt) and also just one colour. Argh. Maybe I’ll go for the plasticky things… They’re not so bad as long as you don’t make a whole big field of it because then it is unpleasant to wear. Thing is that I want to do more than just text. That means more surface (usually) and more colours (usually). Sigh…

My guy told me today about his colleague who has his own t-shirts printed at this company. The prints are really beautifully done so not that kind of plasticky print that comes off pretty quickly. He is going to ask what and where, and maybe I’ll see some samples of the kinds of shirts they print on. I have some ideas for good shirts so that’s not the problem. A challenge could be how to make the design files, probably have to give them to that shop in some kind of computer file. Since I have no idea how to use design software, this could be a challenge.