design t-shirts

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

I am thinking of designing some tshirts for people doing their own thing instead of waiting for the stimulus. I had wanted it to be a part of a investment group I’m working on, but we’ll see for now.

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.

A great way to start is to put your ideas on paper. Once yo uhave them on paper decide on what type of tshirt you want to do, meaning silk screen, or heat transfer etc. I like 100% cotton because it is easy to start with. Make sure you wash it first so it can shrink or buy it pre-shrunk.

After those items, just do it!

i’m a newbie, never designed a tshirt in my life, but me and my bf have so many ideas in mind and i think we just need to learn where to get started. can anyone tell me how they started out?

hi
a month back i bought all the equipment necessary for garment t-shirt printing,and so far i have made a couple of simple disigns wich are not selling very well.the problem is that the men t-shirt are not of high quality and should have thought about it from the start.
its a bit dificult to find the best designs for t-shirts wich will sell well,could anyone recomend some ideias?

Designed our Camaro Club’s first t shirt and now designing my hedgehog business t shirt.

I make all sorts of things, actually… Skirts, shirts, shorts, purses… Etc etc.

Some things, I cut and sew to make them. Others, I get a plain shirt and paint something funky on it.

I actually painted t-shirts for my dad and stepdad for Christmas this year – I think they’re going to love them!

My dad lives on a farm, so on the front, his said, “Wanna go for a ride?” and I painted a picture of a tractor on the back.

My stepdad’s favorite cartoon is Marvin the Martian, so there’s a giant angry Marvin on the back, and on the front is one of his quotes, “Oh, I’m going to blow it up!”

It’s so satisfying to see people wear things you’ve made.

Making t-shirts = definitely worth doing.

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