A No-Nonsense Guide To Becoming A Custom T-Shirt Designer

The t-shirt with a saying or message is a part of American life. Just think about some of things you have done to "get the t-shirt." Maybe you were: a part of charity fundraiser, on the winning team for a church softball or basketball or volleyball tournament, a blood donor,... Perhaps the awesome vacation in Jamaica, Hawaii, or Disney World. It could have been a special concert or sporting event. Whatever it was, just like a great song, your shirts bring back memories - hopefully pleasant - every time you wear it. Unfortunately, over time, these fabulous pieces of history "shrink" or fade.

T-shirt design printing has gained popularity in a short span of time. T-shirt design printing is a very practical process that is easy to understand and implement. T-shirt printing is not anyone's cup of tea, but still some people find it interesting while some pursue it as a full-time career.

Another method is Direct To Garment (DTG) printing. This is a method of running the actual shirt through a printer which prints the image on to the shirt just as a standard in home ink jet printer would print out a document from your computer. There has been some talk in the design community of the ink drying or clumping up in these machines, but I have seen the work they do and it looks great and feels great on the shirt. This is a higher end option at this time with some printers going for around $25,000. You could get a used on for around $16,000, but it would take a lot of shirts to pay off that large of an investment.

Different and standing apart from the rest of our list is the BUMP maternity t-shirt. Not too jazzy or flattering, but it explains the question of whether or not you are expecting or putting on a little weight.

The older generations and the young ones can take help of T-shirt printing to create a unique identity for them and to also become a center of attraction. People who wish to create a unique identity for themselves or want to look different from other don't have to worry anymore. T-shirt printing provides a wide variety which they might find it difficult to choose from. Screen printing and Digital printing are some of the techniques used by T-shirt enthusiasts to make their T-shirt look newer and better than ever before.

A t-shirt pillow is also a possibility for a smaller number of t-shirts. A small pillow can be made with two and a larger pillow can be made with eight.

Obviously more relaxed styles of footwear including sandals and trainers should be avoided when trying to create a smart office look for your T shirt.

To start with you have to get creative. Open up a new image in your desktop publishing program sized 305mm x 305mm or 2100 x 2100 pixels and 100 resolution. It is quite a big space and will fit on the centre front of the T-shirt.