The Advantages And Disadvantages Of T-Shirt Printing
The heat transfer method is just one of the many ways to print images on custom shirts. And like all the other methods, the heat transfer method does have its advantages and disadvantages. For the advantages, the heat transfer method is best for printing t-shirts with exclusive or unique designs. This means you are only making the shirt once and not mass-producing it. This is an advantage because you can get unique and one-of-a-kind t-shirts without having to meet any minimum shirt number set by the printers. If you just need one shirt, you can get just one shirt.
Don't forget that baby clothes can also be used in a t-shirt quilt. How cute would it be to have your grandchild use a quilt made from your child's baby clothes? Very cute, actually.
The first thing you need to consider is what to wear your t shirt with. The most obvious option is to wear your t shirt with smart trousers that you would usually wear to the office. Tailored trousers in a dark colour such as black, navy or charcoal help to provide a sleek silhouette whilst focusing the eye on the t shirt. Lighter coloured trousers however such as cream or khaki are more casual in nature and should be avoided when teaming with a t shirt.
Perhaps you'll be making the most of a topical or satirical situation, and so will need to get your design finished within a relatively quick timescale, otherwise the moment will have passed. You might want to go for a more basic design that will be finished sooner, rather than a complicated design that will take weeks to perfect.
These more advanced t-shirt printing processes now make use of, what else, a computer! If you want to start a custom tee business, knowledge in basic computer operation is a must. What you need to do is print the customer's desired design in a special type of paper with an inkjet or laser printer and using waterproof ink. Then the image is transferred to the shirt. The images are then dried and ironed so they won't come off no matter how many times you use and wash the t-shirt. The quality of the t-shirt itself is also important.
You'll want to be careful with fonts. What looks good in print, or on a website, might not look so good on the front of a T shirt. Perhaps you'll want to make the size of your text bigger, or easier to read, or less intrusive. Why not try several ideas and see which works best?
A good T-shirt designer doesn't necessarily have to have their finger on the pulse of fashion. They might know what colours go well together, or what people will find funny, or would like to wear.
How about painting something on your t-shirt? No, you need not be painting incredibly creative designs on your t-shirt. Even the simplest of design or patterns may work just as well. For example, you can draw different phases of the moon, hearts, candies, and other such simplistic patterns. And, if you cant sketch even these, then just draw basic shapes such as triangle or squares.
