How To Design A Winning Limited Edition T-Shirt

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.

Let's take a look at screen printing. Screen printing is the method of developing an image on to a screen, most generally a nylon screen nowadays, and then placing ink through the screen on to a T shirt. This is the old school tried and true method that some purists think is the only way to go about making a cool t shirt. Well, it is a great method, but not nearly the only method available. Screen printing can be relatively expensive if you get a 4 color machine with the rotating arms that looks like a partially amputated octopus. You have to also have supplies on hand such as a dryer, ink, screens, and an assortment of different size and color of t shirts. This could set you back around $1500 for up front costs.

Not all custom t-shirt manufacturers offer the same level of quality. One major difference in the print quality lies in the paper that is used. The more advanced t-shirt printers require commercial grade paper instead of ordinary transfer paper to be used, and the image is transferred to the shirt through a heat press process. Better quality printing can give you impressive printouts that last for a long time even with frequent wash.

Another alternative technique used in the process is known as 'Heat Transfer Method'. The machines used in this process are very expensive and they are meant for industrial purposes only. This adds to the cost of the clients who want to get their own T-shirts printed by themselves. If you love the task of t-shirt printing, then there are varieties of varied designs that you can consider.

Digital printing is another method that is used for t-shirt printing. This is printing method which is gaining popularity gradually. For printing the t-shirt, it is stretched on a frame below the ink jet printer head. The printing on the garment is done exactly as it is done on the paper. Inkjet transfer paper is used for printing the same design on large number of garments with ease. This method is good to choose if you want to reproduce certain photographic prints, logos or other multi-colored images.

There is another aspect to the whole fiasco of T-shirt printing. The print on your T-shirt reflects your personality. Depending on the message, you will be able to convey to a neutral person that you are a sweet, delicate, or charming individual. Boys will be able to display their rough and tough attitude as well, through these means. The T-shirt printing industry has seen a rise in demand in the last decade, where the craze for printed T-shirts has reached its peak.

The first thing you should keep in mind is how the shirt makes your body look and the next is whether it has the colors that suit you the best. As long as the shirt you are looking at has a color or a number of colors that compliment you then you can be sure that the shirt will flatter you. This will mean that the t-shirt design is going to be great for you.