Whether you are looking to create a gift for a group of people or provide special designed shirts for your employees or volunteers, it is important to know how to create your own print/design. It’s important to keep up to date design on any t-shirts that you create. Keeping persistent colours with your own aesthetic in mind is an especially important part of creating the perfect t-shirt. If you decided to create your own or a t-shirt for anyone else, it’s important to know the basics of how sizing of your design/prints will look placed on the layout.
- Make sure that the artwork is high resolution. What does that mean? Make sure you are designing your files in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or any other editing apps that create high-quality and high resolution images.
- Is the print the right size? You want your print to have just the perfect coverage on the material of the t-shirt that you are using; the larger the design, the larger the ink deposit onto the shirt, which sometimes adds a heavy feeling to the shirt, and makes it uncomfortable for people to wear.
- What is the style you are looking for? If you want to have an indie vibe to a shirt, make sure to add any effects to the design or logo, also make the colours stand out by using bold/italic fonts.
- When getting any screen design, screen printing or custom shirts that are being made, make sure to evaluate the cost, think about your budget and the cost range that you would like to stay in. How much will one more inch to the design cost? Or which colour and fonts are more expensive?