This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/ This is a really good question, but the answer obviously depends on what you consider your demographic to be. But one thing that is definitely important regardless of your demographic is that the product should be unique and [...]
25. January 2012
How to find your total sales tax in paypal for 2011
I always use google to try and find answers to my questions but somehow I couldn’t find any good information on how to find the total sales tax for 2011. I figured it out myself and decided to write a step by step process on how to find the sales tax for the 2011 in [...]
23. January 2012
Custom packaging that won’t break the bank
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ Custom packaging is one of those things that are icing on the cake. I think it’s awesome when I get a package that comes in an awesome box, or custom mailer, but it usually ends up in the [...]
20. January 2012
How to achieve a professional look on a tight budget
This is probably a topic that most, if not all, indie brands think about. I know most of you reading this and interested in starting a clothing brand have considered ways to spend less money while still looking professional. Unless you have some sort of substantial backing, chances are that you’re going to try to [...]
18. January 2012
How has technology helped and hurt the t-shirt community?
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog This topic was suggested by my buddy and fellow New Yorker, Bryan of Doctor Hazmat, who I incidentally met after first talking to him via twitter. It’s certainly an interesting question, but unfortunately I probably hold a heavy [...]
17. January 2012
Top 20 T-Shirt Blogs
I had a post on this site for a giant list of t-shirt blogs that was very popular but haven’t updated it in a while. I had their page rank in the list so you could see how important google views the sites but there is a lot more information to compare all these sites. [...]
15. January 2012
When is it art, and when is it art for a t-shirt?
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown (http://www.twitter.com/lowdtown) and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ This is somewhat related to my previous post of knowing when to not use a design for your line. I think an extremely important distinction is knowing when something is an awesome piece of artwork, and when something [...]
11. January 2012
Building A Concept – Knowing When To Not Use A Design
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ I’ve hinted in previous posts that I have lost a lot of money from deciding not to use designs. In fact, I hired a couple designers to work on a collaboration that is going unused. This brings me to [...]
11. January 2012
Book Recommendations for Clothing Company Owners
I just put up a page for my book recommendations. You can check it out on the very top navigation of the site on the far right. Or you can just click here book recommendations Also post some comments on the books I missed. I am going to go through and add some more in [...]
6. January 2012
4 hour work week
Going home for Christmas I have an 8 hour drive from Northern California to Southern California. I always use this time to load my mp3 player with a couple of audio books and try to soak in as much knowledge as possible on my boring drive down I-5. This time I decided to go back [...]
25. October 2011
Costs Of Starting A Clothing Brand (Revisited)
This article was originally written by Ray Masaki of Lowdtown and posted on his blog: http://www.lowdtown.com/blog/ A lot of you guys curious in starting a clothing brand have probably read my “How To Start A Clothing Brand” series on howtostartaclothingcompany.com Those series of blog entries have really taken off since I first wrote them, but [...]
24. October 2011
Free Halftone Pattern Overlay
Working for Teefury, I sometimes have to modify art to reduce color counts to suit our 6 color maximum. I’ve uploaded this PATTERN OVERLAY that can be used from Layer Styles to fill a layer with a halftone pattern. It’s a faster way to change an area of color to a halftoned representation, and since [...]
22. October 2011
Screenprinting vs. Direct to Garment Digital Printing(DTG)
I wrote this article for my blog, Tee Spotter. I review and write about clothing lines and similar topics. I figured this would be a good resource to post here. @Tee Spotter on Twitter Hey all. I’ve been thinking about writing this article for a while now and after asking for feedback, some people had [...]
20. October 2011
T-shirt Blanks – How to choose one
I wrote this article for my blog, Tee Spotter. If you have an idea for a future article, or want your brand featured/reviewed please feel free to contact me at teespotterblog@gmail.com Enjoy =) T-Shirt Blanks & How To Choose One When starting your clothing line, one of the many factors that come in to play [...]
16. October 2011
Inking 101 – Spidey Cover
Original article posted at deviant art Hey Guys, Thought I would put up a little step by step detailing how to create a cover for Marvel. You don’t have to read the whole thing if you don’t want but, if you do, I hope you find it helpful. The piece was penciled by me with [...]
13. October 2011
It’s about how hard you can get hit
saw this video recently and thought I would share.
- Don't start a clothing company
- Print to order sites don't work
- Costs Of Starting A Clothing Brand (Revisited)
- Getting your line into boutiques/ shops
- Stop trying to do it all and delegate
- Shirt Hive - Connecting t-shirt brands with designers
- Characteristics of Successful Clothing Company Owners
- You're self employed with your business, now what?
- Stop emailing me!
- Storenvy Review: Storenvy falls short of its promises
- Owen Osinde: word bro, i agree completely!...
- JJ: I'm trying to decide on a size breakdown for t-shi...
- Jacobjw7: Thanks for the information!...
- Jsinista: Sounds like some good advice. No point stressing o...
- Tajbiz: This is very true on both sides like the article ...
28. January 2012
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