Archive | February, 2010

We are on Facebook!

26. February 2010

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I just signed up for a page at Facebook. I know I am behind the times but at least I am starting now. I think it will be a good way for store owners to connect with each other. You can post in the discussions section, upload photos of your products, or just post a [...]

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Typography for t-shirt designs

25. February 2010

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Article by: Austin Martin I could go for days about typography. Typefaces, kerning, leading, tracking, etc., etc. I thought, “Hey! I’m sure most people don’t really know the basic fundamentals of typography!”. This is not an insult to anyone’s knowledge. Many people on here haven’t gone to school for design or haven’t really done much [...]

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T-shirt design process – Greg Abbot

22. February 2010

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By Greg Abbot I get asked about my regular working process quite often so decided to post a basic overview for those who are interested. I produce my work in three stages. I use Corel Painter 11 for sketching and Adobe Illustrator CS4 for designing. 1) The Sketch Firstly I sketch my ideas. This allows [...]

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Line Work for t-shirt designs

20. February 2010

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Written by: Sol Amstutz Here are a lot of ways an illustration can be ruined, and a big one is line work. The line work is almost like the skeleton of an illustration, because you build everything else from it. There are a few very simply steps you can take to take your line work [...]

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How to connect multiple paypal emails – tutorial

20. February 2010

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Paypal has a lot of different options but it always seems like you will never use most of them and it is difficult to find the ones you want. Today I got a paypal payment to the wrong email. I did a bit of research and found that you could connect up to 8 emails [...]

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Sometimes you don’t need Internet Marketing

16. February 2010

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I am fortunate enough to help a lot of clothing companies create awesome sites with my company Double Dragon Studios. While I am in there putting in all the code I also get a chance to look at all their web statistics. The one thing that surprised me the most was how little internet marketing [...]

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Coloring Tips for T-shirt Designs

13. February 2010

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Written by: Sol Amstutz Ah, coloring. It’s something every artist has loved since childhood, and some have grown to hate. Once again, like most things that are part of a greater whole, how you choose to color a piece can make or break it. Being color savvy is key, especially when working on things that [...]

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Pool Tradeshow Review

12. February 2010

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I found this post by someone who went to the Pool Tradeshow and thought his experience was something my readers would be interested in. I’ll see if I can get him to answer any questions you guys put in the comments. You can check out his site Fur Face Boy SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 POOL TRADESHOW [...]

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Threadless Seminar

7. February 2010

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The founders of Threadless talk about their rise to awesomeness and a few other projects you might not have heard about. The real talk about threadless doesn’t begin until halfway into the video. Their other ventures sound interesting but none of them have anywhere close to the success or traffic Threadless does. This website even [...]

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New Comment System + Feedback System

4. February 2010

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I decided to use Disqus which is a comment replacement system for WordPress and other blogging platforms. In addition to all basic functionality, it is also well integrated with Facebook Connect and Twitter. I want to make this more of a community and promote sharing of all the information posted on this site. Please post [...]

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