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Typography for t-shirt designs
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 reading on [...]
Continue reading...T-shirt design process – Greg Abbot
22. February 2010
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 me to rough out [...]
Continue reading...Line Work for t-shirt designs
20. February 2010
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 to the [...]
Continue reading...Coloring Tips for T-shirt Designs
13. February 2010
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 are [...]
Continue reading...How to Design for the Apparel Market
30. December 2009
I saw this great article by Jimiyo and had to share it. Art Doesn’t Sell In my experience as a designer and curator, there is a truth about the apparel world that has become apparent. If my hunch is correct, this probably spans the whole world of art: Artsy fartsy doesn’t sell in a mass consumer market. I don’t [...]
Continue reading...Band T-shirt Tutorial
20. December 2009
This article was originally posted on Go Media’s blog by Jeff Finley. The Project: You’re hired to create a “sick” t-shirt design for a major label Metal band. Their fans also listen to Metallica, Slayer, Slipknot, and Mushroomhead. Describe how you would make something that would appeal to those fans and sell at stores like Hot Topic [...]
Continue reading...How to design a band tshirt tutorial
15. December 2009
This was the first shirt tutorial I came across when I was starting out. Jeff Finley and Go media have written some really great articles but this is the one that initially made me researching t-shirt design more. Check out their site it really has a lot of great resources for designers. Design a band T shirt [...]
Continue reading...T-shirt Design Illustration Technique
10. December 2009
When you need to create something with that hand-drawn look but you’re on a tight time line – this is one way to do it fast. The project I was working on was a t-shirt design for Black Ace Clothing. They’re great guys and pay us well so I am not normally rushing through their projects. But on this particular project I had already completed a large hand-drawn illustration for the back of the shirt. They wanted an additional illustration for the front of the shirt, but I was concerned about the total budget for one t-shirt, so, I busted out this little trick of mine. It saved me time, and saved them money!
Continue reading...The best t-shirt tag designs
25. November 2009
One of the most overlooked details in t shirts are their tags. When I say tags, I am specifically talk about the tags hidden away on the inside of your shirt. The tag that never sees the light of day, and is usually an afterthought. So after coming across some incredibly creative tags that in my mind add value and personality to a brand I decided to put together a list of companies that do an incredible job with their custom tags.
Continue reading...How to be a good client
10. November 2009
1. clear your mind of any image you have built up. A designer cannot read your mind so the finished product will never ever look exactly how you see it. And they will not spend the next year revising the design over and over in the hope that it might. Put your ideas in the designers hands, and be excited to see something completely unique by a creative professional. 2. look carefully at your chosen designers work, develop their brief in accordance with their personal style. stop asking me to draw sexy chicks. 3. Remember that a professional designer is not a way for you to exercise your artistic frustrations, They are not just a pair of hands for you to feel creative with. A professional designer does so because of an ability to come up with ideas not just realize them, and their ideas may well be better than yours.
Continue reading...Networking for clothing lines
14. September 2009
What is networking? Why is networking important? Why am I writing this and how does it have to do with Too Legit? All of these questions will be answered in the following Facet of Legitimacy. Let’s say that you need to find a job. You spend hours and hours and come up with a resume that [...]
Continue reading...SEO for Apparel and T-Shirt Companies
23. June 2009
Tim Toomey from Assault Blog and Assault Shirts talks about how to get SEO results without spending a lot of money. He gives some great tips for keyword strategies, blog strategies and coding strategies.
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25. February 2010
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