How to start a Clothing Company

I just signed up for Renegade LA and SF today and was thinking about writing some articles about craft shows. If you haven’t heard about Renegade, check them out. They have a couple around the US and they usually have a good crowd.
My tip today is about peacocking. You might have heard of the term [...]

This article was on the suffoca blog and I thought it offered good insight into how a designer thinks.
Working with clients is another side to my work, here’s a few handy tips i’v learnt along the way.
I don’t tend to work any of the suffoca characters or style and take slightly more realistic approach working [...]

When I started mediocore about 2 years ago I wanted to do everything. I wanted to design the shirts and website, screen print everything, and do all the marketing myself. This is how a lot of self employed people think when they start a business. They don’t trust others and they want to do it [...]

Ray at lowdtown has written some awesome articles for this site and I thought it was only right that I help him when he needs it. Here is his post he wrote
This post has been a long time coming, but it should definitely clear everything up for those confused with the state of Lowdtown.
First of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 RECAP
Ever since attending [...]

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 gets [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]