| There are many situations where having a t-shirt | | | | few washes and not shrug off the print straight |
| designed exactly the way you want it would be of | | | | away. Also, your wearer must be comfortable to |
| great benefit; if you are a promoter for a band, | | | | want to wear your logo or slogan t-shirt. Let's say |
| having a cool t-shirt with the bands logo on it would | | | | the staff at your company all got corporate t-shirts |
| be great to offer to fans; for corporate events, | | | | at your conference. People that like the fit and feel |
| cladding your team in their own t-shirt will help build | | | | of the t-shirt will be all the more likely to wear it |
| team spirit; or selling your product could be done by | | | | down the gym the following week. |
| a bunch of strangers if you can provide them with a | | | | Step 3 - Printing |
| trendy enough t-shirt design. | | | | Once you have your t-shirts and your design, you |
| Here are some simple steps to designing and printing | | | | need to get on with the printing. |
| your own t-shirts: | | | | First decide if you want to silkscreen print or transfer |
| Step 1 - Design | | | | print your t-shirts. Transfers tend to cheaper while |
| A good t-shirt design must be immediately | | | | silk screening will last longer and be better quality. |
| recognisable from a distance. Think about some retro | | | | Transfer printing requires you to print your design |
| t-shirts and consider why they are so popular. It is | | | | onto special paper, then just iron it directly onto your |
| usually down to their simplicity or maybe their | | | | soon to be retro t shirt. Screen Printing however, |
| pop-culture references which echo in the heart of | | | | requires a bit more work. You need to print your |
| everyone that sees it. Think about your target | | | | design onto special 'film' or 'transfer paper' then |
| audience and what they would like to say about | | | | following a series of screen transfer processes you |
| themselves through your t-shirt. A band t-shirt for | | | | prepare your screen with your design, burn out the |
| example must keep in touch with the style of music | | | | design with a lamp, then spread your special acrylic |
| and give the wearer something about the band to | | | | paint onto your t-shirt through your burned out |
| shout about. Album covers or band logos are good | | | | stencil. Best to watch a YouTube video on how to |
| options. | | | | do this first, but the results are worth the effort. |
| Step 2 - T-Shirt Quality | | | | Given a little, you will soon have a selection of funny |
| Make sure the quality of your t-shirts is high. By | | | | t shirts to choose from. |
| scrimping on the cost for blank t-shirts you will be | | | | Et voila: Your very own custom t-shirt! Now repeat |
| seriously diminishing the re-wear factor for your | | | | 500 times... |
| t-shirts. You want something which will last a good | | | | |