The process for creating a design is: Have an idea. Sketch it. Draw it properly. Clean up the lines. Polish. Add text if needed. Export to a PNG file. Sometimes you need a few variants. Submit to your online store. Add tags and a description. Share on social media. That’s a lot of different kinds…
[Continue Reading]Design Advice
How funny are you?
Overall, funny t-shirts sell better. It’s not only my experience. Just recently I watched Michael Essek’s videos where he shares advice on designing and selling and marketing and he said pretty much the same thing. He said about 90% of his t-shirts are funny. It’s difficult to think of a funny design on the spot….
[Continue Reading]Transparency problem with DTG printing
I made this design: Unfortunately, when printed on apparel it looks like this: Most of the design is not printed, only very bright places are visible. This design is painted with white color only, so in darker places those white pixels are nearly completely transparent. The method that is used to print designs on apparel…
[Continue Reading]Increase sales of black and white designs
This is a simple trick to have a few more sales. Maybe you know it, but frankly, this trick hasn’t occurred to me until after a few years of designing t-shirts. I’m going to write it down here, in case there’s someone else who hasn’t thought of it. Some people really don’t want to buy…
[Continue Reading]This is a terrible idea
How skilled a designer do you have to be to make a drawing and sell it on a t-shirt? Have a look at this ridiculous design that I made a few weeks ago: The idea is key. I thought about a sly cat and drew the simplest version that I could think of: I used…
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