Discharge T shirt print using index separations
Thu, 2/07/09 – 19:43 | No Comment

Index separations are very fast to create and very effective with some designs, the T-shirt design below is a good example of the kind of design which works well using this process. We chose to …

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cornwall

This category contains some of our local clients, and events. This is where we live and work.

design

The most important part of creating a good T-shirt print is in the design.

direct to garment printing

A very new addition to our offerings, we will no doubt have plenty of posts here in the future.

Organic

This category contains products and printing techniques which we think are better for the environment.

t shirt printing

This covers almost all the articles in this Blog! As this is what Advertees are all about. Printing T-Shirts.

Artwork, T-shirts, Vector Graphics, design, screen printing »

Text only T shirt designs
Sat, 27/06/09 – 18:40 | No Comment

Designing a T shirt using text only requires more skill than many might think, if aesthetics are important to you then there are plenty of things you need to consider, one of the most important being fonts.

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Red discharge print, earth positive T shirts
Fri, 26/06/09 – 20:49 | One Comment
Red discharge print, earth positive T shirts

Obtaining a good red when discharge printing is difficult, bright reds are not easily achieved. We have had good results Screen printing earth positive T shirts with discharge inks, no difficult batches as yet, and …

Screen Printing of Water based inks
Sun, 31/05/09 – 11:41 | 5 Comments
Screen Printing of Water based inks

May has been a very busy month for us, this blog has only seen one post at the beginning of this month, as printing T shirts has been required from waking to sleeping. Our new …

Spring clean and mesh tensions.
Mon, 4/05/09 – 13:56 | No Comment
Spring clean and mesh tensions.

Space is always an issue for a busy screen printing shop, the more space you have the better. It is also essential to use your space efficiently. So with this in mind we have finally …

Butt or Trap? Spot colours.
Mon, 27/04/09 – 17:36 | 4 Comments
Butt or Trap? Spot colours.

This is first thing we think about when separating your design for screen printing.

Butt or trap registration? What are they?

T-shirts that incorporate everything we like, The Present.
Mon, 20/04/09 – 18:28 | No Comment
T-shirts that incorporate everything we like, The Present.

Every now and then we come across T-shirt prints which have all the qualities we like, water based printing is a must, good design for screen print is another plus.

T shirts which are organic, or …

T-shirt printing:Gradients using half tone
Sat, 28/03/09 – 15:43 | No Comment
T-shirt printing:Gradients using half tone

Gradients require a little thinking about when screen printing. Moire patterns are tricky to avoid, many printers have their own rule of thumb calculations to decide on meshes, the most common are 3.5 or 4 …

Spring Chickens
Sat, 21/03/09 – 22:30 | One Comment
Spring Chickens

The weather has been glorious, we have finally turned the corner, when the sun comes out you can feel summer is on the way. The chickens at Advertees are loving it, unfortunately I am not …

Sucker Punch
Fri, 20/03/09 – 10:44 | No Comment
Sucker Punch

This T shirt design by Murkin uses 6 colours and is printed at our maximum proportions of 14×16. We prefer to print slightly under these dimensions especially when using half tones, but will make exceptions …

Our web of life T-shirt
Thu, 12/03/09 – 1:12 | No Comment
Our web of life T-shirt

Delivery of a new gas dryer has held things up a little this week, but all being well we should be up and running again by the weekend. Once this oven is fired up we …

New coal Tshirt
Mon, 2/03/09 – 15:12 | 5 Comments
New coal Tshirt

Environmentally sound T shirt printing was the request from TANC. So we supplied the Earth Positive T shirt, printed using an opaque water based ink. Find out more about open cast mines and plans for …