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T- shirt design:Creating simplified artwork from a photograph
Wednesday, 14 Jan, 2009 – 14:35 | 2 Comments
T- shirt design:Creating simplified artwork from a photograph

So you’ve got this idea about taking a favourite snap and converting it to something that can be printed in a minimum of  colours, eh?
Plus you’d like to give the subject of your photo a …

Vectorising sketched artwork and drawings
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 13:14 | 5 Comments
Vectorising sketched artwork and drawings

Somebody sends us their artwork that they would like printed out onto T shirts.
How is it done?
Follow me into the studio…
We get artwork in a whole variety of forms from finalised vector graphics to a …

Some favourite art and design sites
Saturday, 20 Sep, 2008 – 9:56 | One Comment
Some favourite art and design sites

We`re all looking for inspiration. This is a small collection of some of our frequented haunts when things have run a little dry.
Design by Humans.
Slaterock

This is set up as a T shirt market place. …

Design and typography for screen printing
Wednesday, 10 Sep, 2008 – 9:50 | One Comment
Design and typography for screen printing

For the use of screen printing, it’s a general rule that – design wise – boldness and simplicity work. You’re usually trying to convey a message quickly and clearly on your T shirt.
The same goes …

Index Separation Method for Screen Printing
Monday, 25 Aug, 2008 – 20:02 | 18 Comments
Index Separation Method for Screen Printing

There are several ways of achieving this, including transfer printing and direct to garment (DTG) printing. The most commonly used techniques for screen printing however, are index and simulated process. The following is an insight into index separations.

We have taken this photo of a handsome rooster and opened it in Adobe Photoshop.