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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. …
A user guide to picking the best halftones
by David Foster. Positivity Ltd.
Screenprinters have a bewildering array of halftone dots to choose from when producing their imagesetter films, we look at why you might like to …
One of the advantages of screen printing over Direct to garment printing is the variety of special effect inks that are available (although direct to garment and screen printing combinations are possible), printing T shirts …
The best feature of this blog layout is perhaps the ability to write about things outside of T-shirt printing without it confusing people when they arrive, all the t-shirt relevant articles stay in the top …
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 …
Amazingly enough and with virtually no hiccups I somehow managed to move the blog to a new server and upgrade to wordpress 2.6. The wordpress helpfiles at http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress covered the PHP admin, database advice etc. …
A break from T-shirt printing for one moment to congratulate Tony and Troy on a fantastic cover shot. It seems a while ago now but finally some pictures from the Surftwisted Indo trip are starting …
Having outlined a few of the main differences between plastic and water-based inks in a previous article we can now take a look at some more factors which can help us make decisions about what …
Despite all the rain, general gloom and the end of summer things have remained busy, so a the second installment to the epic waterbased articles project goes on hold, and in its place a late …
Hopefully we can outline some of the benefits of T shirt printing in water based inks, and explore some of the possible reasons many screen printing companies are so reluctant to advertise or use these inks. Here are just a few benefits we feel waterbased inks have to offer.
* Environmentally sound non spirit based formulas
* Breath-ability on large prints
* Soft and sometimes imperceptible hand
* Very long lasting print
* Diverse range of special effects
Lizard MCC splashed all over the french papers. Although the cornish bikers are not entirely certain of what is written they are sure it is good for international relations. If you want to read about …
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.
Discharge screen printing is one water based solution for light prints on dark clothing or textiles. It ticks the environmental printing boxes, but it is not without it’s limitations. Firstly we would not use this …
A big change for Advertees in 2011, New website is very near completion with more emphasis than ever on T shirt printing, and all inclusive deals. Lots of new products have become available this year, …
The arrival of our new 8 colour automatic is getting closer, but preparation for the machines delivery is nigh on impossible with our current workload.
The new machine will bring much needed added capacity, and make …
When screen printing Mixed Martial Arts T-shirts soft prints are nearly always a requirement. Screen printed foil T-shirts are currently a common request.
So we are now offering foils using a phthalate free adhesive, when used …
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 …
Some projects are simply a pleasure to work on, and Mr Chuffiewuffie and friends was certainly one of those jobs Advertees enjoy. These illustrations by Rob Wills seem to spread a little bit of happiness …
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.
This weekend Port Eliot Festival plays host to a huge variety of creative talent, and as usual there seems to be something of interest for everyone.
Unfortunately for Advertees a consequence of this event is that …