How to Design and Print Your Own T-Shirt - Hobbies

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

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