Pick up that mouse and start designing…

To gear up for our big launch I wanted to make sure that everyone actually knows how to design a t-shirt. So hear comes all of the tech stuff that might put you to sleep.

If this keeps you up all night then we know that you are the right person for Project Shirts. Put your irons and color printers away and start saving some cash.

What software should you use? Adobe Illustrator.

Illustrator is a vector based graphics program. Images are based on a mathematical equation and lines are drawn between 2 dots. A vector graphic will not lose any quality if the size of an image is enlarged or reduced. The learning curve for this software is pretty high so if you would like to become efficient I would start now. Another viable option would be CorelDraw, but I am biased to Illustrator.

If you are interested in printing photo type images then Adobe photoshop would be the answer. Again this has a high learning curve but once mastered anything you can imagine can be accomplished. One thing to keep in mind is that photoshop is a raster/bitmap based program. Images are drawn according to dots/pixels. If you increase the size of your image you will lose the sharpness of you image and it will become blurry.

To start learning these programs I would suggest going to lynda.com. This site has tons of short video tutorials that will step you through all of the different tools to both programs.

Download the trial versions and start creating a design that you would like to have on your shirt. If you can see it in your head then eventually you will be able to create it.

shirts | Pick up that mouse and start designing…