A virtual toolbox of resources that one can use for designing t-shirts.
So we wanted to put together a virtual toolbox of resources that one can use for designing t-shirts. The reasons for this were two-fold. The first is due to our interest in designing t-shirts here at Dead Wings Designs, seeing as we were gathering these resources for ourselves, we thought we’d show the love and share the work. The second reason for the post, was because we were interested in this blog itself being a sort of digital online toolbox, however when looked at that more in-depth, we realized that would make us tools. That was not a label we felt like donning voluntarily, so we dropped the toolbox description of the site.
Browse the Box
Here we have a post chock full of resources, tutorials, templates, and more…well, not really more, and templates I guess could be considered resources, but still the point is the same. I&3146;m just not sure at this juncture what that point was. Anyhoo, moving on, and all that jazz. Below we hope that you will find a useful tool or two that you will want to keep handy on all of your t-shirt designing endeavors.
Templates
T-Shirt and Hoodie Templates – Some really great, realistic templates
Free Blank T Shirt Template – with 40 preset colors based on American Apparel
A Go Media T-Shirt Template – A ladies long sleeved t-shirt from the side view
Tutorials
How to Break into T-Shirt Design
5 tips & resources to help get your t-shirt company off the ground
Pointers for Designers Working with Apparel Companies
Gradients and Halftones in Screen Printing
How to Create an Awesome T-Shirt Mockup like Jimiyo
Free Vectors
Blogs
Places to Submit Your Designs
Inspiration
50 Best T-Shirt Designs of 2008
40 Rad Vintage T-Shirt Designs
12 inspirational shirt designs
Deviant Art T-Shirt Graphics Gallery
Well that’s a tour through the toolbox. Let us know what tools you would add to the mix.
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Yes, awesome! I’ve been thinking about making some t-shirts for quite a while now, and this post might be quite the kick to the butt I need to get started.
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Nice inspiration, thx!!!
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Oh damn! That’s rad!
I’ve been making shirts for a while, but they’ve all been spraypaint and stencils, hah! Maybe now I can make something that more people than me would want to wear, lol.
kickass post!
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@ JeremyOLED – Hopefully this will do it. When the designs start piling up, remember another place to showcase them is the Dead Wings Flickr Group. Can’t wait to see what you come up with.
@ brtak – Not a problem. Thanks for checking it out.
@ Andrew – Hells yeah it is! I’d love to see some of your stencil work. I’m sure you aren’t the only one who likes them!
Awesome post! Some very useful resources. I especially like some of the shirt templates and tutorials. Great job.
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Thanks for the mention!
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@ Nick – Glad you found it useful. Appreciate the feedback, truly do.
@ Tim – Not a problem! Thanks for the amazing post.
Nice inspiration thx..
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Another article of interest:
6 Great Tips On How To Prepare Artwork for T-Shirt Printing
Thanks for the mention in this post. I love it!
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@ joyoge – glad you liked it!!
@ Jacob – I saw that article and thought that it was very lackluster. Totally kidding!! I actually totally missed that one. Thanks for the link!
@ The Taddict – No, thanks for your blog! It kicks ass!
Crackin’ keep it up!
@ Borelius – Will do! Thanks!
My only problem is the printing itself.. I have tried those iron-on sheets and all, but that’s just terrible haha…
How do you actually print it on? By another company? (this seems expensive to me)
Very nice stuff , thanks for sharing dude . It really show me a new sense
Very useful stuff. Thank you.
You have a really nice blog!! I loved to visit it and will come back often.
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