In this workshop we will go over the entire process of creating a t-shirt design, from finding ideas all the way to sending your designs out to be printed.
We will send out the design to 3 different printers. At the end, those shirts will be unboxed so you can see exactly how they came back from the printer (there will be a few unexpected surprises you can learn from!)
In this class we’ll cover:
<ul><li>How to find and apply inspiration</li>
<li>The various computer tools and traditional tools you will need to create t-shirt designs.</li>
<li>How to move seamlessly between Photoshop, Illustrator, and pencil & paper so your designs come out as good or better than you had initially imagined</li>
<li>Type layout using Adobe Typekit fonts</li>
<li>How to create your own custom Photoshop brushes to quickly add color and texture to your designs</li>
<li>How to incorporate hand-drawn effects into a computer-based design</li>
<li>How to make sure your graphic is screen printed with the exact ink colors, sizing, and placement that you want</li>
<li>Printing with sublimation and DTG (direct-to-garment) methods</li>
<li>Avoiding common mistakes so your t-shirts come back printed exactly as designed</li>
</ul>As a bonus you will also receive:
<ul><li>The Photoshop watercolor brushes made in the workshop</li>
<li>All 3 colorways of the finished “South Shore” design created (Photoshop format)</li>
<li> 2 bonus lectures showing methods to create “index” and “halftone” screen printing color separations in Photoshop and Illustrator without the need for any extra software</li>
<li>Downloadable files for the two color separation methods demonstrated in the workshop</li>
</ul>

T Shirt Design Workshop Part 2 Intro

Tools and Materials

Create a Project

Inspiration & Pinterest

05 Organizing Inspiration

Thumbnail Sketching

Creating Basic Shapes in Illustrator

Laying Out Type

Using Typekit

Alternate Layouts

Refine the Design

Pixels to Paper

Drawing Outlines

Watercolor Pencil

Photoshop

Refine on Paper

Back Into Photoshop

Make a Watercolor Brush

Painting with Photoshop Brushes

Colorways

Sizing Your Graphic Part 1

Sizing Your Graphic Part 2

Pantone Colors for Screenprinting

Setting up a Spec Sheet

Optional Lesson: Color Seps 02 Index Separations

Optional Lesson: Color Seps 01 Halftone Separations

Sending Designs to Print

Printed T Shirts Arrive

Wrap Up Workshop 02

Downloads-and-Resources-T-Shirt-Design-Workshop-02.pdf

T-Shirt Design Workshop 02: Using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Hand-Drawing Techniques

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