Graphic Designs for T-shirts (Part 2)

Graphic Designs of T-shirts (Part 2)

Graphic Design Requirements of T-shirts

In the last blog, we talked about the general categories of T-shirt graphic design and its basic principles. Today, we’ll continue to discuss the main-streaming design requirements.

Due to the limitations of both the manufacturing techniques and material processing, the graphic design of T shirts also has its limitations and requirements.

1.      Color

From the aesthetic principles of decorative graphics, generally speaking, it is better a graphic includes maximum colors of 4. Considering the requirement of processing equipment, the color number shall not exceed 6 within one single graphic. In order to control the cost based on optimizing the cost performance, the colors also should not be too complicated.

2.      Size

Restricted by printing equipment, the biggest size of a design shall be no bigger than 40 cm. Meanwhile, due to the fabric texture of T-shirts, word designs shall be no smaller than 2 mm. For small images, colorful halftone screen printing should not be applied as the screentones can't give their full play of fine performance in small images. Usually, the colorful halftone screen printing works best and displays its best performance with bigger graphics of 30 to 40cm.

3.      Position

Because graphic design is applied to ready-to-wear garments, there is a very important principle, which is if the printing position keeps flat, images can be transferred to anywhere you like, chest, hem, sleeves, collar or back, anywhere is OK. Actually, an ordinary pattern can become creative just with the printing position changed.

4.      Dyes

There are 2 different dyes for fabric dyeing in general: the common dyes and the reactive dyes. The common dyes have bright colors but the color fastness is poor. It’s easier to fade when the fabric is been worn or washed. And it’s hard to apply to the garments with many colors. However the cost is lower than that of reactive dyes. Reactive dyes have bright colors as well. The colors are fresh with strong color fastness. So the graphics do not fade. The reactive dyes are more used on clothes with both light and dark colors. But the cost is very high.

Graphic Designs for T-shirts

A T-shirt itself may is just considered a wearing for humans. But ever since the design came into being, it has been given cultural meaning and now has been an important part of clothing fashion.

There are various different types of T-shirt graphic designs.

Text Designs

 

Image Designs

 

Text & Image Designs

 

Logo Designs

 

Advertisement Designs

 

Principles of T-shirt Designs

1.      Artistic, coordinated, personalized

2.      Unified with the cutting design of T-shirts but changeable

3.      Expressing the feature and demand of customers at different ages

Now that we get more familiar with the basic knowledge about T-shirt graphic design, guess you guys will have more focus in the designing in future!

Common Used Fabrics for Men’s Outdoor Sports T-shirt

As the outdoor leisure clothing gets its best sale performance, outdoor sportswear has adapted to the living concept of modern people, the changes of the demand of the market and the evolution of clothing fashion. It has become important products in garment industry. The leisure attitude of a T-shirt reflects people pursue more about the quality of life and enjoy the leisure more. Outdoor leisure T-shirt has received its popularization on people’s wearing a long time ago. It has been changing with continuous innovation in style and adding fashionable elements from time to time.

 

 From an ordinary blank T-shirts to a printed T-shirt with various patterns, from summer short-sleeved T-shirts to autumn long sleeve T-shirt, from simple round collar T-shirt to lapelled T-shirt, from romantic lovers’ T-shirts to sweet parent-child tees, from holiday leisure T-shirts to business styled T-shirts, T-shirts are so various and changeable. The popularization of T-shirts results in the heated discussion on how to select colors, styles, and most importantly, fabrics.

There are plenty of different fabrics out in the market. For example, the knitting fabric generally used in making T-shirts, also has so many varieties. Cotton is a basic content in the knitting fabrics. There are many different categories of cotton. The most used are pure cotton in single side and double sides. Based on how many branches the cotton has, it can be further divided into lycra cotton, mercerized cotton, pique cotton and bamboo single-side cotton, etc.

Lycra cotton contents a fabric called lycra, which is whippy, not easy to get deformed, easy to get dyed, resisting aging and rubbing.

Pique cotton is a kind that most commonly used in making Polo shirts. The surface of pique cotton has small drain holes which look like honeycomb. It is more breathable than ordinary knitting cloth. And it’s comfortable, very washing durable and easy to dry. Tests show that it’s the least to get deformed when absorbing sweat and keeps the dyed colors firmly. Many famous brands use pique cotton to manufacture their outdoor leisure T-shirts.