As I was, *ahem* “researching” this afternoon and I came across the “Behind the scenes” video that goes with the T Shirt War video that we posted the other day.
I really like how they had a laptop setup so that they could see themselves in the last shot…VERY clever!
Happy days!
- James
Original Photo – Phillie Casablanca
Designing graphics and images for a t-shirt is an easy task once you’ve done your homework. Remember that graphic design t-shirt companies are a dime a dozen, so it’s imperative you stand out when presenting your pieces to investors or consumers. Perhaps the most important item when it comes to the design aspect of designing t-shirts is to stay true to your brand’s aesthetic. (more…)
My uncle Michael forwarded me a link to this video today. They printed a LOT of t shirts to make this cool animation!
- James
It’s Thursday again people! Have you had an awesome week? Again, here are some awesome t shirts that we have seen around this week! (more…)
It’s that time again! Every week on a Thursday we will be bringing you the most awesome printed t shirts that have come to our attention in the past week. If you have seen or printed an awesome t shirt, please let us know – either join our “Awesome Printed T Shirts” Flickr group or contact us directly! (more…)
Every Thursday we are going to be bringing you the freshest looking t shirts that have come under our radar in the previous week. If you have seen an awesome t shirt and want to let us know about it you can either join our flickr group and upload it to the pool there, or contact us directly! (more…)
A problem that a lot of printing companies have is people sending over artwork in a vectorised format that contains text that hasnt been converted to outline (People certainly send us over a lot of Illstrator files for t shirt printing without outlined text!). The reason for this is that the printing company may not have the same beautiful fonts that you have used in creating your artwork, and if it goes unnoticed, it can leave your print in, well, a bit of a mess!
When converting your text to outline it takes your text from being regular text and relying on a font, to vectorised shapes which can then be viewed on any computer even if it doesnt have the original font installed.
Anyway, however confusing that may all sound, converting text to outline in Illustrator is very straightforward.
First you need to select your text
Then Type>Create Outlines
Now your text is outlined and ready to send to the printers! One thing that I would like to add here is that your outlined text will now not be editable as regular text would be, so, if you would like to make adjustments to your design in the future it would definately be better to save your outlined design as a seperate file!
Happy Outlining!
Hey!
We just wanted to let you know that we have an exciting competition for you today!
Recently our production team have been making t shirts for the lovely people at the ATP World Tour and they have very kindly given us two tickets to see the match at 12.30pm on Tuesday 24th March at the O2 in London!
So, here is the deal, anyone who signs up to receive our newsletter before 12pm tommorow (Friday 20th Nov) will be in with a chance of winning the tickets.
“Oh no!” I hear you cry, “I’m already signed up to the newsletter”, well, in that case you better tell all your friends and hope that if one of them wins they will take you with them!
You can sign up for the Logos4Polos newsletter here!
Good Luck!
This month we have teamed up with Computer Arts Projects magazine to bring you an exciting competition where you could win 50 t-shirts screenprinted with your design!
Computer Arts Projects’ December issue is all about how to launch your own streetwear brand with some great articles giving you all you need to know from creating your designs, to having them printed (ahem!), to setting up an awesome website to sell them on!
To enter visit www.computerarts.co.uk/logos4polos
Martin, our boss, has been feeling the stress of the office lately as we’ve all been under pressure. But, since he’s the boss, he decides that he is going to take a fishing trip to relieve his stresses while we slave away printing beautiful t shirts.
The rest of us don’t really think that’s fair, and have decided to have a little fun in his absence.
Martin has always admitted that he can be a bit stingy at times. But if he wants to go fishing on the company’s time, we’re going to give away some free gear in our spare time!
We are offering one of you the opportunity to win a white “Earth Positive” 100% organic, ethically produced, t shirt with your very own full colour design printed across the front!
All you have to do is quite simple:
1) Follow @logos4polos on Twitter
2) Tweet the following message “The guys @logos4polos are giving away a free printed t shirt whilst Martin is away fishing! Check out how to enter at http://bit.ly/fstma”
3) Send your artwork (in a high quality jpeg or vectorised format) & twitter username to competition@logos4polos.com
Whichever design makes us smile the most will win!
Entries must be received before Martin gets back (Monday evening 19th October). Winner will be announced on Tuesday 20th October!
Good luck, get doodling!
