T-Shirt Design Workshop 01: Foundation

Design a t-shirt like a professional: specialty printing methods, fabrics, inks, dyes, and washes.

What you'll learn:

• Understand how t-shirt design ideas are conceived.
• Choose the best combination of fabric, inks, dyes, and washes to make more exciting designs.
• Choose specialty inks and printing methods to create unique designs.
• Choose the right type of color separation for their graphics.
• Know how direct-to-garment (DTG), dye sublimation, and screen printing methods work.

Learning the possibilities and options you have when creating a t-shirt design is an essential investment in becoming a professional t-shirt designer. In this workshop, we'll go over all the ingredients that go into a t-shirt design. Let's get started!

In this course we will cover:

• Every t-shirt design should have a story behind it
• The history of the graphic t-shirt
• What makes a good t-shirt design
• The varieties of t-shirts and fabric
• Garment dyes and garment washes
• Alternative printing methods like Direct to Garment (DTG) and Dye Sublimation
• Oversize and allover printing techniques
• How the different kinds of color separation work
• Varieties of screen printing ink
• Specialty inks and printing methods that will set your designs apart
• Supplies needed to screen print a t-shirt
• We will finish off with a demonstration showing how you can screen print a t-shirt - even at home!