When making cheap custom tee shirts, there’s one thing you need to keep in mind. You have to design a shirt that people would actually want to wear if they’re going to wear it at all. You can’t just throw a design on cheap custom tees and expect people to love it. Chances are they’ll just donate the shirt if you do, not wear it.
Here are a few tips that can help you design custom tees people would actually want to wear.
Start With the Actual Shirt.
Just because you can print on the cheapest quality tee shirt around doesn’t necessarily mean you should. Yes, it’s an attractive way to save money, and yes, you can make more custom tees if you reduce the cost of material, but ask yourself, would you enjoy wearing a shirt like that out? What’s the point of even making the custom tees if you’re going to choose a quality of shirt that no one would even want to wear? You’re much better off paying a little bit more for better quality tees to print on.
Although you may not know a thing about the type of ink used for screen printing, it’s still worth asking. If they use a low quality ink, then its going to fade and peel quickly. People will only be able to get a few wears out of your custom tees. Whatever ink they tell you they use, look it up to find out just how washable it really is.
Get Artistic Direction.
It pays to have a graphic designer take care of your shirts’ artwork. Although some screen printers offer an online design lab that makes decent artwork quickly and simply, the cost of having a freelance artist design the artwork for your shirts is nothing in comparison to how well they’ll look.
If you choose a quality material for your shirts, find a printer that uses quality inks, and have a graphic designer draw up quality art, you’ll make custom tees anyone would want to wear.
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