T-Shirt Design Workshop 01: Foundation

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.

*This course does not have step-by-step graphic design or software tutorials (That will be covered in the follow-up course, T-Shirt Design Workshop 02).

It does, however, cover a wide range of topics that provide context and essential knowledge for anyone wanting to become a professional t-shirt graphic designer.

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!