Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Developing T-Shirt Designs

Every now and then, my style preferences in T-shirt fashion seems to change. The cycle includes plain shirts, skateboarding brands, sports teams, Ed Roth designs, and surfing culture designs. Now, I’m just interested in designing my own shirts.

I’ve created two stores to create and sell my designs. I originally started by using the Café Press Web site. Now, I’ve been spending a lot of time using the Zazzle Web site. Each Web site has its advantages, and each design on those sites are a little different due to the design applications that they use.


The most important part of the design process starts with my camera, scanner, photo editing applications, and art program. Most of my images are eventually opened in Microsoft Paint for various simple image manipulation tasks. The final image is then used in Café Press or Zazzle. From there, I can add additional text to the designs.



Top Live Vinyl Record Albums

To show off some of my vinyl records, I'll be making a list of some of my favorite records. The first list is for live (concert) ...