10 Tips For Designing Your Own T-shirt

1.) Keep It Simple – A word or phrase is often all it takes to make a great shirt. Scroll through Pinterest and you’ll see many great examples of graphic tees using only text. What sets them apart are tools like pretty fonts or large lettering.

2.) Draw From Your Life – Literally. Do you doodle in the margins of your notebook during those long lectures? Scan them and there you have a design no one else is guaranteed to have. Think about your passions or what makes you laugh. Chances are, that’s just how those mass-produced mall t-shirts are made.

3.) Inside Jokes – Speaking of what makes you laugh, you and your friends undoubtedly have hundreds of phrases that no one else gets. The ones that make you giggle uncontrollably at the drop of a hat. Most often during the most serious of occasions.

4.) Celebrity Sightings – If you find yourself lost on the celebrity gossip sites instead of working on that dull group project, chances are you’ve seen a graphic tee or two. Replicate those looks without the price tags (50 dollars for a t-shirt?) and you’ll have your own celeb chic for a fraction of the price.

5.) Use Our Design Platform – It is extremely simple, just try it out! 

6.) Experiment With Color – Another way a great shirt comes to be is by playing with different color combinations. A blank canvas can be intimidating, however, so there are resources available to get the creative juices flowing. I’m a big fan of colors, myself, which pairs colors together that I never thought would look so good.

7.) Be Bold… – Go big with your text size. Be sassy with a saying.  Pair a bright orange font with an electric blue t-shirt and wear it when cheering on your team. Your t-shirt says what’s on your mind and in your heart without you saying a word.

8.) …Or Not – On the flipside, simple black text on a white tee is a classic look that will go with nearly everything you have in your closet. A cute little coffee cup doodle speaks to your love affair with caffeine. Less is more, as they say.  Unless we’re talking about chocolate in which case, more is more.

9.) Photography – Yes, you can put photos on a t-shirt. It can be a funny and embarrassing picture of your dad as a kid to wear to is 50^th birthday party. A picture of the grandkids as a gift to Nanna. Or, take a look through your Instagram for that amazing flower photo you took with the perfect filter applied.

10.) Have Fun – Really, it all boils down to this. Creating something unique doesn’t have to involve feeling pressured to make the “perfect” design. When something comes from your heart and, in the end, makes you happy, that’s all that matters.

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