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TUTORIAL: How to create a vintage t-shirt using DTG

Follow this step-by-step tutorial to turn your latest design into an authentic looking vintage print. The final design will be printed on a Brother GT-541 DTG (Direct To Garment) printer. Our artwork was created in Adobe Illustrator and sized to the largest dimensions possible for the DTG printer (350mm x 400mm). We used a Gildan Ultra [...]

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TUTORIAL: How to make a realistic t-shirt template in Photoshop

Follow this step-by-step tutorial to create a quick t-shirt template in Adobe Photoshop. A t-shirt template is great way to show off your latest designs. Use your template to experiment with different coloured garments and styles before going to print.

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Design Competition Down Memory Lane

Remember this post about Australian t-shirt designers Das Monk? Ok, I’ll let you off the hook, it was a long time ago. Well, this group are back on the horizon, and this time they’re on the lookout for raw, unadulterated talent. According to their website, Das Monk are hunting for the next visual genius to [...]

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Peek inside Pantone

360° Color: A Peek Inside Pantone from Base on Vimeo.

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Cheer Up

Yes it’s April and it’s still snowing. It should be warm. Instead, it’s snowing. But you know what we should do? Instead of complaining we should roll around in the snow, go sledging, look up at the sky and stick out our tongues to catch cold drops. We should take a leaf out of this [...]

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What’s in your Cavern?

What’s the first thing to spring into your mind when I say ‘cavern’? I have to admit that for me, it is Aladdin. You know the big tiger’s head made out of sand, and its gravelly “diamond in the rough” voice, which I’ve often tried unsuccessfully to replicate. That was one cavern to give you [...]

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Online Vector T-Shirt Software

We often get asked, “What is the best software to use when designing for t-shirt printing?”. Our standard answer is that one should look no further than Adobe Illustrator, the industry standard vector software. The key thing is, for quality screen printing, we need vector artwork (as opposed to raster artwork made in programmes like [...]

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