Hey everyone,
I am trying to learn some new techniques on how to create different kinds of tee designs. I currently have been creating from scratch out of Illustrator but was wondering if there are any tips you guys can give me to create designs using a different method.
Thanks!
I am trying to learn some new techniques on how to create different kinds of tee designs. I currently have been creating from scratch out of Illustrator but was wondering if there are any tips you guys can give me to create designs using a different method.
Thanks!
I know a lot of designers work with raster programmes (like Photoshop) on a graphic tablet (like a Wacom) and later vectorize their designs in with Illustrator and the like (or they don't and keep it raster). Graphic tablets come in handy if you're good at draawing stuff, but don't want to be hassled with having to ink and scan & clean up your sketches. it just goes right from your pen into the computer.
Others (like me) start with pencil, paper, ink and brush, later digitalize their basic design and colour, tweak and clean it up in either raster or vector-based programmes (I personally use CorelX5, but that's a matter of taste & available money). I do use the graphic table approach too, but mainly for shading and typography. I just prefer real ink on real paper ... but that's a training thing, I guess
There are designers out there who don't use any of those "drawing stuff" approaches and construct designs using autotraced images, bought stock graphics and typography based on available fonts. there is no shame in that either, but it takes some experience to make the design something bigger than its parts. especially autotracing photos is something that will either help a design or make it look really generic & uninspired (I wouldn't recommend autotrace for anything more than the very basics of a design ... say basic outlines and shading or something). but there's a tons of great stock graphics out there and I'd suggest looking for a great banner / font / brush and buy(!) it if you're cannot make them on your own ... that's preferable to ending up with some half-assed banner or typo ruining a otherwise good design
so there's really no formula for successful designs other than a good idea, the right eye & mind to visualize that idea, and the adaptive skills to craft that concept into a design. everything else is practice: the more you design, the better you'll get. you'll learn what works and what doesn't. and you'll become more effective, more skilled & faster with every design finished, and that's all ... I guess