8 TIPS TO CREATE THE PERFECT T-Shirt Designs

1. Take the time to brainstorm
    Sometimes, design ideas can come to you immediately. If you’re in this situation, congratulations as it also means you’ve come a long way. However, in many cases, Designers are stuck with ideas and don’t know where to start. Or even, they want to have more backup options instead of falling into the “first idea” trap.
At times like these, spend your first time brainstorming ideas. Outlining ideas on paper, editing to create multiple versions of v1, v2, v3… will make the next steps easier. In addition, if you run out of ideas, you can also do a brainstorming process or take a break to clear your mind. Then ideas will come to you more naturally. At this point, follow the steps above and then enter the final design stage!
2. Check artwork on actual samples
   Anyone who has worked in the printing industry knows that there is a big difference when the product is on the computer screen and after the finished product is printed. Therefore, you should not skip the product mock up stage. In addition, if needed, you can also print out the artwork and place it on a t-shirt template. This helps you better visualize the artwork in actual size
3. Research target customers
One of the most important things before embarking on a t-shirt design job is that you need to define your client’s persona. Who is that? Old or young? Male or female? By identifying your target customers, you can track down the factors that help attract these potential customers.
4. Choose the right color

You can choose from contrasting color pairs on the color wheel to create t-shirt designs. Also, if you’re designing t-shirts using Adobe Illustrator, be sure to enable Global Colors! This great tool from Adobe saves you a lot of time.
In addition, you can also use Halftone to make the most of the limited number of colors you are allowed to use.
5. Use the right designs

6. Prepare the artwork properly
     You can choose from contrasting color pairs on the color wheel to create t-shirt designs. Also, if you’re designing t-shirts using Adobe Illustrator, be sure to enable Global Colors! This great tool from Adobe saves you a lot of time.
In addition, you can also use Halftone to make the most of the limited number of colors you are allowed to use.
7. Thoroughly research on the design of costume motifs
If you’re looking to do something new, you need to put in the effort to research it first. Of course, with t-shirt design, this is no exception.
So, besides practicing the designs, don’t forget to take the time to search, read and learn about the history of the design industry. This will give you more insight into what your customers want. You can even get quite a bit of creative inspiration from designs that you… have no interest in.
8. Leading every game
Get inspired by the latest t-shirt design trends that can help your product gain popularity in the market. However, don’t copy the prototype! Instead, you can be creative to lead the trend. Because the rhythm of the fashion industry in general and t-shirt design in particular is quite fast. Who knows, the moment your artwork is put into print, the design industry has started a different trend.
Sometimes, this is quite a difficult thing in the T Shirt design industry because designers have to constantly keep up with design trends but still have to choose their own direction.

   I just finished sharing with you my tips for creating the perfect t-shirt design. Hopefully, these knowledge will help you in the creative process of designing t-shirts and help in positioning products for your business.
See you in the next posts.