Morgan Gilbert's Graphic T-shirts

The first iteration of my custom shirts was relatively simple as the main tool used was a sharpie. I started out by making a template in photoshop: I took an image of a car I like, then made the image black and white and then adjusted the threshold. After that I added the associated logo and then compiled it together. After that I printed it out and taped the image to a glass plate. After that I threw the t-shirt on top of the plate and using a light beneath the glass was able to trace the pattern onto the shirt by hand. Once complete I let the ink dry for 2 hours and then threw it in a cold wash cycle and then hung it to dry. Here is the result: This process turned out quite well in my opinion for its cost and ease of creation. I will say however that using a sharpie is quite lacking when it comes to precision and though I am happy with it there are some parts that are off. From a distance it looks pretty solid but when you look up close its quite apparent that...

I will be exploring t-shirt print design. ITs an area I haven't invested alot of thought into but one that I do hold an interest in. It's a subject that collects pop cultures references and allows wearers or even creators to express their interests quite literally on their chest. I have a rough sense of how professionals go about creating prints but I'm interested in simulating that situation in a more DIY way. I always think very closely about what I wear every morning and I'm sure most others do the same. We try to express ourselves by what we do but also what we wear. I'll be interested to see how far custom t-shirts have come and how long they have existed. My best guess would be initially with hippy styled tye dye shirts. My process will start by researching the history of where it started and then moving on to the processes of creating different styles. This will include both proffesional practices as well as DIY processes. For my own iterations I will be ...