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DIY

How Artists Should Approach a Company

March 19, 2011
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Andy over at ReThink Clothing (we refer to each other as ‘other Andy’, but I think we all know he’s the other Andy) has written a good article on his blog on the subject of how artists should approach companies that they’d like to work with. He deals with college artists every day, as they’re [...]

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How to start a clothing brand.. kind of

March 7, 2011
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I see a lot of articles that have the SEO-freindly title of “How to start a clothing brand”, and rarely do they really get into the nitty gritty of how you really start a clothing line. This article over at Buy Tees written by Ryan from Beau Clothing is no different, but it does provide [...]

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Sell more t-shirts by not sounding pretentious

January 11, 2011
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I don’t mean to mention every post that Smashing Magazine make, but I thought this one would be really useful to people working in the clothing business, especially as it’s something that I find lacking with brands that aren’t particularly mature and are still getting a handle on things. They’ve written a guide to copywriting, [...]

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How to get more traffic to your t-shirt site (for free!)

January 10, 2011
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A few weeks ago my buddies over at Pop Culture Tees dropped a post that covers the basics of getting more traffic to your site, and we all know that traffic+good product=sales (I almost made that traffic=sales, but it doesn’t quite work that way), so I thought I’d share the article. I’ll summarise their thoughts: [...]

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How to prepare artwork for screenprinting

January 8, 2011
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Smashing Magazine seems to absolutely nail it every time they do a tutorial, and whilst I’m no expert on the screenprinting process, they seem to have done it again with an excellent tutorial about how to prepare your images for printing in Adobe Illustrator. Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator – Smashing Magazine

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A see-through t-shirt, aka the geekiest/best halloween costume ever.

October 29, 2010
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I’m not going to a Halloween party this year (I don’t think it’s as big of a deal here in the UK as it is to American folks) but if I were I think I’d attempt something along the lines of this since I love spending far, far too much time making fancy dress costumes. [...]

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Cotton in Motion, because t-shirts are a serious business

September 22, 2010
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HYA is meant to be fun, and not just because I’m a bit of a man-baby that is afraid of growing up, but because if I were to get into the nitty-gritty of t-shirt world I’d probably get really bitter and hate the world and this blog would be a sad place indeed. However, one [...]

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How To Create A Balanced T-shirt Graphic by J3Concepts

July 17, 2010
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One of the artists that I always like to see work from is J3concepts, so it’s good to see him spreading the wealth with this tutorial about how to create a balanced t-shirt graphic on Computer Arts. I’m not sure how much help it will be to seasoned designers, but some of you might find [...]

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Jimiyo is a popular t-shirt designer, listen to him.

May 27, 2010
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I can’t design, I’ve accepted this, I know what I like, I can put text over a picture, but doing something from scratch is just something I will never master (so why bother, eh?). However, Jimiyo is a good illustrator and knows the tee world well, so when he’s dropping pearls of wisdom, you should [...]

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How to customise & recycle your old t-shirts

September 29, 2009
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T-shirts have a lifespan, they don’t last forever, they stretch, they fade, they get stained, and sometimes the tees stay the same but the owner changes size, or just changes their taste. This got me thinking, “what do you do with a tee when you don’t want to wear it anymore? (and you don’t want [...]

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Free Mock-Up for T-Shirt Designers by Tom Neal

September 9, 2009

No, you can’t buy this (well, you could, the mockup is of an XS American Apparel 2001 tee), it’s a mockup done by Tom Neal for t-shirt designers to put designs onto so that your mockup looks a bit more realistic. As I don’t design tees I can’t really compre it to other mockups, but [...]

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Darth Vader Flutter Sleeve Shirt by XPoppysWickedGardenX

August 11, 2009

According to this comment on the 202 Star Wars t-shirts list, the above flutter sleeve shirt was made just for us HYAers, I hope it wasn’t made with me in mind, because I just don’t have the shoulders for it. When something is created with HYA in mind, chances are I’m going to feature, and [...]

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Turn an old tee into a cool scarf/necklace [DIY]

June 12, 2009

This cool looking scarf/necklace was featured in Instructable’s weekly newsletter, and I thought it looks no nice (and presumably easy though I haven’t actually looked at the tutorial properly yet) that I’d share it with you, so if you were wondering “what should I do with this old t-shirt?” wonder no more! Recycled T-shirt Necklace

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Johnny Cupcakes Lecture @ Leeds College of Art & Design this Thursday (Update: London Meet-up on Saturday)

June 2, 2009

I’m in two minds as to whether I should make the trip to Leeds for this. On the one hand, I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about his talks, I like the promise of free cupcakes, and I might get to meet the guy after writing about his goods for years (though I don’t [...]

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Stop mocking me!

January 22, 2009

See that t-shirt up there, that is not a t-shirt, that, apparently (and I am skeptical) is a mock up. It was made up (I think) by Jeff Finley from Go Media (you’re probably more aware of their blog if you’re the kind of person that designs rather than hires designers), and I’d really like [...]

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So you want to start a clothing line, huh?

January 14, 2009

I’ve never started a clothing line, so coming to me for advice on the nuts and bolts of everything would be, to be frank, risky. So instead of writing up some pointers for you that might not necessarily make any sense, I’m going to point you towards a few links, that may be of help. [...]

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Eric from Linty Fresh tells you have to make your brand suck less

January 14, 2009

Eric Terry, the man behind Linty Fresh (that’s him up there!), held a video webchat on Sunday evening in which he would answer people’s questions about the indie tee industry and share his experiences. With the time difference between the US and UK Eric’s Q&A sessions are on a little late for HYA’s bed time, [...]

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10 Great Tips from 10 Great Brands

December 7, 2008

Coty Gonzales has been keeping an eye on interviews with top indie brands recently, and has written up a blog post of 10 tips that he’s gleamed from those interviews all about what it takes to be successful in the tee industry. Check it out here

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Deckpeck, like Cafepress, but cool

November 17, 2008

The guys behind Popdeck, the skateboard design competition, opened up Deckpeck a while ago. Deckpeck allowed people to sell their own board designs, and quite a few recognisable artists signed up and uploaded some great looking decks to their shops. A few days ago they expanded their product range, but its doesn’t include the usual [...]

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Make a Customized Silhouette T-Shirt Of Your Kids [DIY]

September 23, 2008

This tutorial will probably will come under the ‘well, duh’ file for some of you readers, but I thought I’d point out this tutorial about making a silhouette t-shirt since it seems like a fun and easy little project. Make a Customized Silhouette T-Shirt Of Your Kids [via Photojojo]

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