How to become a COOL T-shirt designer?
I will tell you what to do, how to do it and even if you can’t design, I have a solution for you…
Well I’ve been an artist all my life, from my school days.. I was excelling in art classes..
I presume if your into T-shirt Design and want to be a cool t-shirt designer, you need to know a bit, or a lot about Art and design!
You will need to study art and design and dedicate hours to practice and perfect your skill…
Design programs I use is: Freehamd mx / Adobe illustrator for vector art and design.
I also use Photoshop to add effects and dimension to ‘certain’ designs.
I studied 4Years at University and got myself a Diploma in graphic Design and a Degree in Multi-media Design at the Vaal University of Technology..
This Helped a lot with my Basic skills and Helped me a lot with the ART of Drawing…
To Become a True artist / designer you need to know how to DRAW… And Draw like a master ! Perfect your style and then learn more about design and how to use that design program…
When I was studying, the 1st year of our studies was dedicated to learning Art and design and drawing. It was only in my second year when the PC work started. This is how important it is to have a foundation in art and design before you begin to learn the programs..
How-ever if you look at t-shirt designs I did in my University(2001-2004) days and you look at the stuff I do now(2012)… There is a huge difference..
A lot & I mean a lot of my experience was gained from 2005 on wards doing actual work for clients.. My clients pushed me and I just go better and better through the years…
You need to learn the basics with art and design and drawing to become a great t-shirt designer, but from there it’s all about experience.. You need to gain experience in your field and be passionate about design.. and you will become a great T-shirt designer..
If you have no skills and want to get into t-shirt design, that is also not a big problem these days… I’ll tell you what people do…
For those of you who have no training in the art world and want to start a brand or get into t-shirt design. Simply hire a designer.
Contact(me) Guy Tasker @ http://www.thelogodesignexpert.com or visit his other site: http://www.tshirtprinting.co.za
One of South Africa’s BEST T-shirt Designers.. Totally Unique and always Designs the Coolest Designs..
Take a look at this: A client came to me with NO artistic skills what so ever and asked me to take his ideas and turn them into master pieces..
This is a T-shirt design for a DJ T-shirt. Old SKOOL Junkies.
His interpretation drawing was 2 Vinyl DJ players.. with the Words Old Skool Junkies..
I took this idea and came up with this…
