Congrats Evan! It looks amazing. I'm really happy to see you get printed. I told my friend I thought this one had a real chance. I'm glad I could lend a helping hand with your presentation.

Congrats on your first print! So clever & simple.

There's nothing quite like the day your shirt finally goes up for sale. Here's to many more of those days!

Thanks to HorsefaceDee for letting me rework her awesome "A Unicorn for Boys" design for alexmdc's Remake Community Project.

See all 56 remade designs here





Also, Clockwork Fruit is up for voting:





Plus please vote on rodrigobhz's awesome remake of my design "Water Hog"

I just need a few move votes to reach 100 (okay, a lot more :P). I'd really appreciate it if you have a moment! This design is for alexmdc's upcoming group submission.

Thank you to HorsefaceDee for letting me take a crack at her awesome A Unicorn for Boys



Thanks guys!

Just wondering if any of you good people would be so kind as to help me out with a flash presentation. Nothing fancy... just two slides.

Thanks!

I hope this blog doesn't generate cricket chirps. :/

I decided to hop into the old time machine and jump into the near future. Not sure what the exact date was but it was a good week of prints.

HECTOOOOOR!!!!!





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Of course, this was Hector's excited reaction upon hearing the incredible news:

I've noticed a lot of people asking about t-shirt templates and how to create a more realistic-looking placement for their presentations. I thought I'd post an easy (hopefully) tutorial for creating t-shirt templates in Photoshop. There may be better ways of doing this - this is just what I've learned on my own through trial and error and by reading other tutorials.

The first step is to find a picture you like of someone wearing a white or light-coloured shirt. If it's already a blank tee you can skip to the next step. If the shirt has a design on it (and it's a smaller design) you can remove the design pretty easily using the clone tool, or by copying and pasting sections of the blank shirt over the design.



The next step is to isolate the shirt on it's own layer. You can do this a number of ways - quick mask, or with the magic wand tool. For this tutorial I just carefully traced around the shirt with the lasso tool and pasted the shirt on a new layer.

Once you have the shirt on its own layer, duplicate the layer so you have two shirts plus the background image. Lock the pixels on the second shirt and paint it a solid colour. In this example I used an existing Threadless colour. You can subsequently change the shirt colour for future designs by using the paint bucket or just apply a colour overlay.

Set the top layer to "multiply" so that the whites become transparent but the shadows will still show through. You can adjust the layer properties so that you get the best results possible. In this case I lowered the saturation so it was closer to a white t-shirt and played around with the curves to strengthen the shadows a bit.

Your design goes between these two layers so that the final result should look something like this:



Final placement image with layers flattened:



NOTE: To set a layer to multiply go to the layer menu that says "layers/channels/paths". There's a little drop down right beside where you set the layer opacity. It is set to "normal" by default but you can click on it and open the drop down which gives you all the layer options, including multiply.

Closest guess (without going over) on my collab with kookaberry wins a $25 gift certificate which will be sent expeditiously to an email address of your choosing on the day the submission finishes scoring using the magic of modern day electronic transmission.





Of course, comments and votes are appreciated as well!

ivejustquitsmoking: 3.51
Krakaboom: 3.43
Charlie M: 3,37
walmazan: 3.32
krokun: 3.27
Pumaz7: 3.25
TheInfamousBaka: 3.24
BaronVonMonkey: 3.23
ratkiss: 3.21
againstbound: 3.19
stalliongsta: 3.17
supertrooper74: SORRY, PLEASE GUESS AGAIN (3.17 is already taken)
davidfromdallas: 3.16
Johnny Baboon: 3.15
EricDiaz: 3.14
badbasilisk: 3.13
irocko: 3.12
NiNTH WHEEL: 3.11
Krimson: 3.10
Chengui: 3.09
BlueLobster: 3.08
danaych: 3.07
lily1029: 3.06
manthan33: 3.05
Puppetmeat: 3.04
cARtOoNer: 3.03
Phiffer: 3.02
WarDrobeInSpareOom: 3.01
ArikaGranger: 2.99
V1ctorya" 2.98
almozline: 2.97
Bio-bot 9000: 2.96
myteemo: 2.94
phillydesigner: 2.92
igo2cairo: 2.90
SheepMan22: 2.89
xiv: 2.87
littlem: 2.85
jess4002: 2.79
bhoomika: 2.76
outline: 2.75
producer: 2.70
wowrainbows: 2.68
mezo: 2.666
babajoe99: 2.64
Jellyes: 2.57
rossmat8: 2.53

Some of their slogans should be printed. Throw them a vote, or sign the petition to get one printed.



rossmat8's slogans:

"Supervision isn't nearly as cool as it sounds" PRINTED!!

"running the last 10 meters in slow motion cost me the gold"

I "occasionally" use air quotes PRINTED!




Bio-bot 9000's slogans:

Resist Peer Pressure. All the Cool Kids are Doing it PRINTED!

If history repeats itself, I'm totally getting a dinosaur PRINTED!

Nostalgia was way better in the old days. PRINTED!

I liked homework better when it was called coloring. PRINTED!

"Optimists and Pessimists Agree: We Need a Refill"

"Coffee gets me through the day. Kool-Aid gets me through the wall"


jaywalkergraphics' slogans

Friends actually let friends do lots of stupid things PRINTED!

I have an open door policy. Also, I can't find my stereo.

A good ruler should be firm and fair. Preferably wooden.

A calculator is only good for sum things.


rbthatcher's slogans

Will work for cardboard & markers.

I've never felt remorse...and I kind of feel bad about it.

(on back) I am ahead of you in the Human Race.

Does this slogan make my shirt look tacky?



colorfool's slogans

Sometimes I bump into walls in search for the hidden level

One giant leap for me, no noticeable change for mankind.

Tea is not my cup of coffee.

I am full of resources. Mainly water.



ivejustquitsmoking's slogans

5 out of 5 monsters under the bed agree, your room needs cleaning

We had chemistry, but physics got in the way.

Ten out of ten pigs agree, it's best to be vegetarian.



staffell's slogans

Thesauruses rock, rule, own, lead govern, dominate, preponderate

There Will Always Be A Special Place In My Heart For Oxygen.

I was stuck in a time paradox tomorrow.



bygrinstow's slogans

Whore you to say apostrophes are essential?

I was in an interesting hypothetical situation the other day....

All things being equal makes algebra easy.


You can also vote on my slogans while you're here, even though they're not as good. Feel free to start a slow clap for this blog.

I decided to hop into the old time machine and have a quick peak at the new year! Congrats alexmdc!