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trendykid aka Chris is a 18.86 year old boy, has been a member since April 22, 2008, has scored 783 submissions, giving an average score of 2.39.

Jun 25 '08 by trendykid

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How to make designs?

Okay... so I think that I'm artistic... and I really want to make shirt designs... but I don't know how....

What program do all you designers use to make nifty designs?

Photoshop? Illustrator? Paint?

supertrooper74 on Jun 26 '08 at 4:16pm

Illustrator

Gelatin Rabbits make Very Good Hats on Jun 27 '08 at 11:41pm

i do hand drawns', scan em in, then clean up on photoshop... flash's a good drawing program, too...

Hand drawn stuff doesn't make threadless very happy, though... you always end up with loads of colors, and soo much detail gets lost.

Fal-z on Jun 29 '08 at 10:08pm

i start with paper and pencil, then some photoshop

textlikekisses on Jun 29 '08 at 10:14pm

hand drawn, then photoshop
or just photoshop
never paint XD
and i only use a MAC
ohh yeahhh :)

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dude-itscarly on Jan 02 '09 at 6:14pm

im not exactly a designer, i only entered one thing for critique. but i just draw it, scan it and fix it on photoshop like they said ^^

jaggerjack on Jan 03 '09 at 1:18am

I did that too for my first design but I was also looking for help on this topic (since its already been bumped).

I'm attempting to use Ai and am just completely lost, I know how to get the brush and stuff to work (kinda, I dont know how to make the brush really thin which is bothering me).

I dont know if I should do a single color per layer and how I can make sure that all the layers line up and if I outline in one color how I can fill in a diff color... all that jazz. If any skilled person would mind offering advice on how they get detailed vector art to work out.

jaggerjack on Jan 03 '09 at 1:28am

OR should I just screw Ai and do it with pixels at high DPI?

Robsoul on Jan 03 '09 at 1:29am

with lasers and beer, of course!

Robsoul on Jan 03 '09 at 1:32am

you don't haave to separate layers for color in AI. photoshop and illustrator are two different beasts but the more you use them, the more you'll use them simultaneously.

take a class at a local community college if possible but also just keep plugging away, trial and error offers many rewards if you stick to it.

Robsoul on Jan 03 '09 at 1:35am

but stick with photoshop if u r comfortable with it for right now.

300 dpi is sufficient and just work in RGB

there are some good blogs on different tricks and techniques, just search for them -

http://www.threadies.org/tricks.html

mezo on Jan 03 '09 at 1:36am

I use beef gravy.

jaggerjack on Jan 03 '09 at 1:39am

Should I always vectorize an image after I clean it up in photoshop?

And maybe the graphics design class im taking at my highschool next semester will help some...

jayrawz on Jan 03 '09 at 1:41am

i use the iChisel..

Robsoul on Jan 03 '09 at 1:43am

no, there is no need to vectorize

just make sure it's at 300dpi and a decent size (ie 8" x 11" and not 1.5" x 2")

Robsoul on Jan 03 '09 at 1:49am

http://www.threadless.com/profile/580274/Raphe10/blog/371441/Tutorial_every_threadless_sub_er_should_go_through

http://www.threadless.com/profile/387417/valorandvellum/blog/181779/Photoshop_Coloring_Tutorial

I use to know this great little overview on photoshop but can't find the link... will kepp searching for it

Robsoul on Jan 03 '09 at 2:16am

bam! found it!

this one is great., really concise and helped me get more comfortable working in psd

http://www.elizafrye.com/tutorials/colorbasics.php

do it step by step with one of your own pieces

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