Glow in the Dark t-shirts are great ideas for evening events.  It's specially effective in dimmed condition, such as night club promotions, lectures, concerts and theatrical presentations.  Glow in the Dark imprints work well on white background.  So as long as your designs provide a white background to the area you want to apply Glow in the Dark imprint, you can use any colored t-shirts you want.  You can use Glow in the Dark as a tool to highlight, or to send a hidden message (see below for example).  All prints shown below were done in silk screen printing.  Color separations were either manually done in channels or by Simulated Process.  Production were done with M&R automatic 14-color press.

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Adding distressed crackle to your artwork is a quick and easy way to add a vintage feeling to your t-shirt designs.  Our art department can do this for you free of charge.  Just provide us your original artwork, we will send you back a version with a vintage touch.  Below are some samples of them.  All prints were done in silk screen printing.  Color separations were either manually done in channels or by Simulated Process.  Production were done with M&R automatic 14-color press.

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Getting a tattoo for your body can be a serious decision, it's definitely not a second-thought friendly process.  However, getting your screen print tattoo t-shirts done with us is a satisfaction guarantee process.  If you have placed order with us before, you know that you have total control of every step of your custom t-shirt process.  Your artwork is touched up, or sometimes redrawn to be ready for screen print process.  You are always given a paper proof with mock-up for confirmation.  Actual production will only start with your approval so you will never get surprise from your products.  We even give our customers pre-production sample by request free of charge.  Below are some tribal tattoo designs we have done.  All prints were done in silk screen printing.  Color separations were either manually done in channels or by Simulated Process.  Production were done with M&R automatic 14-color press.

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An example for effective color changing t-shirt design is shown above.  Simple outline in black or dark color when it's indoor, full color when exposed to sun light.  This will maximize the visual impact and hopefully leave your audience a long lasting impression.

Color changing technology by PhotoChromic inks has been around the custom screen print and advertising industries for over a decade.  The reason that this technology is still very popular among advertisers in custom screen print industry is the magical transformation of colors.  This series of PhotoChromic colors come in basic colors such as red, blue, yellow, green and purple.  When these colors are indoor and not exposed to ultraviolet light, they are almost colorless.  However, when they are exposed to ultraviolet light (including sunlight) they will gradually turn into their own colors.  The stronger light and longer expose duration, the higher the intensity of the colors.  And of course there are limits as everything else, the colors will not increase their intensity after they reach their limits.  PhotoChromic inks work the best with white t-shirts.  However they also work with light color t-shirts such as natural.  You would also want to take advantage of the magical color change by screen printing only a black and white image for the indoor image and leaves all the colors as PhotoChromic colors so they will only appear outdoor.  In this way you optimize the color transformation between a black and white image and a full color image. We recommend PhotoChromic’s color changing technology for all outdoor events on t-shirts, sweatshirts and sportshirts.  Imagine when your guests witness the magical color change.  For sure that’s going to leave a long impression to them.

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Do you know that you can add a layer of gel on top of your screen print decoration?  The result is amazing!  You will have a layer of 3-D looking coating on top of your custom t-shirt logo.  This effect works specially well with line art and outlines since lines would enhance the quality of 3-D effect. This effect is called High Density Gel.  It’s similar to other High Density ink printings that print 3-D effects as well.   However try to avoid application over a broad area, you may find the center area of the application depressed or lack of 3-D quality.  Custom screen print your logo with High Density Gel will definitely be something people are going to talk about.  So if you want to make your next custom T-shirt project an eye-catcher.

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Discharge technique works very well with vintage looking designs because of the natural look and soft hand feel.  It also works better with dark color t-shirts since the dark color t-shirts will set a stronger color contrast with the natural canvas color.  The discharge technique can be applied with water base pigment.  Therefore discharge printing in color can be achieved.  It still gives you all the advantages including vintage look and soft hand feel.  The only drawback is the difficulty in achieving accurate color matching.

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During the past ten years of screen printing business, I was fortunate enough to work with many talented t-shirt graphic designers.  Many of them were highly specialized in their fields.  Even though specialization doesn't always benefit them in our dynamic clothing business,  they really master what they devoted themselves over time.  Among many designs, dragons are always my favorite.  Below are some samples of what we have done in the past.  All prints were done in silk screen printing.  Color separations were either manually done in channels or by Simulated Process.  Production were done with M&R automatic 14-color press.

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What would look the best on black t-shirts?  How about rock bands, race cars or even wizards and medieval knights?  A lot of designs can look good on black t-shirts, but there is some magic between skull designs and black t-shirt that makes them the perfect match.  Don't agree with me?  Take a look at the following samples and see if they change your mind.   All prints were done in silk screen printing.  Color separations were either manually done in channels or by Simulated Process.  Production were done with M&R automatic 14-color press.

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How many favorite colors do you have?  At least three if you are a koi fan.  Red, black and white are the three basic yet the most important colors in nishikigoi.  The three most popular koi types, Kohaku, Sanke and Showa are perfect examples.  Kohaku (red pattern on white ground), Sanke (red & black spot pattern on white ground) and Showa (red and black stripe pattern on white ground or red and white pattern on black ground) together are so called Gosanke.  Value in a koi depends on it's body conformation, color completion and pattern.  Because of my hobby in koi keeping, I was able to work with some local reputable koi dealers on their custom company t-shirts.  Below are some samples of them.  All prints were done in silk screen printing.  Color separations were either manually done in channels or by Simulated Process.  Production were done with M&R automatic 14-color press.

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Here is a few tips for people looking for fast turnaround screen printed t-shirts. (These advises are for people looking for fast screen printed t-shirts instead of digitally printed t-shirts. Digitally printed t-shirts are done in a different process than screen print t-shirts, they have the advantage in speeding up the process since they do not need color separation and screen burning process. However screen printed t-shirts have better imprint color quality as well as better imprint longevity.)

Here is a check list for you to speed up your custom t-shirts job.

How ready is your artwork? Artwork can be categorized into 2 groups based on their origins. First are scanned images and second are computer generated images. In the first group, paintings, photographs, printed materials or the similar are scanned and save as digital files of your artwork. Quality of your digital artwork has a lot to do with your scanning resolution. Normal requirement is 300 dpi (dot per inch). However keep in mind that your reproductions will not be better than your originals. So no matter how high your scanning resolution is, you are simply not getting a better reproduction image if your original is not. So in a nutshell for people using this group of artwork, find the best quality original you can. Scan it at 300 dpi or better. Save it and send it to your printer without re-sizing it. The file size of your scanned image will potentially be big. However, supportive printer should be able to accommodate your file sending by either increasing the mail box size or arrange a FTP transfer for you. In the second group, computer generated images, we have 2 sub-groups which are raster images and vector images. Raster images are resolution dependant images such formats as tiff, jpg, psd.

The only requirement for this group is to make sure they are created in actual imprint size (or close to actual imprint size), and are in 300 dpi as original resolution (not resample resolution). The file size of this sub-group is potentially big, make sure you talk to your printers about the size of your artwork file before sending. The second sub-group is called vector based images such formats as ai, eps. They are resizable, non-resolution dependent artwork. Their file size are usually reasonable. They are very welcome by most printers due to their non-resolution dependent nature. When you submit vector based images, just make sure you create outlines for your type (so your printer won't run into missing font problem when opening your artwork), your image is created at actual size or close to actual size. And of course if you have a printer who is knowledgeable and capable in preparing artwork for you for a reasonable cost, that could be your best bet in making sure you don't waste time going back and forth on artwork format and requirement with your printer.

Do you know the type of shirts you want? There are many choices of shirts you can get . Make sure you did your homework and know what you want when placing an order for your custom t-shirts. If you just want basic t-shirts, it is pretty simple. Even though there are many brands of basic t-shirts, they are normally in 2 classes of fabric weight, 5.6 oz and 6.1 oz. Then you have pocket and non-pocket t-shirts for each weight, as well as long sleeve and short sleeve t-shirts. Beside basic t-shirts, you will have fashion fitting t-shirts such as American Apparel and Tultex, these are slimmer fitting than the basic t-shirts. They are in ring-spun 30 single fine jersey fabric, meaning softer and finer fabric. Then we have even more choices for girls and ladies t-shirts such as cap sleeve, raglan 3/4 sleeve, scoop neck, boys beater tank tops, baby doll spaghetti, ringer t-shirts, camouflage t-shirts etc...

Do you research on t-shirt styles ahead of time will not only save you time, it will allow you to find the best style for your event.

If your custom t-shirts job requires individual names or numbers printed (such as team numbers), prepare a list to indicate the names or numbers and their sizes to expedite the process.

If there is dead line to meet, make sure your printer is aware of it as well as taken shipping time into consideration.

If you are under press of time and without artwork. Ask if your printer has any kind of ready art library that you can pick and ask them to modify to fit your requirement. It will be much faster than having yourselves starting from scratch.

Give your printer the Pantone number to indicate your imprint color when submitting your t-shirts order. This will save some time in communication and help speeding up your order.

Your printer should provide a paper proof for you to review the accuracy of your custom screen print t-shirt order. As soon as you finish your review, get back to your printer immediately so they can process your order right away.

Last but not least, there are shipping options such as 3-day select, 2nd day air and next day air to accommodate your need in speed. Ask for full price quote with different shipping options from your printer.

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