T-Shirt Design Secrets and Tips for Great Looking Designs

Our clip art images make great starting points but are only the first step in a final design. Text and design elements can be added to make a design absolutely fabulous. There effective ways to combine these components, but they require some planning and thought ahead of time. Below you will find some tips and secrets that might be helpful. Remember, there are no “rules” but a lot of these concepts can be found in one or more ways in nearly every well designed t-shirt.

Great shirt designs  involve utilizing contrast, depth, outlines, and other concepts. If done correctly these methods can really work together to help create an amazing final design. Try some of these ideas and see if they help make your next design cleaner and more appealing.

Contrast

Contrast is a completely underestimated and often overlooked way to make designs easier to view and more attractive. Contrast is simply making sure that darker elements are surrounded by lighter ones and vice versa. A quick and easy way to create contrast in your designs is by adding outlines to your text. Don’t forget the shirt color when you are designing your artwork. The color you are going to print on should be an integral element to consider when you are starting your design.

Depth

Adding depth may be one of the quickest and yet most effective aspects of creating a solid design. The focus images here at beyondmascotart.com are a great starting point but our images are just the beginning. Creating depth within your design can really help finish it. Avoid simply throwing some text around the images. Overlapping your elements will create a more visually pleasing and cohesive design. Pay attention to how the elements are working together in order to maintain the visual clarity of the images and fonts so they are easy to read.

Create Interest by Adding Elements

Vector design elements can be a designers best frient. Small elements augmenting the design can really cause a design to come together and look finished. Designing your own unique team logos with our mascot clip art images is easy. Our great clip art images are easy to incorporate in some vector design elements and text.  Make sure your design elements are working well with your text and not interfering with their readability. Vector design elements are a easy and quick way to polish up a design in a short amount of time. Don’t forget… outlines and other elements add interest.

Quick and Easy Design Templates

If you need an amazing  design but you are in a hurry visit our t-shirt design template site. You can edit and customize these AI CS2 t-shirt design templates for a unique design in a fraction of the time it would take to create it on your own.